Issue # 104 _ October 2004
S&T Policy
industry
Promising beginning
Competitiveness Forum is going to structure national policy for biotechnology
innovation
Correction to course
Debate sponsored by the Uniemp Institute highlights central role of companies in the generation of new technologies
By Claudia Iziquefomentation
Mission Accomplished
Fapesp closes year 2003 with financial recovery above forecast
By Maria da Graça MascarenhasScience
Physics
Versatile Minds
Physicists help to solve problems in genetics, in medicine, and in team leadership
By Carlos FioravantiGenetics
One mutation, three diseases
The same alteration in a gene can cause distinct pathologies in the neurons that control movements
By Revisor and Redaçãogenomic
Fertile deserts
Method identifies functional sequences of DNA in the midst of wildernesses devoid of genes
By Marcelo LeiteMEDICINE
The relief from salt
Silver nitrate against the accumulation of liquid between the pulmonary membranes
By Ricardo ZorzettoTechnology
New Materials

A fiber for all handiwork
Dry Curauá leaves have wide use; from car parts to clothes and medicines
By Dinorah Erenonutrition
Educated Choices
Children discover the healthiest foods through the incentive of an educational game
Security

Electronic watcher
A company develops a system that identifies car number plates and compares them to a data bank
By Samuel AntenorHumanities
Sociology
Where danger dwells
Studies show how violence conditions the day to day life in slum tenements and in the peripheral districts of Sao Paulo
By Fabrício Marques