Highlights

Personage

The legacy of Johanna Döbereiner

A decisive contribution to Brazilian farming

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Opinion

From the academy to the company

A proposal to turn researchers into businessmen

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Interview

Charges against fragmentation

For Michel Vovelle, it is time to reencounter a sense of history

SOCIOLOGY

Men are (still) in charge

Study shows how unemployment affects the structure of the family

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Leadership in luminous signals

New multiplexer leads equipment industry to dominate 60% of the market

ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Controlled by factory noise

Company develops sensors to control industrial machines

chemistry

Thin, sensitive and selective mixture

Research produces filters through the junction of metallic oxides and cellulose

BIOELETRIONICS

Skin pigmentation in batteries

Compounded with melanin increases the useful life of electronic devices

MEDICINE

Alcohol increases accidents and general violence

The presence of drugs in the injured treated at the Hospital das Clínicas

BIOCHEMISTRY

An advance in the study of peptides

Work of Brazilian group is internationally recognized

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Natural insect bank

Collection of fungi, viruses and bacteria help combat agricultural pests

ecology

A treasure on the banks of São Francisco River

Study of the formation of new species in the dunes of the São Francisco River

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GENOME CANCER

Partnership Brazil-USA moves ahead

Joint work with the Americans enters a more ambitious phase

Sleep disturbances

For a better quality of sleep

Center for Sleep Studies will invest In the development of new technologies

Optics

Shedding more light on various areas of knowledge

Center for Research to develop projects with state of the art technology