Issue # 145 _ March 2008

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Cover

The art of scanning clouds
Three satellites, Landsat, Cbers and Terra, monitor the Amazon Region's controversial deforestation By
Greener than we thought
The country has consumed 30% of its natural vegetation, most of it in the last 50 years By

S&T Policy

Agreement

Reaching new standards

Fapesp and Braskem to invest R$ 50 million in green polymers

Biotechnology

Seeds of dissent

Council of Ministers confirms the release of transgenic corn for sale

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Dissemination

The apotheosis of the double helix

Exhibition unveils DNA, from biodiversity up to the cell's nucleus

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Medication

Creative fever

Co-operation among universities, companies and the government makes discovery and the development of drugs in England easier

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Science

Biodiversity

The Cerrado falcons

Countryside reveals unexpected biological wealth

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Molecular biology

Guarana DNA

With its 210 chromosomes, the genome of the Amazon region plant provides information about its therapeutic properties

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Pharmacology

Racing against time

Team identifies how an essential brain protein causes cellular death in Alzheimer patients

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Technology

Agriculture

Inside plants

Tracking the path of silicon used in fertilizers

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Electrical Engineering

Illuminated security

Artificial neural networks used to manufacture automotive brake lights

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Entrepreneurship

Business source

Incubated companies grow in Brazil and now seek a new level of economic development and business success

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Humanities

Literature

Kafkaesque dictatorship

Czech author was viewed as a writer who could shed light on national life during military regime

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History

The order of war

The Farc: "a military giant maybe but politically and democratically a dwarf"

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Sociology

Gone are the days when single women looked for company

Study on "women alone" goes against Wave and proves that "one can be happy on one's own" and still find love

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