Issue # 126 _ August 2006

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Cover

Intimate visions of the brain
Scientists scrutinize the cortex in search of emotional, sentimental and moral judgments signals By

S&T Policy

Scientific Divulging

At the head of the news

José Hamilton Ribeiro wins the prestigious award in journalism from Columbia University

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Interchange

Students Wanted

Brazil gets on the map of Harvard and Yale universities, who are recruiting students in the country

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Public Policies

The metropolis begins to breathe

Control of pollutants emission saves lives in Sao Paulo

Indicators

Yet another step

Scientific production grows and Brazil is already responsible for 1.8% of the articles published in the world

Diffusion

Shared knowledge

With the unprecedented total of 6 million monthly accesses, the SciELO library is going to study its user profile

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Science

Nutrition

Dining table à la Brasileira

A laboratories network analyzes the composition of 500 foods that integrate into the national menu

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Astrophysics

Beyond the stars

Light and shock waves warm up clouds that concentrate material formed by protons and neutrons

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Genetics

Selected coffee

The manipulation of the genes that control sugars could improve Brazilian coffee

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Medicine

The long wait

The chance of receiving a liver transplant is dropping each year

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Technology

Materials engineering

Beautiful, smooth and impermeable

São Paulo company develops a new material that substitutes granite, marble and stainless steel with advantages

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Digital TV

Robust image

After the choice of the Japanese model, now it?s the time of innovations

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Aeronautical engineering

In flight impact

A study helps to forecast the resistance limit of an airplane?s fuselage on impacting with foreign objects

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Energy

Energy reform

The alternatives to supply hydrogen to future vehicles and electrical energy generators

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Humanities

Visual arts

The design of an era

Events and books show the growing concern in understanding the visual conception of graphic arts in Brazil

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Literature

In the shadow of the past

The 125th anniversary of the birth of Stefan Zweig is a good moment to remember the 64 years of Brazil, the country of the future

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Communication

Who has power over the fourth power?

Blogs demystify journalism and dictate the news

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