Issue # 95 _ January 2004
S&T Policy
HEALTH

New investments
Fleury, Syrio-Lebanese and Einstein create research institutes
By Tania Marquesentrepreneur

Recipe for an entrepreneur
Seminar analyzes strategies for the success of high technology businesses
Science
Oceanography

Oasis in danger
Biologists plan the repopulation of the coral reefs, one of the richest environments in the world, threatened by excessive fishing
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Verônica FalcãoEcology

Uncertain fruits
Excessive harvesting threatens survival of the brazil-nut trees of in the Amazon
PALEOBOTANY

The flora that came in from the cold
The interior of the state of São Paulo shelters fossils of plants that grew alongside glaciers 300 million years ago
By Marcos PivettaBioinformatics

Bits, bytes and genes
Brazilians create programs that simplify the task of setting up and analyzing genomes
Technology
Materials Engineering

Innovations in steels
Researchers develop advanced materials with better electrical properties and more resistance to corrosion
By Yuri VasconcelosAgriculture

On guard against rot
System makes it possible to control citrus disease with less fungicides spraying
Aquaculture

Feed made to measure
Study develops system for analyzing foodstuffs for fishes and shrimps
Pharmaceutical industry

Weekly dose
Company acquires from UFMG the right to produce antihypertensive with technique for controlled release of the drug
Humanities
History

Modern by hook or by crook
Books show how elites implemented civilization in Rio de Janeiro and in São Paulo
By Carlos Haag