Issue # 80 _ October 2002
S&T Policy
Genomics

Brazilian model
English sociologist highlights Brazil's participation in the world research scenario
public policy
Health in first place
Projects from the fourth call for proposals also attend to education and the environment
Science
biophysics
Like the sea waves
Researchers unveil movements to fight parasites on the surface of cells
Medicine

Danger at the table
Bracken consumed in Minas Gerais favors reproduction of tumor- linked virus
By Francisco Bicudoastrophysics
Explosion of energy
Combination of techniques makes it possible to identify weaker sources of gamma rays
Technology
New materials

Sugar Plastic
A Brazilian product is improved and goes after the international market
By Yuri Vasconcelostechnology

Novel topographic maps
Company makes use of information from a Canadian satellite to make maps with detailed topography