International issue | February 2014

Cover

Diverse networks: A program mobilizes hundreds of institutions to expand the knowledge of Brazilian biodiversity

S&T Policy

MOBILITY

Competitive Science

Internationalization of São Paulo research is enhanced by the arrival of FAPESP grantee post-doctoral researchers from abroad

WORKSHOP

Sirius' partners

The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory involves innovative companies in the construction of its new light source

Science

CELL BIOLOGY

Metastatic RNA

A new study shows the role of a special type of ribonucleic acid in spreading cancer

PHYSICS

The power of collisions

Collisions between grains is the main driver of sandstorms

OPTICS

Whirls of light

A new technique alters light beam wavefronts, allowing the manipulation of microscopic objects and the transmission of greater quantities of information

BIOTA

The many faces of the sertão

Lack of water and a semi-arid climate have elicited sophisticated adaptive responses among species in the Caatinga

climate change

Coffee with more gas

Coffee plants grow bigger and produce more when there is more CO2 in the atmosphere

Technology

ENERGY

Green Flight

Study encourages the production of biokerosene for civil aviation

INNOVATION

Knowledge on the market

Companies seek out universities in a bid to create more competitive products

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Market logic

A small company develops artificial intelligence software to control industrial production

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

Worldwide competence

Creation of innovative products makes Mahle’s Brazilian technology center stand out

Humanities

SOCIOLOGY

The justice of impunity

Inefficiency of the police and the courts destroys faith in democratic institutions

AGING

Politically correct eroticism

An anthropologist looks at the argument for a rewarding sex life in old age

PHILOSOPHY

The passion for freedom

Study Center reveals the latest on Hannah Arendt’s thoughts about the responsibility of thinking