Issue # 210 _ August 2013
Cover
- Climate extremes
- Report indicates that all of Brazil is likely to be at least 3ºC warmer by the end of the century, with rainfall 30% higher in the South-Southeast and up to 40% lower in the North-Northeast By Marcos Pivetta
- Challenges in rural and urban areas
- Climate change will exacerbate agricultural losses, increase the challenge of generating hydroelectric power and affect urban management By Carlos Fioravanti
S&T Policy
Mobility
Competitive Science
Internationalization of São Paulo research is enhanced by the arrival of FAPESP grantee post-doctoral researchers from abroad
By Bruno de PierroEVALUATION
Reconstructed Trajectories
Group evaluates FAPESP programs and shows where grant recipients supported by the Foundation came from and where they went after completing their projects
By Fabrício MarquesEcology
Multiple views
Biodiversity report faces the challenge of integrating regional data with global, and traditional knowledge with scientific
By Bruno de PierroScience
Medicine
No breath to catch
Respiratory tract alterations thwart improvement in cases of severe asthma
By Ricardo ZorzettoZoology
Direct flight
Kinship between birds reveals a connection between the Amazon and Atlantic forests at two moments in the past
By Francisco BicudoPaleontology
It’s a stick, it’s a stone
Petrified plants reveal the look of the landscape 300 million years ago in what are now the states of Tocantins and São Paulo
By Maria GuimarãesOBITUARY
Geographer of the Amazon’s cities
Bertha Becker promoted innovative ideas and established a broad view of the North of Brazil
By Carlos FioravantiAstronomy
Danger near Pluto
Brazilians are involved in assessing risk for the space probe New Horizons
By Igor ZolnerkevicCryptography
The Voynich manuscript
Brazilian physicists propose that text in a manuscript written in an unknown language have meaning
By Igor ZolnerkevicTechnology
Aeronautics
Wings from the South
Two new airplane manufacturers build factories in Santa Catarina
By Yuri VasconcelosEnvironmental monitoring
Remote observation
The artisanal task of field research gains momentum using cameras and computer programs
By Dinorah ErenoEngineering
Floating over the terrain
Study contributes to development of tires that reduce compaction of agricultural soil
By Marcos de Oliveira
