Issue # 164 _ October 2009
S&T Policy
Collaboration
Important partnership agreements
FAPESP enters into cooperation agreements with UK research councils and university
By Fabrício MarquesEducation
Integrated work
Project shows how public schools can become an arena for reflection
By Fabrício MarquesManagement
Better public health
USP Medical School project encourages training family doctors and looks for ways to improve SUS
By Marcos PivettaEpidemiology
The origin of illnesses
Six states join together in a major survey, to find out how heart diseases and diabetes develop
By Carlos FioravantiScience
Physics
Entangled colors
São Paulo group achieves the quantum entanglement of three beams of light of different wavelengths
By Marcos PivettaPhysics
Rebellious particles
Atom behavior may harm the working of the quantum computer
By Ricardo ZorzettoNeurophysiology
Effects of Aversion
Repulsive situation increases attention and visual perception
By Ricardo ZorzettoBotany
On top of the mountain range
Rare plants grow in isolation in the highlands
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
Materials Engineering
Fine and flexible
Brazilian researchers create multimedia screens made from foldable, transparent paper
By Yuri VasconcelosEnergy
Vegetable kerosene
Researchers from Unicamp develop high purity biofuel for airplanes
By Evanildo da SilveiraAgriculture
Soil details
System integrates satellites and sensors to prepare a detailed map of farmland
By Marcos de Oliveira