Issue # 225 _ November 2014

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A universal measuring stick: International group proposes ideal growth standard for fetuses and newborns

Offices established to free researchers from bureaucratic red tape offer new services

Conference shows that biofuel expansion needs the support of public policies to sustain it at a global level

Announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prizes highlights advances in microscopy, neuroscience and optics

Aerobic exercise fights inflammation and stiffening of the lungs in respiratory diseases such as asthma and pneumonia

New model for Alzheimer’s reproduces in monkeys the alterations the disease causes in the human brain

A new and as-yet controversial species is more widely distributed in the Amazon than previously thought

Crustaceans along the São Paulo coast are accumulating heavy metals and exhibiting organic changes

Meteorologists want to know why the wind is so strong on Venus and Titan

Embraer develops a new military aircraft in joint effort with Brazilian Air Force, foreign partners, and Brazilian companies

Integration of stages reduces costs and environmental impacts of unloading coal at the port of Tubarão

Advances in eScience are changing the traditional way of conducting science

In recent decades, rural leaders have lost clout, pastors have gained ground, and the lower classes have won more seats in the Chamber of Deputies

A study of 100 years of social housing in Brazil uncovers high-quality projects during the Vargas era