Issue # 85 _ March 2003
S&T Policy
citriculture
Risk of heart attack in the orange groves
Citrus sudden death kills trees in a few weeks, threatens production, and challenges researchers
By Marcos Pivettapublication

Inventory of Brazilian species
Book summarizes cataloged knowledge on biodiversity
By Claudia Iziqueenvironment

The controversy goes on
Federal government is going to decide on the production of transgenics
electronic library

ProBE: mission fulfilled
Scientific magazines can be consulted at Capes's Periodicals Gateway
fomentation
The new strategies of the CNPq
The objective is to strengthen the regional participation in S&T
Science
Genomics

Proof of kinship
Lineage of that attacks grapes shares 98% of its genes with the strain that infects oranges
Astrophysics

Lights from the past
Two projects register the temperature variations that show the Universe 13 billion years ago
Technology
agricultural

Knowledge of the field
Embrapa completes 30 years of technological development for agriculture and livestock raising
By Marcos de OliveiraBiotechnology

Attack on the parasite
Genetic discoveries and new drugs fight the Trypanosome, which causes Chagas' disease
Health

New weapons against dengue
A bacterium is the raw material of bioinsecticides that kill mosquito larva
By Dinorah ErenoTechnology

Deep look
Innovation reduces time spent in assessing sample substances
By Tânia Nogueira AlvaresEnergy
Efficiency under the sun
Researchers from Rio Grande do Sul develop more productive solar cells
Materials engineering

Extra toughness in the air
Unprecedented product gives more resistance to the wingtip lights of Embraer's aircraft
By Yuri VasconcelosHumanities
Sociology
Vital statistics of women in São Paulo
Database consolidates information on female social identity in São Paulo
By Débora Crivellaro