Issue # 266 _ April 2018
S&T Policy
Bioenergy
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On the frontiers of ethanol made from sugarcane
Project outlines scenarios to increase biofuel production in Africa and Latin America
By Fabrício MarquesREMOTE SENSING
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Help facing the fire
Brazilian states begin using new tools to analyze data on forest fires
By Bruno de PierroScience
Physics
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Hawking’s legacy
The British physicist showed black holes can emit radiation and shrink in size
By Marcos Pivettaphysics
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Half a century with ALS
Stephen Hawking may have been the longest-living patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
By Marcos PivettaCARDIOLOGY
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Replaced hearts
Fifty years after the first heart transplant, survival is up but donors remain scarce
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
MICROELECTRONICS
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Brazil’s chip-making dream
New Qualcomm packaging facility to place Brazil among global semiconductor producers
By Yuri Vasconcelos