Issue # 165 _ November 2009
S&T Policy
Partnership

Bilateral innovation
Brazil and Canada to expand R&D collaboration between their firms
By Fabrício MarquesDissemination

The museum goes to school
USP project takes a biology and physics exhibition to students in the public school network
By Fabrício MarquesNobel

Networking party
Brazilians celebrate the prizes awarded to scientists with whom they have already worked
Nobel Prize

Female power
Record number of women laureates illustrates the rising presence of women at the top in science
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Genetics

Discarded value
Stem cells from the umbilical cord have different properties depending on their source
By Maria GuimarãesAstronomy

The Hercules beacon
Team from Santa Catarina unravels the binary star enigma
By Ricardo ZorzettoChemistry

Life in a test tube
Unexpected properties of reaction can be used as an analogy to understand life
By Maria GuimarãesMicrobiology

The artisans of ethanol
Discoveries on yeast genetics encourage research into expanding alcohol productivity
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
Energy

Electricity from waste
São Paulo landfill site produces biogas for lighting and for engines
By Dinorah ErenoPhotonics

Sculpting with light
Technique enables the creation of polymer micro- and nano-structures with complex geometry
By Yuri VasconcelosHumanities
Sociology

A flat roof packed full of tourists
How tourist tours around Rio's favelas work
By Carlos Haag