Issue # 164 _ October 2009
S&T Policy
Collaboration
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Important partnership agreements
FAPESP enters into cooperation agreements with UK research councils and university
By Fabrício MarquesEducation
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Integrated work
Project shows how public schools can become an arena for reflection
By Fabrício MarquesManagement
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Better public health
USP Medical School project encourages training family doctors and looks for ways to improve SUS
By Marcos PivettaEpidemiology
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The origin of illnesses
Six states join together in a major survey, to find out how heart diseases and diabetes develop
By Carlos FioravantiScience
Botany
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On top of the mountain range
Rare plants grow in isolation in the highlands
By Carlos FioravantiNeurophysiology
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Effects of Aversion
Repulsive situation increases attention and visual perception
By Ricardo ZorzettoPhysics
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Rebellious particles
Atom behavior may harm the working of the quantum computer
By Ricardo ZorzettoPhysics
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Entangled colors
São Paulo group achieves the quantum entanglement of three beams of light of different wavelengths
By Marcos PivettaTechnology
Agriculture
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Soil details
System integrates satellites and sensors to prepare a detailed map of farmland
By Marcos de OliveiraEnergy
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Vegetable kerosene
Researchers from Unicamp develop high purity biofuel for airplanes
By Evanildo da SilveiraMaterials Engineering
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Fine and flexible
Brazilian researchers create multimedia screens made from foldable, transparent paper
By Yuri Vasconcelos