Issue # 199 _ September 2012

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Cover

An inconvenient pinch of magic
Brazilian researchers discover alchemy powder in an archive at the Royal Society, the seat of scientific revolution By
A tradition for bringing together knowledge
The vice-president of the Royal Society, Martyn Poliakoff, praises Brazilian scientists and FAPESP, but regrets the academics` lack of knowledge of English By

S&T Policy

Investment

One country, two models

State expenditure on research and development reveals the gap between São Paulo and other states in Brazil

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Climate Change

Calculated risk

Workshop on weather extremes exposes the challenge of converting scientific information into disaster prevention

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Communication

Scientific dissemination expands

Agência FAPESP passes the 100,000 subscribers mark

Administrative management

Time for research

Scientists discuss how to cut the weight of bureaucracy

Science

Fragile skin

Struggling with the sun

Researchers, doctors and residents of a village get together to control a hereditary disorder aggravated by exposure to daylight

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Neurological development

On satiation and other pleasures

Cells at the base of the brain control hunger and activate the neural reward mechanisms

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Wild animals

The cougar's paths

Felines are able to move around in regions occupied by human beings, but highways are an obstacle

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Precambrian Fauna

Life protected by armor

The Northern Region of Paraguay might have the highest diversity of fossils of the earliest animals with skeletons

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Global warming

Cleaner sugarcane fields

Emissions of the most hazardous greenhouse gas by sugarcane plantations are lower than previously estimated

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New materials

The value of impurities

Brazilians discover new family of materials that conduct electricity without losing energy

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Nobel

Meeting of Nobel laureates

City on Lake Constance in Germany brings together laureates to inspire new generations of scientists

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Technology

disease control

The transformation of insects

A transgenic mosquito and an irradiated mosquito are the new anti-dengue fever weapons

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Electric power

A time for batteries

Lithium-based equipment developed in São Paulo to drive vans

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Organic electronics

Flexible illumination

New kinds of organic lamps and photovoltaic cells are being developed at a research center in the State of Minas Gerais

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Humanities

Urban Planning

Vocation for greatness and for problems

Rapidly adopted globalization in São Paulo has degraded the city’s urban and social characteristics

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Dictatorship

Forbidden pages

List of books censored by the military regime after the AI-5 act reveals criteria of the confiscation

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obituary

Criticizing and building

Amaury de Souza contributed to the establishment of political science in Brazil