Issue # 225 _ November 2014
S&T Policy
Promotion
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Sophisticated support
Offices established to free researchers from bureaucratic red tape offer new services
By Fabrício MarquesRecognition
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From Blue LED to the Brain’s GPS
Announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prizes highlights advances in microscopy, neuroscience and optics
By RedaçãoScience
ECOLOGY
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Risky crab feast
Crustaceans along the São Paulo coast are accumulating heavy metals and exhibiting organic changes
By Carlos FioravantiASTRONOMY
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Perturbed atmosphere
Meteorologists want to know why the wind is so strong on Venus and Titan
By Igor ZolnerkevicTechnology
COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Avalanche of data
Advances in eScience are changing the traditional way of conducting science
By Yuri Vasconcelos