Issue # 240 _ February 2016
S&T Policy
Congress
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Updated framework
Law introduces new incentives for innovation, but vetoes are criticized
By Bruno de PierroEnergy
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Towards the development of natural gas
FAPESP and the BG Group open a research center in São Paulo
By Bruno de PierroScience
Biogeography
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When the ocean was forest
The Atlantic Forest may have extended outward onto the continental shelf during the Ice Age
By Maria GuimarãesMETEOROLOGY
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The hidden seeds of rain
Researchers find the missing particles that explain how clouds form in the Amazon
By Ricardo ZorzettoTechnology
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Silver microproducer
Fungus is used to produce metallic nanoparticles that can be employed as antibacterial substances
By Evanildo da Silveira