International issue | November 2002
S&T Policy
S&T Policy
Prospecting for good business
Votorantim Ventures invests in biotechnology companies
By Revisor and RedaçãoScience
Medicine
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Malaria and some new diseases
São Paulo scientists make Rondonia a forward post for research with a high social impact
By Marcos PivettaEcology
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Jatoba against pollution
Tropical trees may be an option for cleaning the atmosphere, should the greenhouse effects increase
By Marcos PivettaTechnology
New materials
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Sugar Plastic
A Brazilian product is improved and goes after the international market
By Revisor and RedaçãoCIVIL ENGINEERING
Expanded concrete
Researcher finds in aluminum slag a new ingredient for producing mortar
By Redação