Issue # 134 _ April 2007
S&T Policy
Partnership

Digital inclusion
FAPESP and Microsoft Research create a Virtual Instituteto develop new technologies
By Claudia IziqueIndicators

It is up to the companies now
Iberian-American meeting evaluates the performance of scientific and innovative development
By Mariluce MouraScience
Genetics
The DNA of the Pampas (grassy plains)
As well as the Spanish, Guarani and Charrua Indians are among the Gaucho's ancestors
By Ricardo ZorzettoBiochemistry
Another use
A new mechanism through which vitamin C combats free radicals is identified
By Maria GuimarãesHealth

Double risk Pregnancy
Marijuana harms the neurological development of newly born children
By Iracema CorsoClimate

The stressed forest
Researchers evaluate the effects of the 2005 drought in Amazonia
By Carlos FioravantiEcology

Life in the mud
The mangrove swamp crab and its traditional hunter depend on each other for survival
By Maria GuimarãesTechnology
Energy

Biodiesel in ascension
What is missing for this oil to establish itself as a national biofuel
By Marcos de OliveiraSteelmaking

Residue becomes steel
Recovered sludge returns to the CSN production process
By Dinorah ErenoPhysics

Light web
New X-ray production technique could help to unravel the 3-dimensional structure of proteins
By Ricardo ZorzettoPhysics

Laser in the factories
Optical fiber guided light animates industrial use
By Yuri VasconcelosMicroelectronics

Revolution on the horizon
A possible substitute for silicon in a new generation of computer chips has come forward
By Yuri VasconcelosHumanities
Sciences of religion
Between the Cross and The Cauldron
How the relationship between the Vatican and the Brazilian Church developed
By Carlos Haag