Issue # 170 _ April 2010
S&T Policy
Infrastructure
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Collection multiplied
FAPESP's FAP-Books Program earmarks R$33.9 million to buy 165,000 titles
By Revisor and RedaçãoClimate change
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Scientists under attack
Isolated problems in the work of the IPCC fuel campaign against the panel
By Fabrício MarquesEducation
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Stimulus for creativity
Students exhibit innovative proposals at a Fair at USP
By Dinorah ErenoTribute
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Shared knowledge
José Mindlin, who has died aged 95, leaves a legacy for culture and science
Science
Geophysics
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When humans make the earth quake
Water wells cause dozens of earthquakes a day in São Paulo State
By Carlos FioravantiZoology
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Colors in the wind
Genes and fossils reveal the origin of South American butterflies
By Maria GuimarãesEcology
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Stories about dead shells
Disappearance of brachiopods and mollusks indicates environmental imbalance in oceans and rivers
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
Forestry Engineering
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Wood out of rubber
Study shows feasibility of using the trunk of the Pará rubber tree to manufacture furniture
By Marcos de OliveiraChemistry
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Valuable antibodies
Companies and institutes in Brazil produce essential input for research
By Yuri VasconcelosHumanities
History
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Animal progress
How modernity separated man and nature in the metropolis of São Paulo
By Carlos Haaginternational relations
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The Empire of innovation
Science hidden in the Itamaraty archives
By Carlos Haag