Issue # 198 _ August 2012
S&T Policy
Internationalization

Cooperative atmosphere
USP, FAPESP and Marine Biological Laboratory (USA) hold pioneering courses in the countrycourses
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Higgs boson

An expanding jigsaw puzzle
Recently discovered boson might reveal the first clues to new elementary particle physics
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Igor ZolnerkevicGenome fragments

Wandering DNA
Fragments of genetic material move from one place to another according to a non-random pattern
By Maria GuimarãesTechnology
Ocean and meteorology

Buoys at sea
Floating data collection equipment goes into operation this year
By Evanildo da Silveira