Issue # 73 _ March 2002
S&T Policy
venture capital
Prospecting for good business
Votorantim Ventures invests in biotechnology companies
biotechnology
A market in expansion
Biominas finds that 51% of companies has no more than seven years
Scientific publications
SciELO, an acclaimed model
Virtual library expands visibility of Brazilian science
Science
Medicine
The vaccine that protects the heart
Ambitious project begins to combat rheumatic fever, which attacks the heart tissue
By Adilson Augustopersonality
A complete physicist
Dead at 96, Bernhard Gross coupled theory and practice with rare brilliance
astrophysics

Pulsating Sun
Group from the IAG discovers that variation in the diameter of the sun is ten times less than used to be believed
By Francisco BicudoTechnology
computing

Programs of the right size
Three companies from PIPE develop software projects that will contribute to Brazil's greater competitiveness in this sector
By Tania Marquesmarine engineering

Simulations on the screen and in the bay waters
Tanks from USP Coppe-UFRJ to help Petrobras explore for oil in ultradeep waters
By Yuri Vasconcelos and Wagner de OliveiraChemical engineering

Virtual savoring
Embrapa develops electronic tongue to monitor quality in the production of drinks and to detect herbicide contamination in water
biotechnology

Copies of perfection
ProClone is working to add quality and competitiveness to ornamental plant production in Brazil