Issue # 76 _ June 2002
S&T Policy
Report

Genomics for health
WHO foresees advances in the struggle against morbid and genetic diseases
Worker’s Health

Underdiagnosis jeopardizes public policies
Project will quantify real incidence work accidents in Piracicaba
Science
Zootechny

The unexpected bull
Thanks to a mistake, the first Brazilian clone from a fetus somatic cell is born
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Dialogs with water
Simulation with molecules that change their behavior when immersed in solvents makes it possible to model new substances
Physics

The high relief of memory
Team from Pernambuco clarifies an essential phenomenon in computers
Technology
Metallurgy engineering

Controlled noise
A sandwich of steel sheets and a polymer form plates that absorb the vibrations of motors
Agronomy industry

Environmental and energy gains
Innovative project of mini mills proposes total integration around alcohol production
Agronomy

Land without fire
In Pará, instead of burning, the stubble is ground up and becomes a fertilizer