Issue # 260 _ October 2017
S&T Policy
INNOVATION
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Shared risk
Model adopted by Embrapii offers companies funding and cooperation with research groups
By Fabrício MarquesPublic Policy
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Heralds of change
Study addresses the role of individuals who help mobilize society and catalyze transformation
By Bruno de PierroScience
PALEOBIOLOGY
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More than met the eye
Fossilized burrows suggest complex organisms arose before the Cambrian explosion of diversity
By Maria GuimarãesAstrophysics
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Worlds like ours
A new generation of spectrographs should permit the discovery of planets that are Earth twins
By Marcos PivettaTechnology
ROAD ECOLOGY
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Animals on the highway
New technologies to prevent animals being hit and reduce highway accidents are created in Brazil
By Yuri VasconcelosChemistry
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Green reactions
Products incorporating renewable feedstocks are gradually replacing petroleum-based products
By Marcos de OliveiraAgriculture
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Less water for rice
Agronomist develops new rice cultivation method
By Evanildo da Silveira