Issue # 213 _ November 2013

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Supermonkey of the Americas
Paleontologists reconstruct the versatile lifestyle of Cartelles coimbrafilhoi, the largest simian ever to inhabit the continent By

S&T Policy

Internationalization

Building a network

A symposium in Cambridge brings together Brazilian researchers and students from the New England region to strengthen cooperation

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COMMUNICATION

Science reaches out to the public

10th annual Brazilian Science and Technology Week promotes activities in 700 cities

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Performance indicators

Stronger cooperation

FAPESP has expanded its effort to internationalize science in the state of São Paulo, as the 2012 Activity Report shows

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Science

ECOLOGY

Circles of time

With chainsaws and drills, Brazilians and Germans collect tree samples to see how humidity and temperature have changed over the centuries

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SPECIAL BIOTA EDUCATION VIII

Secrets of the ocean blue

Little-known marine and coastal environments host abundant biodiversity and could potentially produce new molecules

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Biophysics

Fluid boundaries

Elastic properties of membranes vary according to the type and function of the cell

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Physics

Primordial soup

Brazilians help analyze unexplained phenomena in liquid created from particle collisions

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Technology

AUTOMATION

Driverless Car

Brazilian projects involving autonomous vehicles are contributing to the future of urban mobility

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CORPORATE RESEARCH

Chemical renewal

Dow invests in sugarcane as a renewable raw material for production of plastics

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Engineering

Sweet Partnership

The USP Polytechnic School will test a Japanese process for producing biodegradable plastic from bacteria and sugar cane juice

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Water Resources

Predicting the impact

Software evaluates future scenarios for irrigation, electricity generation, and construction projects in drainage basins

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Humanities

cities

Comprehensive diagnostic

Center for Metropolitan Studies shows that the inequality in basic education in Brazilian cities is greater than the inequality in basic health

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