Issue # 120 _ February 2006
S&T Policy
Cloning
It was all a lie
False research results oblige Science to retract and reopen debate on science and ethics
By Claudia IziquePublic Health
Preventing before remedying
Butantan Institute starts testing with vaccine against the bird flu
Education
The size of the blanket
Creation of new federal universities stirs up debate about the government's capacity for expanding a system with teaching and research
By RevisorScience
Medicine
Warning against constant infections
Genetic alterations can cause immunodeficiencies mistaken for diseases that are common in childhood
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Francisco BicudoCell biology
Scenes of a parasite
Brazilian biophysician discovers in Paris how the malaria protozoon spreads through the body
By Ricardo ZorzettoImmunology
Double attack
Association of chemotherapy and adult stem cells helps to control juvenile diabetes
By Marcos PivettaPhysiology
Extra energy under the skin
Component of bile activates chain of chemical reactions in the muscles that prevents obesity
By Carlos FioravantiEcology
Life amongst dry leaves
Biologists identify behavioral standards of ants from the Atlantic Rain Forest
By Alessandra PereiraPhysical
Particle shock
Experiments in USP's accelerator reveal behavior of exotic nucleuses
By Carlos FioravantiAstrophysics
Complex genesis
Two distinct but not excludent processes may originate elliptical galaxies
By Marcos PivettaTechnology
Agronomy
Perfume of basil
First batch of linalool extracted from the leaves of the plant, the coveted essential oil, is purchased by Canada
By Dinorah ErenoApplied physics
Van Dyck - false or authentic?
Physicists from USP try to discover whether painting that shows the Calvary of Jesus really is by the 17th century master of portraits
By Marcos PivettaHumanities
Sociology
Peaceful citizen
Disbelief in institutions, generated by current political crisis, calls for discussion on our citizenship
By Carlos Haag