Issue # 209 _ July 2013

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A model fish
More practical and less expensive than rodents, the zebrafish is beginning to be used in neuroscience research and drug studies in Brazil By

S&T Policy

Collaboration

Diverse networks

A program mobilizes hundreds of institutions to expand the knowledge of Brazilian biodiversity

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Workshop

Sirius' partners

The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory involves innovative companies in the construction of its new light source

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Science

PUBLIC HEALTH

Big gains with small weight loss

In adolescents, the hormone that controls appetite returns to normal with just an 8% reduction in body weight

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Ecology

Transplanting forests

Orchids, seeds and seedlings in an area about to be lost to deforestation could enrich an area 40 times larger

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SPECIAL BIOTA

The many faces of the sertão

Lack of water and a semi-arid climate have elicited sophisticated adaptive responses among species in the Caatinga

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Paleontology

Records from the Cretaceous

Algae helped preserve dinosaur footprints in Paraíba

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CONDENSED MATTER 

The bizarre side of water

Theoretical model reproduces the anomalies of H2O molecules, including their superflow and unusual diffusion in nanotubes

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Physics

A shortcut to quantum computing

International groups test strategy to perform an operation in a glass chip that conventional computers cannot

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Technology

ENERGY

Green Flight

Study encourages the production of biokerosene for civil aviation

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CORPORATE RESEARCH

Focus on Business

The IBM Research Laboratory in Brazil looks at innovations in oil and gas, the environment, logistics, and the supply chain

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INNOVATION

Knowledge on the market

Companies seek out universities in a bid to create more competitive products

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INFORMATION SCIENCE

Digital access

Ribeirão Preto Hospital uses a national system to archive and manage medical images

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Humanities

Sociology

The justice of impunity

Inefficiency of the police and the courts destroys faith in democratic institutions

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HISTORY

The Empire at the Bottom of the Sea

Documents from the Royal Society reveal the debate between State and Science, sparked by a shipwreck in Brazil

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OBITUARY

The victory of a vocation

Former communist leader Jacob Gorender contributed to the scholarship on the history of Brazil’s colonial period and its more recent armed struggle

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