Issue # 140 _ October 2007

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Cover

High-risk diet
Responsible for weight gain, the blocking of insulin begins in the brain and increases predisposition to cardiovascular diseases and cancer By and

S&T Policy

Fapesp

A foreign minister as FAPESP president

Former minister Celso Lafer took office on September 26

Dissemination

Knowledge Platform

Over 40 years, Bireme has advanced from medical library to benchmark reference in the field of scientific information management

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Productive Arrangements

Boiling Point

Articulated action between the government, production sectors and research propels Piracicaba into the world market for ethanol

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Science

50 years ago

Climate snapshots

Oceanographer reviews studies and discussions about global warming from a half century ago

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50 years ago

Notes and recollections

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Immunology

The art of working together

European groups work together to integrate research and save time in the search for new cancer and Aids treatments

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Neuroscience

The remains of the day

A study shows the stages of sleep in which the brain stores experiences and recollections

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Evolution

At the top of the mountain

Rise of the Andes explains the diversity of parrots in South America

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Geophysucs

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Some 245 million years ago a meteorite caused a crater 40 km across on the current border between Mato Grosso and Goiás

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Technology

Genetics

Origin unveiled

Company creates software that makes paternity tests more accurate

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Electrical Engineering

Smart Shower

Company from Minas Gerais develops a system for recovering heat from bath water

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Agronomy

Silicon in agriculture

Mineral is used to control pests and increase the productivity and quality of agricultural products

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Analytical Chemistry

More productive seeds

Magnetic resonance measures the concentration and quality of oilseeds for producing biodiesel

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Biotechnology

Powerful Duet

Fly enzyme produced in yeast fights harmful bacteria in the manufacture of fuel alcohol

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Humanities

History

From "feijoada" to "chucrute"

Created according to the original model, the Nazi Party in Brazil "went soft, taking on a more Brazilian and tropical attitude", says researcher

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Oral History

History taught by students

On UNE's 70th anniversary, a, study reveals the role of the student movement

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Culture

The (in)digestion of Tropicalism

Movement led by Caetano and Gil turns forty and still raises controversy

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