Issue # 118 _ December 2005
S&T Policy
environment
The world after Kyoto
Specialists foresee more demands for Brazil to control its carbon dioxide emissions
By Claudia Izique3rd Conference of ST&I
Biodiesel is ours
For the winner of the Nobel in Chemistry, Brazil needs partners to maintain the leadership in renewable fuels
evaluation
The Club of excellence
International Rankings provide evidence on the performance of the four best Brazilian universities
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Biochemistry
Reproduction demystified
The identification of the nuclear region of Trypanosoma cruzi could well facilitate combating Chagas' disease
By Ricardo ZorzettoHEALTH
Diagnostic in the form of light
The use of a laser helps to tell healthy tissue from the ones altered by cancer
By Revisor and RedaçãoBiology
Virus hunters
A team of researchers goes to the Amazon to watch for the entrance of emergent diseases
By Fabrício MarquesEcology
Vulnerable predators
A plan proposes strategies to save the rays and sharks of the Brazilian coastline
By Fabrício MarquesAstrophysics
The great magnet of the Milky Way
The gravitational force of a huge structure located 500 million light years awaypulls our galaxy in its direction
By Marcos PivettaPhysics
The long wings of neurons
The quantity and efficiency of connections essentially depends on the shape of the nerve cells
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
pharmacy
The artemisinin therapy
A medicine against malaria derived from the Chinese plant will be produced in Brazil
By Dinorah Erenocomputing
Associated scientists
A group of professionals unite in forming a small and innovative company in the entrepreneurial manner
By Marcos de Oliveiratelecommunication
Doped fiber
A company dominates the process of manufacturing optical equipment that amplifies a light signal
By Yuri VasconcelosHumanities
History
Far from God, close to the USA
A study by Moniz Bandeira dissects the formation of the American empire
By Carlos Haag