Issue # 88 _ June 2003
S&T Policy
Cattle ranching
The advance of the cattle herds
The bovine functional genome project will widen Brazil's competitive advantage in the international beef market
public policy

Impunity and Violence
Researchers verify that the percentage of violent crimes converted into prison punishment of the accused is extremely low
By Claudia Iziquepublic policy
Risky algorithm
Project in public policy measures situations of violence of the São Paulo population
Scientific magazine

Cautious optimism
For Nature, it is time for Brazil to transform its power of research into economic advantage
Science
Advanced Internet
Virtual opportunity
The Tidia Program will select projects concerning the infrastructure of the network and distance learning
Genomics

On the trail of a vaccine
Brazilians sequence the genome of the bacterium that causes leptospirosis and request patents for twenty-four proteins
By Marcos PivettaPhysics

The force of vacuum
Team from USP discovers the limits to the use of the Schrödinger wave equation, one of those most employed in the study of the atom
By Carlos Fioravantiphysicochemical

Simplified disorder
Team from Campinas and the MIT draws up a method that facilitates the calculation of entropy
Technology
Electrical engineering
Genius innovations
Private technology institute generates products, seeks independence, and starts to set up a branch in Campinas
By Marcos de OliveiraMaterials Science
Rubber medicine
Material made from the latex of the rubber tree closes ulcers and rebuilds the esophagus and the eardrum
By Dinorah Erenomechanical Engineering

Expanded image
National technology lowers production costs of special lenses made with injectable plastics
By Samuel AntenorSoftware
Digital scissors
Software generated at UFPE wins market and prevents losses in the paper industry
By Verônica FalcãoSteel Making

Lucrative marriage
A fourteen-year partnership between the university and the company CSN has brought in some US$ 85 million for the company
By Marili Ribeiro