Issue # 147 _ May 2008

S&T Policy

Competitiveness

Lessons from innovators

Study maps the strategies of seven countries that produce world class research and makes recommendations for Brazil

Indicators

Return on investment

Evaluation reveals the level of efficiency of four FAPESP programs

Public Policies

With the power of the law

Biota-FAPESP map becomes the parameter for removing native vegetation in São Paulo

Parnership

Integrated effort

FAPESP and federal government to finance bioenergy and climate change projects

Medication

Ready to start

Butantan is awaiting Anvisa's authorization to supply the Ministry of Health with medication that saves premature babies

Science

Amazon Region

Forest society

Opening for experts in the social sciences, nationalization and budget restructuring underscore new phase of research program

Geology

Land in Transit

Super continent that existed a billion years ago gains new contours

Neurology

A sweet life

Why we love to eat pies, cakes and other sweets

Technology

Biotechnology

Animal Alternative

Transgenic goats, cows, hens, and mice are a new way to produce drugs

Physics

Versatile Filaments

New generation of optical fibers expands the use of these devices to other fields besides telecommunications

Education

Computerized desks

Desks with touch screen for digital and manual writing

Humanities

Architecture

Homes from bygone days

Research study reveals what life was like on São Paulo's coffee plantations

Anthropology

Between raw and cooked food

Intellectual Biography of Lévi-Strauss reveals a life full of dilemmas

Linguistics

Network of intrigues

Urban legends spread through the internet bring panic to the web