Issue # 76 _ June 2002
S&T Policy
Biodiversity

Actions against biopiracy
WIPO studies how to protect cultures and genetic resources
By Claudia IziqueReport

Genomics for health
WHO foresees advances in the struggle against morbid and genetic diseases
Worker’s Health

Underdiagnosis jeopardizes public policies
Project will quantify real incidence work accidents in Piracicaba
Science
GENOMICS

Three new attack routes against the pest
Article published in Nature compares the genomes of the Xanthomonas citri and campestri and shows how to avoid citric canker, which makes orange trees unproductive
By Simone Biehler MateosZootechny

The unexpected bull
Thanks to a mistake, the first Brazilian clone from a fetus somatic cell is born
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Dialogs with water
Simulation with molecules that change their behavior when immersed in solvents makes it possible to model new substances
By Francisco BicudoPhysics

The high relief of memory
Team from Pernambuco clarifies an essential phenomenon in computers
Technology
NEW MATERIAL

Much more than simple glass
Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos produce vitreous material that can be used in telescopes, high-tech ovens and artificial bones
By Yuri VasconcelosENGINEERING

Tiny and notable
National Synchrotron Light Laboratory develops micro parts with wide usage in the academic and industrial worlds
By Marcos de OliveiraMetallurgy engineering

Controlled noise
A sandwich of steel sheets and a polymer form plates that absorb the vibrations of motors
By Dinorah ErenoAgronomy industry

Environmental and energy gains
Innovative project of mini mills proposes total integration around alcohol production
yeast

Wealth in the mill's leftovers
Ital and Copersucar develop edible products from the residues of alcohol production
By Revisor and RedaçãoAgronomy

Land without fire
In Pará, instead of burning, the stubble is ground up and becomes a fertilizer