Issue # 238 _ December 2015

S&T Policy

BIODIVERSITY

Ways to restore the forests

Initiatives test solutions for restoring the vegetation in degraded areas

Bibliometrics

An ID card for researchers

Brazilian institutions begin to adopt the ORCID identifier code, a global digital signature for scientific and other academic authors

Human resources

Women’s odds in academia

Research suggests that having a higher ratio of women in a field does not guarantee female scholars an edge in reaching the top career level

Recognition

Work rewarded

Prizes for researchers multiply in Brazil and abroad

Cooperation

Land of new ideas

A conference and competition in Germany promote innovative proposals from other countries

Science

MEDICINE

Exercises to restore the heart

Researchers explain how aerobic and strength training reverse the damage caused by heart failure

Biology

The fate of cells

Size and shape of mitochondria affect cell maturation

BOTANY

A recipe for cellulose

Brazilian researchers believe a code exists that regulates the formation of plant cell walls

PALEONTOLOGY

The golden age of the cynodonts

Species first discovered in Africa, and now in Brazil, lived during the peak of diversity of mammal precursors

ASTROPHYSICS

Cannibalistic stars

Group from Brazil and Argentina explains how a class of pulsars evolves until it consumes other celestial objects.

Physics

Irreversible disorder in the world of atoms

International team measures the increase in entropy in carbon nuclei for the first time

Technology

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Vinasse to generate energy

In addition to its use as fertilizer, ethanol waste can be used to produce electricity

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

The global market is the goal

BrPhotonics invests in research and development to develop advanced optical devices for export

Pharmaceutical Industry

Innovative molecules

Biolab completes development of two new drugs in hopes of expanding its presence in the international market

Humanities

Urbanism

Housing as a commodity

Research shows that in developed and poor nations alike, public housing has become an investment asset

HISTORY

Power games on the silver screen

Researcher identifies reflections of political and economic interests in newsreels from the developmentalist era

Archeology

The unusual menu of the Paracas people

A population that lived more than 2,000 years ago on the coast of Peru ate a farmer’s carbohydrate-rich diet