Issue # 206 _ April 2013
Cover
- Shared challenges
- Company laboratories in university parks enrich students' education and respond to new research and development demands By Fabrício Marques
- Address for excellence
- Unicamp facility combines modern equipment for research in genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and cell biology all under one roof By Fabrício Marques
S&T Policy
Brasiliana
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Portraits of Brazil
Library housing the José Mindlin collection inaugurated at USP
By Bruno de PierroScience
CLIMATOLOGY
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Thaw in the Andes
Aerial photos and satellite images show accelerated shrinking of South American glaciers
By Ricardo ZorzettoEthology
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Sweet learning
Experiments demonstrate honeybees’ capacity for associating colors and signals
By Igor ZolnerkevicTechnology
Biotechnology
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Planting medicine
Anti-HIV drug is obtained from genetically modified soybeans
By Marcos de OliveiraCHEMISTRY
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Biological silver
Nanoparticles from fungi are successfully tested on antibacterial fabrics and on sores
By Dinorah ErenoAGRICULTURE
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Profitable plots
Small agricultural automation company in São Carlos gains international recognition
By Yuri VasconcelosEntrepreneurship
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Business emerges from the past
Entrepreneurial archeology plays an increasing role at infrastructure construction sites
By Bruno de Pierro