Issue # 150 _ August 2008
S&T Policy
Dissemination

Under the sun of science
Unicamp attracts 12,000 people to the 60th Annual Meeting of the SBPC
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Physiology

Legs of lead
Competition for oxygen causes the fatigue common in cardiac and pulmonary insufficiency
By Maria GuimarãesPharmacology

Sugar, but no arthritis
A component of guar gum alleviates pain and prevents damage in the joints progressing
By Carlos FioravantiGenetics

From fat to muscle
In the laboratory stem cells restore strength to mice with dystrophy
By Maria GuimarãesGenomics

Sugar cane juice
International symposium discusses the direction sugar cane research is going in Brazil
By Maria GuimarãesGeography

The headwaters of a river
The search for the source of the Amazon River, now the longest in the world, reveals its singularity
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
Chemistry
Reverse recycling
Discarded plastic bottles are being transformed into raw material derived from oil
By Dinorah ErenoAgriculture

Protected land
In the Amazon a cultivation technique takes advantage of brushwood instead of burning it
By Carlos FioravantiBiotechnology

More productive crops
New varieties of transgenic soybeans for the north and northeast of Brazil
By Yuri VasconcelosMedicine

Artificial bones
A team from USP is creating innovative solutions for surgical prostheses in bone reconstruction
By Yuri VasconcelosHumanities
Diplomacy

"Mamma" Africa cannot be a single mother
Specialists defend the strengthening of relations between Brazil and the African continent
By Carlos Haag