Issue # 84 _ February 2003
S&T Policy
genetic resources
Fruit of contention
Japanese company registers trademark and patents process for producing "cupulate"
By Claudia Iziquescientific magazines

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Scientists found virtual publishing house and plan to launch two electronic titles this year
Science
Botany

Long life for pernambuco wood
Seeds of the plant are preserved for a year and a half, six times more than used to be thought
By Marcos PivettaPaleobotany

When pine trees were dwarfs
Fossils of 220 million year old araucarias attest to the transition of this species to large sized trees
By Marcos Pivettabiodiversity

New seafood
Biologists discover 52 species of animals that live on the bottom of the ocean
Geology
Ten tremors a day
Study reveals intense movement of the crust in the central region of the country
Technology
Robotics

Intelligence and pilotless
An autonomous airship, capable of carrying out inspections and gathering data, is under development at the CenPRA
By Yuri VasconcelosComputing

Company of talents
Former students from the Campinas State University (Unicamp) use new system for building software adapted to each customer
By Tânia Nogueira Alvaresveterinary medicine

Thick shell
Vaccine protects birds from bacteria that causes fragility in their eggs
By Dinorah ErenoForest engineering
Rapid and economic drying
Researcher from Embrapa develops method for treating wood