International issue | July 2013

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Cover

More bits in the service of DNA
Brazilian bioinformaticians create tools for studying genomes

S&T Policy

POLICY

They enjoy 
science and challenges

Brazil’s progress in the science Olympiads
motivates secondary school students 
and helps train new researchers

GEOSCIENCES

The essence of rocks

USP starts using a new electronic microprobe 
to analyze chemical elements in minerals

MEDIA

A more 
open science

The editor-in-chief of Nature and a director of the 
Royal Society meet at FAPESP to discuss the challenges 
and limitations of open access to scientific data

Science

MEDICINE

Remarkable letter carriers

Synthetic particles reduce toxicity 
and augment the action 
of drugs against cancer

ASTRONOMY

Stars that the wind 
blew out

Gas expelled by stellar explosions 
interrupted the growth of dwarf galaxies

OPTICS

In tune with light

Physicists use lasers to synchronize microscopic oscillators that act like the pendulums of clocks

ECOLOGY

Amazonia in three dimensions

Three-dimensional maps show details 
of forest structure and aid monitoring of the impacts of fragmentation on native vegetation

ZOOLOGY

Why are the whales dying?

Study identifies bone abnormalities commonly 
found in humpback whales on the Brazilian coast

Technology

INDUSTRY

More sophisticated ceramic tiles

Technological developments adopted by manufacturers 
of ceramic wall and floor tiles propel Brazil 
to the rank of the world’s second largest producer

SILVICULTURE

More cellulose 
per square centimeter

Transgenic eucalyptus has 20% higher productivity than conventional eucalyptus

BUSINESS RESEARCH

Global reference

Innovations in women’s health care products and sunscreens at Johnson & Johnson are exported to the rest of the world

Humanities

FINE ARTS

The subtleties of Latin American 
good neighborliness

Archives reveal that the U.S. government had a hidden agenda in bringing Brazilian artists to New York

PERSONALITY

Niemeyer In the academic spotlight

Studies analyze 
the work of 
Brasilia’s creator