International issue | November 2015

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Rain dance
The water shortage alarming Brazil is closely related to its forests By

S&T Policy

BIOENERGY 

The challenge of scaling up

A report shows that biofuel expansion requires the support of public policies to be sustained at a global level

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Scientometrics

Innovative calculations

Scientific paper describes methodology used to evaluate the Biota-FAPESP Program

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COLLABORATION

Bringing into evidence

Researchers discuss partnerships in search of drugs to treat diseases that are of little interest to pharmaceutical companies

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Science

Botany

Forests in transformation

Vines are remodeling the Amazon Region, and bamboos are remodeling the Atlantic Forest

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BIOCHEMISTRY

Further danger from the sun

Visible light, in addition to ultraviolet radiation, may also cause skin cancer

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Pre-History 

New pieces of the puzzle

Teeth from a deer found alongside human bones inside a cave in the state of Piauí suggest that humans were present in the region more than 20,000 years ago 

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OBITUARY

The tropical disease scientist

Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva was one of the most respected parasitology experts in the world

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GEOLOGY

Echos of separation

Great blocks of rock from different ages and origins combined to form the South Atlantic margins

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ASTRONOMY

Perturbed atmosphere

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

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Physics

Spins engines

Brazilians discover how to measure energy variations in atomic nuclei

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Technology

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Avalanche of data

Advances in eScience are changing the traditional way of conducting science

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New Materials

Malleable and bounces back

Foam consisting of graphene oxide and boron nitride is lightweight and tough and returns to its original shape after compression

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BIOTECHNOLOGY

Artificial skin

Skin replacements could be used as grafts to treat burns and severe lesions

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Agriculture

Natural fertilizer

Using leguminous plants as fertilizer can increase sugarcane production by 35%

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Humanities

SOCIETY

Architecture for all

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

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SOCIOLOGY

Rearrangements in the Metropolis

Population figures show that communities on the periphery of Greater São Paulo have become more heterogeneous, with middle and lower classes living closer to each other while the elites still occupy the more exclusive zones

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