Issue # 77 _ July 2002
S&T Policy
phytotherapy

The price of lack of definition
Researchers from the Cebrid interrupt research with Krah
By Claudia IziqueScience
Genomics

Expanded territory
Harvest of concluded genomes includes new manners of fighting schistosomiasis
Biology

Under the yoke of Chronos
Team verifies the variety of rhythms that organize life in animals
By Francisco BicudoGeology
Landscape sculptors
Recent studies attest to the importance of the earthquakes that have occurred over the last ten thousand years for the formation of the Brazilian geographical relief
By Ricardo ZorzettoPhysics

Superstrings without knots
Approach created by a Unesp researcher makes the calculations in the theory that aims to unify the forces of nature easier
By Alessandro GrecoTechnology
Fuel

Not even the bagasse is left over
New process could increase alcohol production by 30% and contribute to the reactivation of the Pro-Alcohol program
By Yuri Vasconcelosenvironmental engineering

Impact of the wind and pollutants
The IPT builds a tunnel to study air movements in towns and in industrial areas
aerial engineering

On the right course
Integrated sensors platform will make the flight of light aircraft more precise
microelectronics
On the trail to the future
Program allows pupils to design and test integrated circuits made abroad
By Tania MarquesHumanities
Religious studies

The communion of Christians and Jews
Research shows that, even after the separation of the Synagogue from the Catholic Church, the two religions maintained bilateral relations
By Robinson Borges Costa