Issue # 62 _ March 2001

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Cover

Lookout for gales and waves: A group from Inpe studies the formation of cyclones in the South Atlantic andmaintains an on-line service of meteorological forecasts

S&T Policy

databank

Scientific census

A survey by CNPq maps the research groups in the country

incubators

Guaranteed demand

Small businesses are going to dispute the generic drug market

genomics

Consortium against malaria

ONSA joins an international network which is going to sequence the genome of Anopheles gambiae

Science

Biology

A blow to our vain pride

The sequencing of the human genome proves the scientific similarities between animals, plants and bacteria and gives weight to the idea that we are merely one more species on the Earth

Medicine

A bench marker detects cancer

A protein can identify bladder cancer in a urine test with precision

Geology

Water, a resource under examination

The largest water reservoir of South America might have excess radioactivity

Ecology

Without animals the forest will die

The disappearance of the animals that disperse seeds endanger the survival of the remainder of the Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Rain Forest)

mathematics

Programmed to see

Animals show computers how to identify objects

Technology

Computing

A notary's office in the digital world

Project results in software for the registering and organization of paperwork

construction industry

Bad weather proof

A new impermeable material brings together residues of styrene and aluminum scrap

BIOMATERIALS

Treatment with quality

A method developed at Unesp guarantees more efficient dental implants

Humanities

History

In the search of lost knowledge

Research recovers the evolution of the scientific ideas of Portugal and of Brazil

Literature

The traps for reality

Studies analyze what are the social relations in the works of Clarice Lispector