Issue # 166 _ December 2009

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Cover

Bedroom findings
Stress and lack of sleep are the chief enemies of a fulfilling sex life By

S&T Policy

Planning

The future under discussion

Starting preparations for 4th National Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation

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Evaluation

Outstanding performance

Chinese ranking indicates USP is the 115th best university in the world

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Information technology

Computing tools

Microsoft-Fapesp IT Research Institute call covers projects in biodiversity, bionenergy and climate change

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Medications

Orchestra rehearsal

Brazil's participation in clinical trials creates complex system in the research environment

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Science

Environment

Fighting extinction

Researchers identify priority conservation areas in the state of Pará

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Environment

Under the Copenhagen banner

Studies show the evolution of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil and the potential impact of climate change on the country's economy

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Medicine

Exaggerated reaction

Influenza A, H1N1 virus, the cause of swine flu, induces inflammation that destroys lung cells

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Medicine

The second wave and the vaccine

Countries in the Northern Hemisphere start pre-winter vaccination drive

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Epidemiology

Fast change

Income transfer and access to education are pillars in the reduction of child malnutrition in the Northeast

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Health

The colors of the night

Red lights may be healthier than blue ones

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Astronomy

Uranus and its moons

Eclipses and occultations provide data to improve our understanding of the structure of planets

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Ecology

Chemistry in the air

Volatile compounds control the interaction between vegetables and insects

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Technology

Naval engineering

Navigation assured

IPT modernizes lab for tests and trials in shipbuilding projects

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Agriculture

Alternative irrigation

USP group achieves improved sugarcane productivity by irrigating plantation with treated domestic sewage

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Chemistry

Bactericide flooring

Film with titanium oxide nanoparticles helps control infection

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Petroleum engineering

Free of sand

LNLS and firm from Campinas develop filter to extract oil from the bottom of the sea

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Biochemistry

Recreated skin

Artificial model tests efficacy of new compounds for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products

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Humanities

History

The black admiral and his silver battleship

The 100th anniversary of the Revolta da Chibata

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Anthropology

The sadness of the tropics

Lévi-Strauss' death brings a review of his science in its wake

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