Issue # 112 _ June 2005
S&T Policy
Nuclear Medicine
Vanguard diagnosis in all corners
Government is to create a company to expand the national production of radiopharmaceuticals
By Claudia IziqueScience
Medicine
Dr Bacchus prescribes
Studies suggest that wine compounds increase longevity
By Marcos Pivetta
Biology
Inhabitants of the grains of sand
Biologists discover 13 species of invertebrates that live in marine sediments
By Carlos FioravantiPhysics
Three steps forward
Physicists from Minas and Sao Paulo improve data handling and transmission in quantum computers
By Ricardo ZorzettoTechnology
Chemical Engineering
Memory in glass
Innovative material will store digital data in 3-dimensions
By Yuri VasconcelosRecycling
Back to its origins
New processes simplify the cleaning and recovery of disposable plastic bottles
By Dinorah ErenoRestoration
Lights on the past
Sophisticated analysis techniques reveal writing from papyruses and deteriorated documents
By Revisor and RedaçãoEnergy
Fuel in ceramics
Researchers from Ipen develop equipment that transforms hydrogen into electricity
By Marcos de OliveiraMechanical engineering
School program
Software teaches students to plan the manufacture of industrial parts
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
Economics
The authoritarian currency
Project discusses the delicate relationship between the authority of the Central Bank and politics
By Carlos HaagEconomics
Size matters
Survey shows that that high interest rates only benefit the financial system
By Carlos Haag