Issue # 75 _ May 2002
S&T Policy
Alcue conference
Cooperation towards development
Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union widen investments in R&D
By Claudia IziqueEducation
Pro-Sciences: a positive balance
Program has made it possible to qualify 7,942 high school teachers
patents
Lessons in dialog and partnership
Study assesses strategies for integration between companies and universities in the USA and Europe
By Lucília Atas MedeirosScience
Genomics
At the root of the lupus
Recently discovered genes help to explain autoimmune diseases, which attack the organism itself
sports medicine
Players made to measure
A study shows who runs more and who has more resistance and greater dash in a football team
By Marcos PivettaGeology
Mother Earth
Team from USP puts South America on the map of Rodinia, a supercontinent of 1 billion years ago
By Francisco Bicudoastrophysics
At the mouth of a black hole
Researcher from UFRGS shows how matter is swallowed up by a black hole in the center of a galaxy
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
veterinary medicine

Noble animals
LinkGen is the first company in Latin America to do a DNA test for horses and cattle
Production engineering
Purchasing Power
The influence of carmakers upon the companies that supply parts is becoming greater and greater
Metallurgical engineering
High performance
Companies from Southern Brazil produce tooling machinery for North American industry
By Tania Marques