International issue | December 2005
S&T Policy
S&T Policy
Articles in the spotlight
With 134 magazines, the SciELO Brazil library gains more visibility and attracts new sponsors
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Archeology
Rediscovering the New World
Ten sets of human bones from Brazilian prehistory suggest that the first inhabitants of the Americas were not Mongoloids
By Marcos PivettaScience
Wide awake
Lack of sleep activates sexuality, increases the sensitivity to pain and damages the liver and heart
By Carlos FioravantiScience
Spoan: a new illness
Consanguineous marriages bring about an unknown form of deficiency in a Northeast town
By Marcos PivettaPhysics
Friendly chaos
Apparently disorganized behaviors may benefit living beings and chemical reactions
By Francisco BicudoTechnology
Technology
Nanotubes on the market
Tiny carbon parts are already on sale for universities and companies
By Marcos de OliveiraTechnology
Sparkling whiteness
Partnership between a university and company makes the production of a new pigment for the paints industry possible
By Marcos de OliveiraTechnology
From nature to the drugstore
An anti-inflammatory made from the extract of a plant from the Atlantic Rainforest, is ready to go on the market
By Dinorah ErenoTechnology
Deep Stability
Researchers from USP develop an unprecedented project for a platform to extract oil on the high seas
By Eduardo GeraqueTechnology
A fiber for all handiwork
Dry Curauá leaves have wide use; from car parts to clothes and medicines
By Revisor and RedaçãoTechnology
Molecule factory
Partnership between the Applied Toxinology Center and a pharmaceutical company results in an analgesic that is more potent than morphine
By Revisor and RedaçãoHumanities
Economy
The other side of fortune
Studies try to understand what makes a rich man rich
By Carlos Haag