Issue # 71 _ January 2002
S&T Policy
Patents
Recipe for good business
Seminar assesses strategies for taking research to the market successfully
genomics
Advanced Work
National Genome Program concludes sequencing of the bacterium
By Tania Marquesinfrastructure
Expanded network
CNPq invests R$ 3 million in the implementation of bio-information technology nucleuses
Science
Genomics
Genetic engineering against Xylella
Research defines new strategies for fighting the pest of the orange
By Ricardo ZorzettoBiotechnology
Brazilian leadership
Publication of the Agrobacterium genome strengthens Brazilian bio-information technology
Genetics
Amerindians were Siberians
Study by UFMG uses genetics to unveil an unwritten history of the pre-Colombian peoples
Biology
Copal tree against the cowpea weevil
Seeds from the native tree prove fatal for the great scourge of farming
Astronomy
Remote universe lights itself up
Reionization, a phenomenon that put an end to the opaque universe, is proved for the first time
By José Tadeu Arantes, da Agência FAPESPTechnology
Engineering
Efficient, clean and economical
Recent technologies promote recycling, decrease industrial waste, and do not pollute the environment
Chemical engineering
Artificial nose detects gases
Petroleum sector invests in portable sensor for areas of risk
MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Innovative filter in agriculture
Recycled and ground glass is the base for the compound tested to remove agro-chemical waste
Humanities
Economic Sciences
The genome of the Brazilian economy
Project creates database to analyze and forecast results of Brazil's insertion into globalization
By Maria Inês NassifSociology
São Paulo in the middle of the 20th century
Study explores the relationship between society and culture in the metropolis