Issue # 160 _ June 2009
S&T Policy
evaluation
The scale of discord
Academic community criticizes the new criteria of the CAPES Qualis System
By Fabrício Marquesclimatic changes
Eclectic cast
FAPESP program announces winning projects in its first call for proposals
By Fabrício Marquesclimatic changes
Effort on three fronts
Agreement encourages collaboration between researchers from São Paulo, Pernambuco and France
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Astronomy
Explosions in another world
Brazilian researcher explores volcanoes on Saturn and Jupiter moons
By Maria Guimarãesphotonics
Real time diagnosis
Laser technique quickly determines the level of fat in livers for transplant
By Marcos Pivettabotany
The woods are on the move
Forests and fields have advanced and receded in the country over the last 30 thousand years
By Carlos Fioravantivirology
A little known celebrity
Adolfo Lutz team isolates the first swine flu virus samples from a Brazilian patient
By Ricardo Zorzettoimmunology
Controlled response
Anti-inflammatory drugs may fight the immune system's exaggerated reaction to malaria
By Maria GuimarãesTechnology
energy
Hydrogen-powered buses
Bus assembled in Brazil is among the global experiments aiming at lower air pollution
By Marcos de OliveiraEnvironment
Needed: cleaner air
Car running on alcohol emits 92% less composite pollutants
By Yuri VasconcelosFood Engineering
Selective nutrition
USP patents ice cream with added cereals and other products with beneficial additives
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
History
The dream of an Amazonian Eldorado
Brazilian archeology and the eternal quest for hidden civilizations in the Amazon Forest
By Carlos Haag