Issue # 130 _ December 2006
Cover
- The pathways of change
- The understanding that the emission of greenhouse effect gases is responsible for global warming is already hegemonic. Now countries are preparing themselves to confront scenarios until recently considered catastrophic. The COP 12 Meeting, in Nairobi, approved the creation of a fund to finance the adaptation of more vulnerable countries. In Brazil, the first regional climatic model indicates that the country will be subject to more severe droughts and floods over the next few decades. Pesquisa FAPESP shows in the following article how countries are mobilizing in order to confront the changes and the results of the first Brazilian climatic model. By Fabrício Marques and Claudia Izique
S&T Policy
Partnership
The ethanol race
FAPESP and Oxiteno invite researchers to look for solutions that will reduce alcohol costs
Development
A north star for the state of Amazonas
In only four years, the State sets up a state wide system of science and technology
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Public Health
Behind the smoke screen
A study shows how to identify and treat high risk smokers
By Carlos FioravantiPharmacology
The trails of coke
A compound inhibits the effect of cocaine and helps to elucidate its action on the brain
By Ricardo ZorzettoGenetics
Secrets of Nobility
Biologists begin to understand how the genes act in order to differentiate queen bees from workers
By Maria GuimarãesDiversity
Mammals to the surface
Biologists find an average of eight new species of mammals a year in South America
By Maria GuimarãesBotany
Open, Sesame!
Bacteria contend with plants to control the pores of the leaves
By Maria Guimarães
Technology
Eletronic Engineering
Digital recognition
System developed by Griaule is amongst the best in the world
Space
Space conquests
Uniespaço project develops technological innovations for rocket and satellite projects
By Yuri VasconcelosForest Engineering
Fortified eucalyptus
Partnership between USP and Suzano obtains wood that may result in better quality paper
By Marcos de Oliveira
Textile engineering
Functional fabrics
Santista launches products for workwear with nanotechnological properties
By Dinorah Ereno
