Issue # 198 _ August 2012

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Opening up the Earth
Physicists detail the structures and transformations in regions deep inside the planet By

S&T Policy

Scientometrics

Delicate balance

Studies show that the structure of BRIC scientific communities is increasingly like that in developed countriescommunities

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Recognition

Intellectual references

International awards, such as the one granted granted to Fernando Henrique Cardoso, enhance the reputation of Brazil’s scientific community granted

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Agriculture

The menu for next few years

Specialists predict a decline in the number of new diseases and plagues – and the related emergencies - resulting from climate change diseases

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Internationalization

Cooperative atmosphere

USP, FAPESP and Marine Biological Laboratory (USA) hold pioneering courses in the countrycourses

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Science

Higgs boson

An expanding jigsaw puzzle

Recently discovered boson might reveal the first clues to new elementary particle physics

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Genome fragments

Wandering DNA

Fragments of genetic material move from one place to another according to a non-random pattern

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People from the Amazon

The human factor

Brazil Nut trees might be the result of actions by indigenous peoples before the arrival of the European colonizers

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Technology

Corporate research

Mining expansion

Vale celebrates its 70th anniversary by investing in long-term projects with a focus on mining and sustainable development

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Ocean and meteorology

Buoys at sea

Floating data collection equipment goes into operation this year

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Humanities

Anatomy

Between academia and the artist’s studio

Anatomical drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, unheard-of for many centuries, reveal his attempt to combine art and science

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Rockefeller Foundation

A country is made out of people, health and illnesses

Forced eradication programs from abroad influenced the construction of the Brazilian State

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Collection

Realism boiled in revolt

The work of writer João Antônio is still an accurate portrayal of the fringes of society in the big cities

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