Highlights

Education

Pro-Sciences: a positive balance

Program has made it possible to qualify 7,942 high school teachers

patents

Lessons in dialog and partnership

Study assesses strategies for integration between the USA and Europe

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biotechnology

Scylla’s turn

Votorantim Ventures invests in bioinformatics company

sectoral funds

Incentive for innovation

Decree incorporates more funds in the Green-Yellow Fund

Engineering

Purification of the waters

Charging for the use of river water should stimulate new technologies

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veterinary medicine

Noble animals

LinkGen does DNA test for horses and cattle

Animal Science

Protected from the heat

Protein reduces poultry mortality from variations in temperature

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Computing

Health at the touch of a button

Incor places at the disposal information and patients' medical records

Production engineering

Purchasing Power

The influence of carmakers upon the companies that supply parts is greater

Metallurgical engineering

High performance

Companies from Brazil produce machinery for North American industry

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Retrospect

Calculating machine

The invention by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal completes 360 years

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Cover

Circuits of Fear

Project unveils functions of archaic brain structures

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Genetics

Gene Hunters

The DNA chip technique could facilitate the diagnosis of illnesses

pharmacology

Wide spectrum

The Guaco has more therapeutic properties than previously supposed

Biology

Reversing the game: plants against the sauba ant

Natural defenses kill off fungi and the leaf-cutting ants