Issue # 55 _ July 2000

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Cover

The new Brazilian product
After being on the cover of Nature, the genome research done in Brazil attracts the attention of the world By

S&T Policy

Aeronautics

On the wings of Embraer

FAPESP program will support projects to develop aerospace sector

By and

SBPC

The place for science and technology

Researchers debate Brazil in the society of knowledge

Science

Physics

In search of a final theory

Research sets out to unify the basic forces of nature

By

Animal nutrition

Straight from the cow, diet milk

Molecule added to feed reduces level of fat, increases proteins, and intensifies anti-cancer effect

IMMUNOLOGY

Rattlesnake antidote gets lighter

New immunotherapy to permit less aggressive treatment against snake’s poison

ZOOLOGY

Fish from last century

Researcher recovers pioneer drawings of England’s

Technology

Optics

Fine control of the waves of light

Team from USP wins international research

CHEMISTRY

Well tuned equipment

Small company seeks excellence in the production of reference material

Electrical Engineering

Remote electronic watchman

Company from São Carlos develops pioneer remote access system

Medicine

Alternative for better speech

Prosthesis proved effective in correcting labial malformations

Humanities

URBANISM

Eastern zone of São Paulo faces the new millennium

Research traces origins and destiny of a region of São Paulo

PLASTIC ARTS

Female bodies dressed with paint

Study analyzes how Brazilian artists have painted women