Issue # 164 _ October 2009
S&T Policy
Collaboration

Important partnership agreements
FAPESP enters into cooperation agreements with UK research councils and university
By Fabrício MarquesEducation

Integrated work
Project shows how public schools can become an arena for reflection
By Fabrício MarquesManagement

Better public health
USP Medical School project encourages training family doctors and looks for ways to improve SUS
By Marcos PivettaEpidemiology

The origin of illnesses
Six states join together in a major survey, to find out how heart diseases and diabetes develop
By Carlos FioravantiScience
Physics

Entangled colors
São Paulo group achieves the quantum entanglement of three beams of light of different wavelengths
By Marcos PivettaPhysics

Rebellious particles
Atom behavior may harm the working of the quantum computer
By Ricardo ZorzettoAstronomy

Inhospitable land
The smallest planet discovered to date outside the Solar System has a rocky surface and extreme temperatures
By Ricardo ZorzettoNeurophysiology

Effects of Aversion
Repulsive situation increases attention and visual perception
By Ricardo ZorzettoBotany

On top of the mountain range
Rare plants grow in isolation in the highlands
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
New materials

Colored gold
Gold powder mixed with other metals results in a variety of colored alloys for the manufacturing of jewelry
By Dinorah ErenoMaterials Engineering

Fine and flexible
Brazilian researchers create multimedia screens made from foldable, transparent paper
By Yuri VasconcelosEnergy

Vegetable kerosene
Researchers from Unicamp develop high purity biofuel for airplanes
By Evanildo da SilveiraAgriculture

Soil details
System integrates satellites and sensors to prepare a detailed map of farmland
By Marcos de OliveiraBiotechnology

Protection from leishmaniasis
Protein used in recombinant vaccine induces cellular response in dogs and reduces transmission of visceral disease
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
Music

Nostalgia for Jeca in the 21st century
Studies analyze country music and reveal an accurate image of Brazil: willing to move forward but always looking back
By Carlos Haag