Issue # 214 _ December 2013

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Between Concrete Walls
Historical maps depict the transformations in form and function of rivers now concealed by avenues By

S&T Policy

INNOVATION

Cutting-edge dialog

FAPESP and companies create engineering research centers with long-term financing in order to work at the cutting edge of knowledge

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Collaboration

Graphene and its challenges

Mackenzie Presbyterian University attracts a Brazilian scientist who had been working abroad and establishes a new research center

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Cooperation

A living collection

The Director of the London Natural History Museum travels to Brazil in search of partnerships

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Event

The future of science

Global Forum in Rio brings together researchers from more than 100 countries to discuss topics such as science education, sustainable development and ethics

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Science

GEOLOGY

Space sentinel

Infrared satellite images may be useful for predicting volcanic eruptions

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Astrophysics

More nitrogen in a cluster

Stars of different ages and compositions form the oldest collections of matter in galaxies

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BIOCHEMISTRY

Movements under control

Compounds appear to reduce a serious side effect of Parkinson’s treatment

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MARINE BIOLOGY 

Sand planet

A tiny fauna, unknown until now, lives on grains of sand in shallow ocean waters

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Microbiology

For people and plants

Expectorant medicine may prove effective in controlling orange disease

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SPECIAL BIOTA EDUCATION IX

Asphalt jungles

Underappreciated birds are found throughout sparsely wooded urban areas

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Technology

Industrial Research

Seek and you shall find

Google engineering center in Brazil is responsible for important changes in its search system

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Physics

High frequency

Researchers and Brazilian company develop equipment for the largest nuclear fusion laboratory in the world, in the United Kingdom

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METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING 

Mining with microbes

Bacteria are used to recover valuable metals from electronic scrap and mine tailings

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Humanities

SOCIOLOGY

Innovation for scientists

Recent institutional changes have strengthened science more than technology capability in Brazil

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Architecture

An end to borders

New generations recover the commitment of the 1970s, increasingly blending art and urban planning

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