Issue # 77 _ July 2002
S&T Policy
phytotherapy

The price of lack of definition
Researchers from the Cebrid interrupt research with Krah
By Claudia IziqueScience
Genomics

Expanded territory
Harvest of concluded genomes includes new manners of fighting schistosomiasis
Biology

Under the yoke of Chronos
Team verifies the variety of rhythms that organize life in animals
By Francisco Bicudobotany
Threatened archipelago
A survey discovers the richness and the risks of the Cerrado islands in the Para
Technology
environmental engineering

Impact of the wind and pollutants
The IPT builds a tunnel to study air movements in towns and in industrial areas
aerial engineering

On the right course
Integrated sensors platform will make the flight of light aircraft more precise
microelectronics
On the trail to the future
Program allows pupils to design and test integrated circuits made abroad
By Tania MarquesHumanities
Music

The Files of Tom Jobim
The personal archive of Tom Jobim is being organized with the help of Faperj