Highlights

AIR QUALITY

Buildings’ health under examination

The concentration of harmful gases creates “sick” buildings in cities

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The asymmetry that made possible the creation of our material universe

There was a little more matter than anti-matter in the Big Bang. It was a fortuante thing!

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Surround it in the air, capture it on the ground

Observatory will decipher particles that streak through the atmosphere

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BIOCHEMISTRY

The secret of mature fruits

A team has unmasked the biochemical processes that make them sweet and soft

BIOCHEMISTRY

Antibiotic extracted from the spider

Peptide found in tarantula exercises strong anti-microbe action

FUNCTIONAL GENOME

The Xylella gives up and lets guests in

Xylella incorporates a DNA fragment that can change its original functions

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NEW GENOMES

Two more bacteria in the sights of ONSA

Researchers will decode genes of Xylella of the grapevine and of Leifsonia

SUGARCANE

Reinforcement in the genome research

The University of Pernambuco opens a genetics laboratory

CANCER GENOME

Project reaps in more US$ 5 million

FAPESP and Ludwig publish results and widen their investment

PUBLIC SECTOR

The social control of privatization

A seminar debates the regulating of public services

Opinion

Serpents and the pharmaceutical industry

As the Butantan Institute demonstrated, poisons can originate medicines

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PLASTIC ARTS

Female bodies dressed with paint

Study analyzes how Brazilian artists have painted women

URBANISM

Eastern zone of São Paulo faces the new millennium

Research traces origins and destiny of a region of São Paulo

Medicine

Alternative for better speech

Prosthesis proved effective in correcting labial malformations

Electrical Engineering

Remote electronic watchman

Company from São Carlos develops pioneer remote access system