Issue # 167 _ January 2010

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Venoms in the forest
Biodiversity makes Brazil a partner that international cataloguing initiatives seek By

S&T Policy

Biodiversity

More than a catalog

DNA barcodes identify new species and aid ecology and evolution studies

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Cooperation

Embracing partnerships

FAPESP and Vale sign agreement to invest R$40 million in projects in several field of knowledge

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Climate changes

Discord in Copenhagen

The hope of achieving a global agreement to face warming was postponed until December, at the conference in Mexico City

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Science

Tribute

Talent and energy

An experimental physics pioneer in Brazil, Marcello Damy set up the country's first nuclear reactor

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Botany

Flowers from the past

Re-edition of a 1949 book brings back orchids and where they grew

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Genetics

On the shark trail

Fin fragment analysis maps genetic structure of the hammerhead shark

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Anatomy

The hunger toll

Diet lacking in zinc reduces size and number of neurons in the digestive system

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Public Health

Difficult progress

Persistent poverty expands uncertainties around research into TB drugs and treatments

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Geophysics

Electrifying bacteria

Microorganisms may explain the origin of the electricity found in contaminated soil

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Technology

Energy

Stellar source

House that runs on solar power takes part in international competition

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Agricultural Engineering

Quality Bagasse

Researchers at Unicamp develop equipment that makes it easier to obtain ethanol cellulose

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Biotechnology

Protected skin

Nanoparticles involve active substances in sunscreen developed by UFRGS and Biolab

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Pharmacy

Smaller and more efficient

New formulation of drug against AIDS may facilitate treatment for children and the elderly

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Biomedical engineering

Versatile rubber

Latex is a raw material used in the control of obesity and in products used by diabetics

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Humanities

History

A time to retell the facts

São Paulo Public Archive creates a huge website with 360,000 documents and an orientation system for professors

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Literature

Brazilian theme, German accent

Project retrieves Brazilian literature of Germanic expression

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Political Science

The rat robbed the robe of the Regent of Rome

Corruption, a practice as old as humankind

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