Issue # 248 _ October 2016
S&T Policy
S&T Policy

Challenges made-to-order
Eighteen São Paulo private institutes conduct research to respond to demands in health, technology, agriculture, and social sciences
By Fabrício Marques and Bruno de PierroDISSEMINATION

How to use knowledge
British report rates experiments to broaden the reach of information based on scientific evidence
By Bruno de PierroEPHEMERALITY

Time for transformative innovation
Conference marks 50 years of the Science Policy Research Unit, a leader in economics and science policy
By Fabrício MarquesScience
ASTRONOMY

Titan’s landscape
Liquid methane creates canyons and lakes, while winds shape dunes and plains on the icy surface of Saturn's largest moon
By Igor ZolnerkevicGEOLOGY

The turbulent formation of an ocean
Researchers disagree on how the ocean advanced into what is now Brazil’s inland Northeast 115 million years ago and connected the North and South Atlantic oceans
By Igor ZolnerkevicBIOINFORMATICS

Programs for an integrated biology
New software examines the role of gene networks in triggering diseases
By Ricardo AguiarZOOLOGY

Obama crosses the Atlantic
A flatworm native to Brazil and named after a U.S. president is now spreading across Europe
By Marcos PivettaBIODIVERSITY

Appearances are deceiving
Integrated genetic and ecological studies reveal evolutionary processes
By Maria GuimarãesECOLOGY

Aquatic America
Habitat degradation could threaten the stability of the world’s largest fish diversity
By André JuliãoMelanoma

Less severe melanoma
Protein action may promote a milder progression of skin tumors
By Marcos PivettaImmunology

Zika vaccines
Volunteers in the United States and Canada receive first doses of two vaccine candidates intended to prevent Zika virus infection
By Ricardo ZorzettoTechnology
TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Faster and more interactive
Brazilian researchers are working on developing the 5G system for mobile devices, forecast for the 2020s
By Marcos de OliveiraInterconnectivity

Traffic on the net
Even without an Internet connection, this system enables vehicles to exchange information about urban traffic conditions
By Rodrigo de Oliveira AndradeCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Combating dry land
When combined with soil, super absorbent natural polymers can make agricultural crops viable in arid regions
By Yuri Vasconcelos