Issue # 115 _ September 2005
S&T Policy
Innovation
Orchestra rehearsal
States of the Southeast coordinate a common agenda for development
By Claudia IziqueScience
Zoology
The rainbow of the marmoset and tamarins
The behavior of Brazilian monkeys indicates the existence of four-color vision standards
By Marcos PivettaBotany
From the Glory Bush tree to the Queen Palm
The size of the genome of 100 Brazilian trees varies by up to a factor of twenty
By Marcos PivettaMedicine
The first signs of alert
Gene action sheds light on the origin and indicates the evolution of tumors
By Ricardo ZorzettoNeurology
To occupy, resist and conquer
A team from Minas Gerais State observes how prions infect neurons
By Carlos FioravantiVirology
Anticipated death
Virologists discover how the agent that causes yellow fever destroys liver cells
By Ricardo ZorzettoTechnology
Food engineering

Health supplement
Company develops an organic mineral complex using the proteins present in yeast
By Yuri VasconcelosChemistry

Beautifully dull
A new additive mixed in with synthetic rubber guarantees more beautiful footwear soles
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
Economy
The other side of fortune
Studies try to understand what makes a rich man rich
By Carlos Haag