Issue # 127 _ September 2006
S&T Policy
Post-graduation

The time for dialogue
Interdisciplinary courses are growing, in which distinct disciplines interact in search of solutions to new dilemmas
By Fabrício MarquesMeteorology
Weather forecasting
Finep is going to distribute R$ 12.8 million to recover the state meteorology networks and anticipate extreme climatic phenomena
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Sea

Selective fishhook
A study shows that national fishing can only grow on the qualitative level, not on the quantitative level
By Marcos PivettaAstrophysics

We were nine
The small and frozen Pluto is relegated in status and the solar system returns to having eight planets
By Marcos PivettaCosmology

The daringness of challenging Einstein
Brazilian astronomers propose another way of explaining the expansion of the Universe
By Ricardo ZorzettoImmunology

Against ascites (abdominal dropsy)
A team from the state of Minas Gerais State presents new prospects for a vaccine against schistosomiasis
By Carlos FioravantiDomestic accidents

Living with the danger
Few mothers know how to avoid their children suffering falls, cuts and burns at home
By Carlos FioravantiPublic health

Through the wall
Viruses and bacteria propagatefreely on the frontier between United States and Mexico
By Mariana Martinez Estens and Carlos FioravantiPhysiology

Masking drunkenness
Energy drink conceals some effects of alcoholic drinks and amplifies others
Technology
Petrochemical industry

Amplified energy
Thematic networks bring together Petrobras and 76 research institutions in projects that are going to receive R$ 1 billion
By Marcos de OliveiraMaterials engineering

Colored and sensitive
Films applied to windows and mirrors control changes in the luminosity of the environment
By Dinorah ErenoPharmacology

Powerful sand
Silica associated to a vaccine induces the organism to produce more antibodies
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
Economy
Wings of desire
Varig's crisis reveals precarious situation of Brazilian civil aviation
By Carlos Haag