Issue # 102 _ August 2004
S&T Policy
indicators
A proof of quality
Study includes Brazil in the ranking of the countries that most carry out relevant research
By Fabrício Marquesinvestment
Plasma recovered
São Paulo is going to request bids for a factory to produce blood plasma products
By Claudia Iziqueinnovation
Ready for the fight
Ninety entrepreneurs from PIPE qualify themselves for business management
Science
hematology
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Effects of diversity
Intense miscegenation makes Brazil a fertile field for hereditary anemias
By Carlos Fioravantiphysiology
Dogma overturned
Researchers recover movements and reduce loss of neurons in rats with damaged spinal cord
physics
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Ghost Action
Team from Campinas details phenomenon that makes quantum cryptography possible
By Ricardo ZorzettoEcology
Priorities of Minas Gerais
Atlas indicates 105 areas of high biological wealth as a target for researches and conservation
Technology
cattle raising
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Well-handled Herd
Researchers produce cattle that mature earlier for slaughter and for reproduction
By Yuri VasconcelosMedicine
Safer transfusion
Equipment guarantees better quality blood for immunodeficient patients
By Sylvia LeiteElectrical Engineering
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House under control
Company from São Carlos develops low cost equipment for building automation
By Samuel AntenorHumanities
production
Recipe for growth
Study indicates that industrial sector is still the source of expansion of the São Paulo economy
By Claudia Izique