Issue # 121 _ March 2006

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Cover

A larger brother for Pluto?
Distant icy heavenly body is a strong candidate for the tenth planet of the solar system By

S&T Policy

Development

More personnel for science

Number of scholarships granted for 2006 increases and the amounts are readjusted

Legislation

Propitious ground

Technological parks and a bill encourage innovation in the state of São Paulo

Funding

Innovation shock

The BNDES launches lines of credit and the government creates a fund to boost companies' technological development

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Environment

Vulnerable flanks

Indicator maps the impact of climatic changes on public health in all the states

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Science

Medicine

United unto death

A study concerning 520,000 couples shows how intense the impact of an illnessor death of a partner can be

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Virology

The tricks of HIV

Recombinant forms of the virus complicate the AIDS epidemic in Brazil

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Botanics

Rigor and sensibility

The electronic version of the Flora brasiliensis widens access to knowledge about Brazil's plants

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Genomics

The genes of paper

Teams from five states identify the DNA sequencing that could turn the eucalyptus more resistant to drought and diseases

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Paleobotany

The grains of time

Pollen from a crater in the city of São Paulo bears witness to climatic and environmental changes over the last 100,000 years

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Technology

Medicines

Guarantee of life

A bio-medicine for babies will be produced on a large scale

Petroleum

Deep investment

Petrobras Award reveals new systems and new professions for the petrochemical industry

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Chemistry

Without smell and less toxic

USP researchers develop a method for the production of paints almost without smell

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New Materials

Self cleaning scalpel

Ceramic coating sterilizes medical and dental instruments

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Geology

A penetrating look

A new sensorial method using satellite images facilitates the identification of mineral deposits

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Biomedical engineering

Precious details

Mammography image processing system detects cancerigenic lesions with greater precision and reduces the number of biopsies

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Humanities

Literature

The library of Babel

Edusp launches a box with two richly illustrated volumes of books by José and Guita Mindlin

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Scenic arts

New São Paulo, Act I

The Municipal Theater helped in the urban and esthetic modernization of the city

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History

President Juscelino Kubitschek

Academics point out historical excesses in romanticizing the ex-president

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