Highlights

odontology

No fear of the drill

Diamond coated drills reduce the use of anesthetics in 70% of the cases

Agriculture

Natural combat on cultivated land

Fungi that are predators of worms can be mass produced

environmental engineering

Impurities Exterminator

Ozone generator born of partnership between a company and an ITA laboratory

Chemical engineering

Compatible with the body

Laboratory at UFMG synthesizes new generation of biomaterials

Biotechnology

Genetic therapy for hens

Unicamp researchers discover protein for fighting bird disease

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Retrospect

One man, one conviction

Alberto Carvalho da Silva died aged 85 years believing in the strengthening of S&T for the development of the country

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Genetics

The target is human health

Tests are beginning on human beings of the first genetic vaccine developed in Brazil that in the laboratory has shown itself to be effective against cancer and tuberculosis

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Paleontology

The origin of the mammals

Fossils of small species discovered in Rio Grande do Sul could be the closest ancestors to the larger animals of today

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Cover

One journey was enough

Batch of hunters from Asia colonized America 21,000 years ago

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Genomics

Expanded territory

Harvest of concluded genomes includes new manners of combat

Biology

Under the yoke of Chronos

Team verifies the variety of rhythms that organize life in animals

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pharmacy

Freeing the arteries

Researchers discover in plasma a potent vasodilator

Ecology

Fish and taboos on the Negro river

The position of species in the food chain determines their consumption

botany

Threatened archipelago

Survey discovers the richness and the risks of the Cerrado islands

Geology

Landscape sculptors

Earthquakes were important for the formation of the Brazilian relief

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