Issue # 97 _ March 2004
S&T Policy
Biosafety
The news from the East
South Koreans extract stem cells from a human embryo and reopen polemic
By Marcos PivettaAGREEMENT
Who offers more?
Purchase of imported supersonic fighters will have to benefit Brazilian companies
USP 70
A monument to health
The trajectory of the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP), one of the most vigorous centers of health care and scientific research in the country
By Fabrício MarquesScience
Pharmacology
Iron against tuberculosis
In experiments on animals, a metallic compound kills Koch’s bacillus more rapidly and with fewer side effects
By Marcos PivettaEcology
The lords of rain
Gas discovered in the atmosphere of the Amazon intensifies precipitation, while slash and burning reduces it
By Carlos Fioravanti
Feminine contribution
Disguise unveiled
Studies on the parasite that causes Chagas’s disease give the 2004 L’Oréal-Unesco award to a Brazilian woman
By RevisorTechnology
Microelectronics
Conductor in the oven
With the assistance of a household microwave oven, researchers develop new materials that increase the memory of computers by as much as 250 times
By Marcos de OliveiraInnovation
Boosting partnerships
Unicamp Agency gets into the field of transferring the technology produced at the university
By Marili RibeiroFOODSTUFFS
From villain to hero
Snacks enriched with flour from bovine lungs help in combating anemia
Space Engineering
Impulse in space
Researchers at the UnB construct a new version of a thruster rocket for satellites
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Lightness in the air
The wing structure of the Embraer aircraft was developed with the support of a small company
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
HISTORY
Listening to the voice of the Indians
Study Center analyzes the past of the Missions not only from the point of view of the Jesuits but of those natives who were influenced by the priests
By Laura Greenhalgh