International issue | July 2011

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Like our parents
New study argues that the first Americans looked like Africans, which increases the controversy over man’s arrival in the Americas By

S&T Policy

Measuring Science

Sacred code

Study shows that French and German researchers are not exempt from losing influence when they do not publish in English

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Integration

The map of light

Researchers interact with Nobel laureates and plan experiments in biology and physics

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Science

Neurophysiology

Unexpected effect

Corticoids activate inflammation mechanisms in certain areas of the brain

Physiology

Memories of origin

The endothelial cells store information in the state in which they were extracted from the donor

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Geophysics

The Earth is molded by gravity

Accurate measurements deform the idea of the perfect sphere seen from space

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Physics

Restless neighborhood

Strategy allows evaluation of the magnetic interaction between nanoparticles

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Technology

Biotechnology

Genetic solutions

Transgenic mosquitoes are set free in Bahia to fight dengue fever

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Biochemistry

Sugarcane juice in biocells

Energy alternative to produce electric power

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Humanities

Cinema

Artistic madness

How the seventh art depicts mental disorders

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history of science

Documents worth their weight in gold

Brazilian researchers find philosopher’s stone recipe at the Royal Society

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