Issue # 160 _ June 2009
S&T Policy
climatic changes
Effort on three fronts
Agreement encourages collaboration between researchers from São Paulo, Pernambuco and France
By Fabrício Marquesclimatic changes
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Eclectic cast
FAPESP program announces winning projects in its first call for proposals
By Fabrício Marquesevaluation
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The scale of discord
Academic community criticizes the new criteria of the CAPES Qualis System
By Fabrício MarquesScience
photonics
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Real time diagnosis
Laser technique quickly determines the level of fat in livers for transplant
By Marcos Pivettaimmunology
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Controlled response
Anti-inflammatory drugs may fight the immune system's exaggerated reaction to malaria
By Maria Guimarãesvirology
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A little known celebrity
Adolfo Lutz team isolates the first swine flu virus samples from a Brazilian patient
By Ricardo Zorzettobotany
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The woods are on the move
Forests and fields have advanced and receded in the country over the last 30 thousand years
By Carlos FioravantiAstronomy
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Explosions in another world
Brazilian researcher explores volcanoes on Saturn and Jupiter moons
By Maria GuimarãesTechnology
Food Engineering
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Selective nutrition
USP patents ice cream with added cereals and other products with beneficial additives
By Dinorah ErenoEnvironment
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Needed: cleaner air
Car running on alcohol emits 92% less composite pollutants
By Yuri Vasconcelosenergy
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Hydrogen-powered buses
Bus assembled in Brazil is among the global experiments aiming at lower air pollution
By Marcos de OliveiraHumanities
Literature
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My dear Baby Flag!
The exchange of letters and projects between Manuel Bandeira and Gilberto Freyre
By Carlos Haag