Issue # 180 _ February 2011
S&T Policy
Internationalization

Quality and experience
Special program attracts visiting professors to Unicamp from abroad
By Isabelle SommaIntegration

The map of light
Researchers interact with Nobel laureates and plan experiments in biology and physics
By Carlos FioravantiDissemination of Science

Boiling
International Year of Chemistry shows the science of atoms in our daily lives
By Carlos FioravantiTeaching Science

A school in orbit
Teachers and students in the State of São Paulo's coastal area build a satellite
By Carlos FioravantiScience
Astrophysics

The Milky Way revisited
The galaxy's arms may be closer and not as spiral-shaped as had been thought
By Marcos PivettaPhysics

Restless neighborhood
Strategy allows evaluation of the magnetic interaction between nanoparticles
By Ricardo ZorzettoGeology

Rocks along the way
Fifty-four new minerals have been found for the first time in Brazil
By Carlos FioravantiNeurology

Expanded short circuit
Electric over stimulation of the brain can affect the heart and lead to sudden death from epilepsy
By Carlos FioravantiHomage

Empty spaces in Brazilian science
Farewell Jayme Tiomno, Victória Rossetti and Lynaldo Cavalcanti
Technology
Biotechnology

Genetic solutions
Transgenic mosquitoes are set free in Bahia to fight dengue fever
By Evanildo da SilveiraNanotechnology

Accurate particles
Alternatives for the use of cells to battle diseases and to obtain more accurate diagnoses
By Salvador Nogueira