Highlights

astrophysics

The oldest one (for the time being)

Oldest star discovered raises questions about the formation of the Universe

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History of art

The Gothic in the tropics

A study analyzes the work of the German xylographist Dürer

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aesthetics

Not meaning to

Modern artists have discovered a new form of making art

History

Journey reading

A book narrates how the Portuguese Royal Library arrived in Brazil

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The poverty map

Project indicates a worsening in the quality of life in districts of São Paulo

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Internet 2

Targets rearranged

ANSP network will be used as a test bed for the Tidia projects

medicine

Field-testing for medicines

Authorization for clinical tests on Brazilians grows 10% a year

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Indicators

New figures for R&D

Private sector employs 37% of Brazilian researchers

hydrology

Waters under control

System for managing dams attracts attention of companies

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Clinical analysis

On the trail of the Trypanosome

New test detects presence of antibodies of Chagas's disease in the blood

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industry

Patents in action

FAPESP does the first licensing of a product generated in a program

chemistry

Samples of health

Study on propolis results in patenting a method for analysis

metrology

Time keeping

Atomic clocks are capable of splitting one second into billionths

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Physics

Clean atmosphere

Equipment monitors the air in the city of Vitória

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Retrospect

Life in the shape of a corkscrew

50 years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick revealed the structure of DNA

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