Issue # 223 _ September 2014

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Cover

Building a drug: Ovarian tumor antibodies developed by a Brazilian company and Brazilian research institutions are ready to be tested on humans
Protons and ions in the right amount: Hadron therapy combats tumors more selectively and effectively than conventional radiation therapy

S&T Policy

Indicators

Growing impact

FAPESP 2013 Activity Report highlights record investments and programs for innovation and state-of-the-art knowledge

Research integrity

From Commitment to Action

Experts discuss ways to continuously and effectively promote a culture of honesty among researchers

Homage

Talent Rewarded

Two prizes highlight the scientific and cultural contributions of Brazilians

Science

IMMUNOLOGY

Imperfect filter

Changes in how a gene functions may impair the selection of lymphocytes in the thymus and cause autoimmune diseases

ECOLOGY

Forests without animals

Decline of animal populations poses as serious a problem as deforestation

GEOLOGY

The distant past of a great river

Erosion of the Andes may have connected ancient watersheds and formed the Amazon

Cosmology

Cosmic magnifying lenses

Gravitational distortion of light from supernovae and galaxies helps researchers investigate the distribution of matter and energy in the Universe

Technology

Photonics

Accelerated bits

CPqD establishes an optical device company with an eye on the domestic and international markets

Microelectronics

Strategic cooperation

Partnership between a company and a university in the state of Rio Grande do Sul results in a chip encapsulation factory

VETERINARY MEDICINE

Strays under control

Software program estimates the population of abandoned dogs and cats and simulates strategies to improve animal and human health

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Green nanoparticles

Plants from the Cerrado are being used in the production of nanosystems designed to control agricultural pathogens and pests, among other applications

Humanities

Agricultural Economics

Rural World in Transition

In a new book, experts examine technological and economic strategies applied in the countryside that are productive and promote inclusion of the small farmer

LITERATURE

An Imagined Brazi

Ariano Suassuna forged a fiction out of popular tradition mixed with a heavy dose of aesthetics

OBITUARY

A public intellectual

The versatile Nicolau Sevcenko was one of the most famous Brazilian historians