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
Science
Astrophysics
We were nine
The small and frozen Pluto is relegated in status and the solar system returns to having eight planets
Domestic accidents
Living with the danger
Few mothers know how to avoid their children suffering falls, cuts and burns at home
Public health
Through the wall
Viruses and bacteria propagatefreely on the frontier between United States and Mexico
Physiology
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
Materials engineering
Colored and sensitive
Films applied to windows and mirrors control changes in the luminosity of the environment
Pharmacology
Powerful sand
Silica associated to a vaccine induces the organism to produce more antibodies
