Around the world
December 1, 2007 12:00 amBiologists try to explain how and when human beings appeared
Biologists try to explain how and when human beings appeared
Robotic prosthesis are closer to reality
Researcher wants to change the way humans cook their meals
Firms use ethanol to make substitutes for oil products
Enzymes degrade proteins and PET bottles and may have new industrial uses
Researchers from USP use lipasis and ethanol in the production of biodiesel
Discarded copper and nickel from metal plating parts are recovered
Hip-hop offers social existence to youngsters in poor suburbs
In eighteenth century, a priest from Bahia wished to unite Jews and Christians
Link between interrupted pregnancies and criminality is denied by academics
James Watson and the four new Horsemen of the Apocalypse
IPCC shares the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore
Brazil-based physicist co-authored experiments that earned a Frenchman a Nobel
2007 IgNobel winners
Among the 2007 prize winners there is research of great practical application
Conference in Lisbon discusses the challenge of preventing fraud in research
Institutions join up to take out patents and share experiences
Their lack of awareness and ours
63 years ago, Barbara McClintock discovered on making a study of corn that the genome is not stable
Finep President modernizes management to turn technological innovation into an agent of growth
Maps define guidelines for preserving native vegetation in São Paulo
Journalist travels the Brazilian coast and portrays its sore spots
Natural selection generated a variety of monkeys in Latin America
Light and moderate physical activity reduces asthma symptoms
Chemical elements reveals details about the Milky Way
Vehicles developed can explore the seabed, lakes, rivers and reservoirs
Software will help electric power distributors reduce losses
Curauá is one of the components of earthquake-proof beams
Quilombolas get legal protection for their properties and revive traditions
Biography shows that celebrating Carlos Gomes actually jeopardized him