Issue # 176 _ October 2010
S&T Policy
Indicators
Rising investment
2009 Activities Report highlights the increase of FAPESP funds for grants and aid
Globalization
Preparing for the leap
Laboratory wants to attract foreigners to do research on the synchrotron light.
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Physics
At the whim of neutrinos
Unicamp team uses fleeting particle to test an idea of Galileo
By Salvador NogueiraPhysiology
Reinterpreting the brain
Fred Gage, who discovered neurogenesis in adults, investigates the function of the new neurons
By Ricardo ZorzettoAnatomy
Remarkable little creatures
Monkeys from the Americas use sound to communicate
By Ricardo Zorzetto
Environment
More sea life
International census expands knowledge of biodiversity
By Carlos FioravantiPaleontology
Brazilian dinosaurs
A book tells the story of 21 species found in Brazil
By Marcos PivettaGeology
In the bowels of the Earth
Viscous masses of rock blend together and may escape as lava in volcanic eruptions
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
Chemistry
Adding value to gas
Project is to take advantage of CO2 to grow microalgae and cyanobacteria
By Yuri VasconcelosEnvironmental engineering
Environmental engineering
New products can remove oil spills from the sea
By Evanildo da Silveira and Marcos de OliveiraNew material
From field to table
Using nanotechnology to make edible films and fertilizers
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
Literature
A guidebook for reading Antonio Vieira
Book has 1,178 annotations to help one navigate through the sermons of the Portuguese priest
By Joselia Aguiar
