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The press and innovation

Scientific journalist has a contribution to give towards technological development, but its role is not restricted to spreading information and educating

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Materials Engineering

In the mouth of the furnace, new steelworks

New materials improve the efficiency of steel making sector

Food Engineering

Healthy and natural

Studies open the way for the production of isoflavones

Nuclear energy

Bacteria detector

In Rio, within two hours a laboratory identifies pathogenic micro organisms

Meteorology

Detailed weather forecasts

Inpe develops an advanced model of weather forecasting with high resolution

physics

Pollutants targeted by of light and sound

Company develops a photo acoustic system to analyze atmospheric air

foreign

Effects of September 11

Redoubled security in the USA because of terror affects research in Brazil

electronic library

Changes under way

Capes incorporates ProBE and FAPESP studies alterations to the program

research

Technology and the trade balance

Research analyses imports and exports of technology services

ethics

A sensitive question

Scientific publications look for ways of dealing with conflicts of interest

medicine

Far-Manguinhos exports knowledge

Institute wants to transfer anti-retroviral production technology to Angola

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Cover

Molecular alarm

Enzyme behaves as a biological marker for hypertension

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biology

Ready to use

The first GM mice made in Brazil are born

Neurology

Defect in production

Study detects chromosomal variation far higher than expected in neurons

public health

Fewer deaths from the air

Drop atmospheric pollution rate improves public health in metropolises

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