Issue # 141 _ November 2007
S&T Policy
Cooperation

Group innovation
Institutions from the Northeast join up to take out patents and share experiences
By Fabrício Marques and Claudia IziqueIntegrity

Holes in the network
Conference in Lisbon discusses the challenge of preventing fraud in research carried out with international cooperation
By Fabrício MarquesPrize
2007 IgNobel winners
The prizes recognize research that “first make people laugh and then make them think”, in accordance with the award organizer
By NewsroomNobel
Main author
A physicist living in Brazil co-authored the experiments that led a Frenchman to win a Nobel prize
By RedaçãoNobel

Scientists' peace
IPCC, the UN's panel on climate change, with its participating Brazilian scientists, shares the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Evolution

From branch to branch
Natural selection aided diversification by size and generated a variety of monkeys in Latin America
By Maria GuimarãesPhysiology

Running to catch your breath
Light and moderate physical activity has an anti-inflammatory effect that reduces asthma symptoms
By Giovana GirardiAstrophysics

Star dust
Distribution of chemical elements reveals details about the structure and evolution of the Milky Way
By Ricardo ZorzettoTechnology
Robotics
Aquatic robots
Five vehicles developed in the country can be remotely controlled to explore the seabed, lakes, rivers and reservoirs
By Marcos de OliveiraInformation

Loss Control
Software will help electric power distributors reduce losses
By Yuri VasconcelosNew Materials

Light and resistant
Curauá substitutes fiber glass in car parts and is one of the components of earthquake-proof beams
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
Sociology

The color of the salt of the earth
Anthropologists are helping quilombolas get legal protection for their properties and revive traditions
By Gonçalo JuniorMusic

The heavy burden of being a national symbol
Biography shows that celebrating Carlos Gomes actually jeopardized the composer
By Carlos Haag