Issue # 65 _ June 2001
S&T Policy
molecular biology

Mapping proteins
Network of 16 laboratories to analyze structure and function of 200 molecules
Science
Genomics
A double dose of progress
Sequencing of the grape Xylella helps to understand yellowing disease
Ecology

Queens living in harmony
The colonies of a Brazilian species of bee, the guaraipo, are led by up tofive queens and form an environment with more flexible rules
By Marcos PivettaZoology

On the tracks of a new species
Method of chromossomal differentiation makes it possible to identify, in the Atlantic Rain Forest of the south of São Paulo, a kind of Brazilian deer as yet unknown - but already threatened with extinction
By Carlos Fioravantibiology
The hibernation protein
Plants and animals have similar mechanisms for resisting the cold
By Suzel TunesMedicine
Unwanted company
A study of children, adults and the elderly reveals a high rate of chronic pain
physics
The control of chaos
The project even created a forecast model for the stock market
By Tadeu ArantesMeteorology
We are the champions
The number of lightning flashes that are concentrated in the metropolitan area has tripled
By Redação