Issue # 70 _ November 2001
S&T Policy
companies

IBGE takes to the field
Survey is going to evaluate the efforts in innovation of Brazilian industry
meteorology
Reliable forecast
FAPESP, in partnership with SCTDE, launches a program of hydrometeorology
Science
nutrition
Information on the dish
Survey of green vegetables is intended to improve food in this country
Ecology
The resistance of the forest
Degraded ecosystems ,as long as they remain close to original woods, are to keep their biodiversity
By Carlos FioravantiAstronomy
Closer to the asteroids
One of the largest surveys of the smallest bodies of the Solar Systemwill help to understand its formation
By Wagner de OliveiraTechnology
incubator

A world phenomenon
Congress demonstrates the vigor of the company incubator system which, over fifteen years worldwide, has grown from 200 to 3,000 units
By Marcos de OliveiraIncubator
Facing real life
A group of companies from Ciatec inaugurate a new system of post-incubation
By Marili Ribeiromaterials Engineering
Building for the future
New materials result in a more durable concrete
Energy

The Competence of UniTech
A PIPE company participates in the construction of a fuel cell in Minas
Biotechnology
Summing up qualities
Esalq develops an unprecedented technique for the production of plant hybrids beginning with species of passion fruit (maracujá) or of citrus fruit that are more resistant to illnesses
By Maria Aparecida MedeirosHumanities
Political Science

Regimes that spur growth
Studies reveal that there is a relationship between economic development and the sustainability of democracies
By Robinson Borges