Issue # 185 _ July 2011
S&T Policy
History of FAPESP II
New paradigms
The Bioq-FAPESP Program boosted biochemistry in the 1970s and inspired policies to promote research
By Revisor and RedaçãoBudget
The battle for pre-salt
Scientific societies go to Brasilia to try and reverse the loss of resources
By Revisor and RedaçãoGender
War on stereotype
Unicamp students join together to increase the presence of women in engineering
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Statistics
The life of words
Physicists and linguist examine the evolution of the vocabulary of on-line communities
By Igor ZolnerkevicPaleontology
A prehistoric tapir
Western Amazonia may have harbored a now extinct herbivore species 40,000 years ago
By Marcos PivettaInternational Year of Chemistry
Medicine is made of molecules
Chemical components are behind diseases, diagnoses and treatments
By Maria GuimarãesBioenergy
Unexpected butanol
Researcher extracts fuel using vacuum and contradicts established paradigm
By Maria GuimarãesNutrition
Chickens along the River Solimões
River dwellers change a diet of fish with manioc flour for frozen poultry
By Marcos PivettaEvolution
When hybrids are fertile
Unlikely cross breeds can create new species of plants and animals
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
Immunization
The increased production of vaccines
Butantan develops technology to increase production and lower costs
By Fabrício MarquesCardiology
Artificial Heart
Device developed at the Dante Pazzanese Institute should be implanted in the first patient this year
By Yuri VasconcelosCardiology
Our children
Action by children reduces cardiovascular risks in parents
By Isis Nóbile DinizAgriculture
Protecting passion fruit
New early diagnostic kit for bacteria that devastates orchards
By Dinorah Ereno
Computation
Virtual Attendants
Facial animation system could become most intuitive means of computer interaction
By Yuri Vasconcelos
