Issue # 187 _ September 2011

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A map of types of hepatitis
Survey determines how many people in Brazil suffer from different forms of the disease and where they are By

S&T Policy

FAPESP'S History IV

Science in companies

FAPESP's strategy has influenced the landscape of innovation in Brazil

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Scientific production

Brazil's "hot" articles

Study indicates the themes in which Brazilian science has achieved international visibility

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Chris Somerville

Christopher Roland Somerville: Alternatives under development

Universities, companies and government take joint action to make biofuels

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Bioenergy

Ethanol that mobilizes the world

Conference shows the efforts of Brazil and other countries in their search for new ways to produce biofuels

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Science

International Year of Chemistry

Flavors and perfumes

Sweet, bitter and smelly compounds are the main characters in the story

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Nutrition

The dangers of fasting

Staying a long time without eating may cause serious imbalances in the organism

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Ecology

Mobile nurseries

Fish reproduce and raise the young in specific parts of mangrove swamps

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Fractals

Jagged coastlines

Physicists try to explain why coastlines vary so much

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Physics

Rather similar

Neutrinos and antineutrinos actually seem to have the same mass

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Technology

Chemistry

Separation agents

Sustainable solvents dissolve pulp and can be widely used in industry

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Computer science

Contact of the third degree

Digital platform improves the relationship of the users with the Internet

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Dermatology

A double dose of stimulation

Physical exercise, associated with LEDs, improves the health of post-menopausal women

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Agriculture

Long live the difference

Advances in the selection of coffees with unique flavors or aromas

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Nanotechnology

Innovation on a small scale

Nanoparticles fight microorganisms and improve the efficiency of adhesives

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Humanities

Culture

Less perspiration and more inspiration

The creative economy may be the new way of change in the profile of production in cities

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Political science

Civil resistance and dilemmas of culture

Research explores conflicts in the intellectual opposition to the military regime

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Anthropology

The economics of appearances

Plastic surgery reinforces the ideal of the body as social capital

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