Issue # 150 _ August 2008

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The hidden side of violence
One in every ten victims of hold-ups, kidnappings or other forms of aggression develops post-traumatic stress By

S&T Policy

Dissemination

Under the sun of science

Unicamp attracts 12,000 people to the 60th Annual Meeting of the SBPC

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Neuroscience

Within the brain

The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul has set up a research institute into neurological diseases

Indicators

Taking a breather

Incongruous results in two different rankings open up the debate about the limits of growth in Brazilian academic production

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Science

Genetics

From fat to muscle

In the laboratory stem cells restore strength to mice with dystrophy

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Geography

The headwaters of a river

The search for the source of the Amazon River, now the longest in the world, reveals its singularity

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Genomics

Sugar cane juice

International symposium discusses the direction sugar cane research is going in Brazil

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Pharmacology

Sugar, but no arthritis

A component of guar gum alleviates pain and prevents damage in the joints progressing

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Physiology

Legs of lead

Competition for oxygen causes the fatigue common in cardiac and pulmonary insufficiency

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Technology

Medicine

Artificial bones

A team from USP is creating innovative solutions for surgical prostheses in bone reconstruction

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Biotechnology

More productive crops

New varieties of transgenic soybeans for the north and northeast of Brazil

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Agriculture

Protected land

In the Amazon a cultivation technique takes advantage of brushwood instead of burning it

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Chemistry

Reverse recycling

Discarded plastic bottles are being transformed into raw material derived from oil

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Humanities

Biography

Workers of Brazil

Doctorate traces the profile of Darcy Vargas, wife of Get

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History

The eternal dilemma of treason

A study resurrects a personality who was persecuted by the Inquisition

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Diplomacy

"Mamma" Africa cannot be a single mother

Specialists defend the strengthening of relations between Brazil and the African continent

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