Issue # 216 _ February 2014
S&T Policy
Collaboration

A step forward
Partnership between FAPESP and NSF brings together researchers from Brazil and the United States to learn more about the processes that affect biodiversity in Brazil
By Rodrigo de Oliveira AndradeDissemination

A tunnel to the future
German exhibit arrives in São Paulo with scientific discoveries that could change the world in the years to come
By Bruno de PierroScience
Paleontology

Passage to the Caribbean
Catfish fossils suggest that the Amazon River flowed through northern Venezuela and Colombia some 2.5 million years ago
By Marcos PivettaPhysics

Disaster tamers
Brazilians help test theory on the prediction and control of global financial crises
By Igor ZolnerkevicGENETICS

One mutation, several defects
Brazilian researchers have discovered the gene responsible for a rare syndrome that causes malformation of the jaw and larynx
By Marcos PivettaBiochemistry

Treatment for bee stings
In São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, two compounds that reduce the effects of bee venom are undergoing initial tests
By Francisco Bicudo and Ricardo ZorzettoTechnology
Sanitation

Hydro-innovation
Sabesp establishes a technology center and forges partnerships to develop new products and systems
By Marcos de OliveiraHEALTH

Advances in diagnostics
New sensors developed in Brazil for clinical analysis of dengue are more sensitive and able to provide earlier detection
By Evanildo da SilveiraBIOTECHNOLOGY

Laboratory webs
Brazilian scientists produce synthetic fibers that mimic spider silk
By Yuri VasconcelosCORPORATE RESEARCH

Competence in biofuels
Bosch Brazil became a world leader by launching the flex fuel system and the starter that runs on heated ethanol instead of gasoline
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
POLITICAL SCIENCE

Social Movement Mobility
Network analysis of organizations in civil society challenges the theory of “NGO-ization”
By Márcio Ferrari