Issue # 197 _ July 2012

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Much more than patents
Offices for the transfer of technology at leading universities expand their role and strengthen cooperation with companies By

S&T Policy

Sustainable development

Minimum consensus

Rio+20 Summit produces lukewarm report, but moves forward on voluntary commitments

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Science

Mental diseases

Storms of body and soul

Crises of depression and euphoria cause chemical imbalances that may damage cells and accelerate aging of the body

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Matings

The sexual flexibility of females

Among lizards, males are not always necessary for reproduction

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Muscular distrophy

Joint treatment

Combined use of stem cells and growth factor reduces muscular dystrophy's symptoms in mice

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Borborema range

The origin of the mountain

Alternative theory proposes that the northeastern plain was formed around 30 million years ago

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Complex networks

The order of scarcity

Patterns discovered in a network of thousands of reservoirs in Ceará may help when it comes to facing drought and floods

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Technology

OCEAN MINING

Marine fertilizer

Use of limestone algae as fertilizer on cane plantations may increase productivity by as much as 50%

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Food industry

Produce protection

Biofilms produced from cassava, banana and quinoa protect and guarantee longer life for several foods

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Corporate research

Beyond oil derivatives

Braskem expands markets with a polymer made from ethanol and invests in routes to biotechnology

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Humanities

Development

The interior's economic relief

Study maps the process of industrial deconcentration in the State of São Paulo

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Foreign affairs

Dance of the wheelchairs at the United Nations

The idea of Brazil on the Security Council, seen as a “whim” by analysts, came from the United States

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History of science

Even so, sound moves

As a musician, the father of Galileo influenced his son in the search for experimental truth

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Obituary

Between ethics and spirit

Flávio Pierucci was one of the greatest interpreters of contemporary Brazilian religiousness