Issue # 79 _ September 2002
S&T Policy
Investments

Agency for innovation
Finep completes 35 years and consolidates its role in support of R&D&E
By RedaçãoScience
Astrophysics

Where stars are born
Unprecedented mapping detects 150 nurseries in the Southern Hemisphere
Chemistry

The triumph of the left-handed
Study by Unicamp explains how amino acids organize themselves at the moment of the formation of proteins in any living being
By Francisco BicudoMedicine

Heart attack - What causes or prevents it
In Brazil, the risk of a heart attack is five times greater amongst smokers, and falls by almost half with moderate consumption of alcohol
By Marcos Pivettacattle raising

Liquid solution
Joint use of hydrating agent and diuretic fights intoxication by ammonia in cattle
toxicology

Altered functions
Experiments with animals attest to the possibility of changes in sexual behavior that may occur during gestation as an effect of pesticides and antiallergic drugs
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Silvia Mendesenvironment

In the oven's mouth
Burning eucalyptus to produce charcoal releases irritating and cancerous substances
BIOLOGY

Cleaning up the bottom of the sea
Team from Unicamp reveals the way of life of the cleaner-fish
Ecology

Wealth in danger
Shortage of large animals may reduce the diversity of species in regenerating forests
By Verônica FalcãoTechnology
Health

Radioactive seeds against cancer
Ipen masters the technology for manufacturing capsules containing iodine-125 for the treatment of prostate tumors
By Yuri VasconcelosMaterials Engineering

Tough for all tests
Unicamp gets together with a company to develop a process that turns gear boxesmore resistant
Astronomical instrumentation

A vision of space
INPE researchers build a telescope to capture x-rays and cosmic gamma rays