Issue # 208 _ June 2013

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The Expansion of Knowledge
FAPESP’s new Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers embolden Brazil’s science and enhance its impact By

S&T Policy

Antarctica

A Path in the Snow

Experts identify five topics as focal points for Brazilian science on the frozen continent

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Science

Botany 

The reverse path

A study indicates that trees in the Mantiqueira Range capture water through their leaves and transport it downwards to the ground

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Genetics

Ramifications of sugarcane

Small RNA molecules control lateral stem growth in sugarcane

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SPECIAL BIOTA EDUCATION IV

Open-air laboratory

The Cerrado, the world’s most diversified tropical savannah, holds a little-explored universe of molecules with commercial potential

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Astronomy

Star archeology

Survey identifies three patterns of galaxy evolution

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Physics

Quantum gambling

The 2012 Nobel Prize Winners speak of the challenges of developing a new computer concept and creating a GPS to predict earthquakes

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EVOLUTION

A sharp eye on biodiversity

Evolutionary outlook and expeditions to the Amazon set zoologist Paulo Vanzolini’s scientific work apart

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Technology

BIOFUELS

From bagasse to innovation

In the midst of an industry crisis, companies are investing in technology to increase ethanol production

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MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Sophisticated packaging

Industry invests in innovation to offer safer, better-quality, more convenient products to consumers

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MEDICINE

Digital Autopsy

A new contrast injector and a high-power MRI help ascertain causes of death

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Biomedical engineering

Enhanced mobility

System will enable the severely paralyzed to drive a wheelchair with their facial muscles

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Humanities

Big Data

The human ark in a deluge of data

Workshop discusses potential of eScience and affirms important role of the humanities

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Education

Nothing is lost, everything is transformed

Teaching an updated history of science could be the best way to help students understand chemistry

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CINEMA

Glauber Rocha with a French accent

The Bahian filmmaker and international criticism opened a dialogue that helped internationalize New Cinema

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