Issue # 117 _ November 2005
S&T Policy
Development

Recognized merit
The CNPq selects 34 projects for the Millennium Institutes program
By Claudia IziqueLegislation
Waiting for results
The regulations decree puts into effect the Innovation Law
By antonioNomenclature

Coveted organization chart
Conflicting interests spice up the reform in the Table of Knowledge Areas
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Neurophysiology

The impact of horror
A study gives dimension to the tension generated by violent images
By Carlos FioravantiGenetics

False majesty
Genes explain the mystery of the queen bees that cannot reproduce
By Fabrício MarquesEntomology

A zoological garden in the bed
Hundreds of thousands of bed bugs spread through mattresses and bring about asthma and rhinitis crises
By Ricardo ZorzettoGeology

The Earth covered with ice
Some 630 million years ago, the Amazon was a desert lying below an icecap
By Francisco BicudoPhysics
In the rising of bubbles
Brazilian and French researchers show that champagne bubbles in four distinct manners
By Marcos PivettaTechnology
Molecular biology

A factory of mice
Transgenic rodents produce the protein responsible for blood coagulation
By Yuri VasconcelosArtificial joints
Guaranteed Balance
A new treatment for prostheses results in less wear and tear
By Dinorah ErenoChemistry

Sparkling whiteness
Partnership between a university and company makes the production of a new pigment for the paints industry possible
By Marcos de OliveiraNew Materials
Plastic from the buriti palm
Oil from the palm tree mixed with a polymer produces a material capable of absorbing and emitting light
By Dinorah ErenoMeteorology

Weather radar
São Paulo company develops and is going to manufacture novel meteorological equipment in Brazil
By Yuri VasconcelosHumanities
Music
Between two hearts and worlds
A book analyzes the work of the composer Nazareth, author of "Brejeiro", who joined the erudite and the popular at the turn of the 20th century
By Gonçalo Júnior