Issue # 123 _ May 2006
S&T Policy
Innovation
Immature system
Brazilian universities occupy the space that should belong to companies in the ranking of patents
By Fabrício MarquesSpace program
With feet a long way off the ground
The voyage of the Brazilian astronaut will have scant influence on the development of the country's technology
By Fabrício MarquesInfrastructure
Contemporary Library
FAP-Books releases funds for the purchase of 130 thousand titles
By RedaçãoScience
Medicine
Children: for a long and healthy life
Preventing chronic diseases may make it possible for boys and girls to reach the age of a 100 with good health
By Ricardo ZorzettoGenetics
The tribes of the world
Team from Minas Gerais uses news markers to group the populations of the planet
By Carlos FioravantiCardiology
Drumbeats in the head
Team from FMUSP associates severe high pressure to the compression of a region of the brain by an artery
By Fabrício MarquesEthnology
Power among monkeys
Social disputes and the capacity to track through the environment in search of food, molded the brain of primates
By Ricardo ZorzettoAmphibians
Skin as food
Offspring of the caecilian amphibians feed on the secretion and skin of their mother
By Carlos FioravantiReptiles
The serpent's paws
Fossil found in Argentina strengthens the hypothesis on the terrestrial origin of snakes
By Francisco BicudoPhysics
The phantoms of photons
Brazilian researchers measure the entanglement of light particles, an important step in research towards the quantum computer
By Marcos PivettaTechnology
Patents
Medicines for export
Projects developed at Unicamp will be presented by Inova in the United States
By Dinorah ErenoRemote sensing
Help from the sky
Unmanned aircraft can be used to increase the productivity of the country's crops
By Yuri VasconcelosIndustrial Design
Consumer Dream
Mini clothes washer can be carried in the car and hung from the ceiling or on the wall
By Dinorah ErenoMicroelectronics
Superconducting tracks
Film produced with ceramic compound prevents electricity losses
By Marcos de OliveiraNew Materials
Flexible hard disk
Manganese-based ceramics may become conductors of electricity and improve the functioning of computers
By Francisco Bicudo
