Issue # 205 _ March 2013
S&T Policy
Science
Paleontology
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The tapeworm and the shark
Fossilized feces of fish 270 million years old found in Rio Grande do Sul contain tapeworm eggs
By Marcos PivettaBrian Schmidt
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Brian Schmidt: The dark energy enigma
Nobel Laureate says new methods are needed to measure the composition of most of the Universe
By Marcos PivettaA GATHERING OF NOTABLES
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Five Nobel Laureates at a Single Symposium
Event in São Carlos honors American physicist and brings together a quintet of Laureates
By Marcos PivettaTechnology
Chemistry
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Glucose battery
Pacemakers and other implanted devices will run on electricity obtained from the blood
By Evanildo da SilveiraENGINEERING
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Ozone to be used to treat mining waste
A São Paulo company plans to clean the water and soil contaminated by heavy metals at a uranium mine
By Dinorah Ereno