Issue # 165 _ November 2009
S&T Policy
Nobel Prize

Female power
Record number of women laureates illustrates the rising presence of women at the top in science
By Fabrício MarquesDissemination

The museum goes to school
USP project takes a biology and physics exhibition to students in the public school network
By Fabrício MarquesAssessment

International weight
Rankings show the place of Brazilian research in the world and the position of our universities in specific areas
By Fabrício MarquesPartnership

Bilateral innovation
Brazil and Canada to expand R&D collaboration between their firms
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Microbiology

The artisans of ethanol
Discoveries on yeast genetics encourage research into expanding alcohol productivity
By Carlos FioravantiBotany

Submerged in stand-by mode
Native tree from the Amazon Region, adapted to flooded lowlands, saves energy to survive constant floods that last as long as five consecutive months
By Marcos PivettaEcology

Overly close neighbors
Living close to human beings changes the diet of the brown howler monkey, exposing it to yellow fever
By Maria GuimarãesHomage

The scientist's art
Illustrator and entomologist João Camargo created the country's most outstanding collection of stingless bees
By Neldson MarcolinChemistry

Life in a test tube
Unexpected properties of reaction can be used as an analogy to understand life
By Maria GuimarãesAstronomy

The Hercules beacon
Team from Santa Catarina unravels the binary star enigma
By Ricardo ZorzettoGenetics

Discarded value
Stem cells from the umbilical cord have different properties depending on their source
By Maria GuimarãesTechnology
New materials

Eclectic diamond
Synthetic product used in drill bits to drill into the bottom of the sea and in the coating of steel parts
By Marcos de OliveiraPhotonics

Sculpting with light
Technique enables the creation of polymer micro- and nano-structures with complex geometry
By Yuri VasconcelosEnergy

Electricity from waste
São Paulo landfill site produces biogas for lighting and for engines
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
Architecture

A frenetic and foreign São Paulo
Theme project analyzes the role of immigrants in building the metropolis of São Paulo
By Carlos Haag