Issue # 233 _ July 2015
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In 10 years, the FAPESP Virtual Library has gone from a database to an information system with analytical tools
By Fabrício MarquesScientometrics

Valuable records
Data compiled from the Lattes Platform provide fuel for studies on science in Brazil and reveal trends
By Fabrício MarquesINDICATORS

Science in motion
Census shows growth in the number of research groups in Brazil and a reduction in their regional concentration
By Fabrício MarquesScience
MEDICINE

The new faces of cancer
The frequency of cases of head and neck tumors caused by HPV, transmitted by sexual contact, has increased in young people and non-smokers
By Rodrigo de Oliveira AndradeNeuroscience

Why so many curves?
Folds and thickness of the brain’s surface layer are not related to the number of neurons
By Rodrigo de Oliveira AndradeGENOMICS

An orderly swarm
DNA sequencing of bees helps to decipher how these insects develop
By Rafael GarciaMicrobiology

United they are strong
Physicists and biologists investigate how Xylella fastidiosa bacteria assemble into biofilms
By Maria GuimarãesGEOCHEMISTRY

The third bank of the river
Organic matter transported by the Amazon travels nearly 600 kilometers into the Atlantic, reaching the Caribbean
By Pablo NogueiraPALEONTOLOGY

A Caribbean cousin
Fossil of 12 million-year-old sea turtle found in Venezuela is a distant relative of South American freshwater turtles
By Marcos PivettaPhysics

Quantum acceleration
Clouds of cold atoms can be used to measure subtle variations in the force of gravity
By Igor ZolnerkevicTechnology
BIOENGINEERING

Made-to-measure prostheses
Biofabris Institute produces titanium alloy implants for patients who lost skull or face bones because of accidents or disease
By Dinorah ErenoNANOTECHNOLOGY

Unexpected filaments
Experiment results in the appearance of a microtube covered in nanowires that could have applications in nanoelectronics and microelectronics
By Evanildo da SilveiraHumanities
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE

Behind the façades
USP inventory calls attention to the loss of historic structures in the state’s first coffee-growing region
By Carlos FioravantiGEOLOGICAL TOURISM

A 600-million-year old São Paulo
Itinerary includes monuments and buildings in the historic center of São Paulo adorned with stone from a distant past
By Ricardo Zorzetto