Highlights

Genomic

Orestes deciphers the drosophila (fruit fly)

Discovered 91 genes of the model insect thanks to a Brazilian technique

Ecology

A method for measuring shade

Survey looks into five species of tree planted in urban areas

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Medicine

X-rays controlled at a distance

System reduces the costs and the exposureof patients to radiation

Public health

Pozzolanas: the map of the mine

A survey locates precious rocks for the cement industry

LIVESTOCK

Young, good-looking and with the weight of a bull

The Superprecocious Yearling guarantees soft meat and profit

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Physics

Conductor polymers under control

Brazilians dominate the new area of materials technology

nanotechnology

Molecular architects

Research produces compounds such as a sensor for the conserving of wines

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Genomics

In contact with the doctors

New project faces new forms of therapy and diagnosis of cancer

metropolis

A complete radiography pertaining to the city of São Paulo

The environmental chaos in the metropolis, are exposed in the São Paulo Atlas

Genomics

In search of new designer drugs

Structural Genome will have US$ 3.5 million to study genes and proteins

Biography

Newton, the wizard of reason

A biography reveals a passion of the scientist for the occult

Biology

An advance against malaria

Attack of the erythrocyte protozoan parasite is related to melatonin

psychology

The metaphors of Woody Woodpecker

Research analyzes the effects of the ideology of animated designs on children

Genomics

A new network for the viruses

Project studies the genetics of organisms with high incidences in São Paulo

public health

Homocysteine, a heart alert

A high level of homocystiene raises the risk of an unstable angina