International issue | October 2013

S&T Policy

INFRASTRUCTURE

Shared challenges

Company laboratories in university parks enrich students’ education and respond to new research and development demands

INFRASTRUCTURE

Address for excellence

The Unicamp facility combines modern equipment for research in genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and cell biology under a single roof

HIGH IMPACT SCIENCE

The expansion of knowledge

FAPESP’s new Research, Innovation, and Dissemination Centers embolden Brazil’s science and enhance its impact

Science

Paulo Vanzolini

The sage of biodiversity

Zoologist Paulo Vanzolini was one of the brains behind the creation of the FAPESP and the author of a theory on the origin of species in South America, as well as an icon of São Paulo samba

GENETICS

Ramifications of sugarcane

Small RNA molecules control lateral stem growth in sugarcane

GEOLOGY

Why the earth shakes in Brazil

Seismologists propose a new explanation for earthquakes in Brazil

ASTRONOMY

Star archeology

Survey identifies three patterns of galaxy evolution

Technology

AGRICULTURE

Profitable plots

A small agricultural-automation company in São Carlos gains international recognition

BIOFUELS 

From bagasse to innovation

In the midst of an industry crisis, companies are investing in technology to increase ethanol production

MEDICINE

Digital autopsy

A new contrast injector and a high-power MRI help to ascertain causes of death

Humanities

BIG DATA

The human ark in a deluge of data

Workshop discusses potential of eScience and affirms the important role of the humanities

MEDIA

The sensationalist press and science

Assis Chateaubriand’s evening newspaper highlighted technology as part of an agenda to overcome Brazilian “backwardness”

MUSIC

Seeing Sounds and hearing movements

Researchers from the Móbile project go on tour to show the results of blending art with technology