Issue # 174 _ August 2010

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Understanding science
A collection of books offers a new generation of Brazilian readers scientific topics written in attractive language By

S&T Policy

Innovation

Results over the past decade

How the FAPESP Genome Program has established new paradigms in the Brazilian research environment

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Science

Health

The third wave

Groups from Brazil and from abroad start a new phase in the pursuit of an anti-HIV vaccine

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Bioinformatics

How a human being is made

Researchers map the network of adult human cells and their precursors

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Evolution

Wings are not enough

Birds adapt to lack of food and oxygen during flight

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Environment

Forest of pearls

In the Mata Atlantica rainforest, 59% of the trees are rare and may disappear

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Geology

Hell on earth

Two billion years ago, volcanoes reigned where the Amazon Region lies today

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Physical chemistry

Power games

Nanotubes of biological molecules may turn into sensors and energy cells

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Tribute

Father of bees

Recognized abroad, Jesus Moure helped to create research institutions

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Technology

Meteorology

Forecasting waves

Brazilian-made meteorological radar predicts rains three hours ahead of time

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New materials

Valuable ash

Products with high added value use waste from burnt sugarcane bagasse

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Electrical Engineering

Waste-free

New methodology and software improve control of power losses in the electrical sector

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Medicine

Paper laboratory

Cellulose and wax: a new clinical testing model

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Recycling

Vegetable plastic

Mango stone membranes can be used for water treatment

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Humanities

Sociology

Silenced love

How the policies of the nineteenth century elite shaped our sexuality

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Anthropology

The arena of reason and passion

The relations between the university, the theatre and the city in the 1940's

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Tribute

The sadness of feuilleton novels

Marlyse Meyer was an outstanding thinker of Brazilian culture