Issue # 228 _ February 2015
S&T Policy
Dissemination

Science First Hand
Researchers re-introduce project that provides high-school students with small, personal laboratories
Science
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

The art of standing still
Understanding how nerves and muscles communicate can help in rehabilitating people with neurodegenerative diseases
Biochemistry

Molecular origami
Structures that only appear when proteins are folded may be essential for recognition by enzymes
Technology
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

First flight
Thanks to Sora-e, Brazil is one of the pioneers in the development of electric manned aircraft
Forensic Toxicology

Designer Drugs
Study identifies new types of narcotics distributed under the ecstasy name
Chemistry

Identification by smell
Electronic nose identifies wood species and can help combat illegal logging
Humanities
Critical Studies

The historian and his time
New book by José Jobson de Andrade Arruda reconciles theory and practice in a discussion of historiography