Issue # 75 _ May 2002
S&T Policy
Alcue conference
Cooperation towards development
Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union widen investments in R&D
By Claudia IziqueEducation
Pro-Sciences: a positive balance
Program has made it possible to qualify 7,942 high school teachers
patents
Lessons in dialog and partnership
Study assesses strategies for integration between companies and universities in the USA and Europe
By Lucília Atas MedeirosScience
Genetics
Mutation mapped
International work coordinated by a Brazilian researcher points to a gene that causes serious kidney disease in children
By Marcos Pivettasports medicine
Players made to measure
A study shows who runs more and who has more resistance and greater dash in a football team
By Marcos PivettaGeology
Mother Earth
Team from USP puts South America on the map of Rodinia, a supercontinent of 1 billion years ago
By Francisco Bicudoastrophysics
At the mouth of a black hole
Researcher from UFRGS shows how matter is swallowed up by a black hole in the center of a galaxy
By Carlos FioravantiTechnology
Engineering
Purification of the waters
Charging for the use of river water should stimulate the adoption of new technologies for treating and reusing sanitary and industrial effluents
By Yuri Vasconcelosveterinary medicine

Noble animals
LinkGen is the first company in Latin America to do a DNA test for horses and cattle
Animal Science
Protected from the heat
Protein activated prematurely reduces poultry mortality from variations in the environment temperature
By Dinorah ErenoProduction engineering
Purchasing Power
The influence of carmakers upon the companies that supply parts is becoming greater and greater
Metallurgical engineering
High performance
Companies from Southern Brazil produce tooling machinery for North American industry
By Tania Marques