Issue # 101 _ July 2004
S&T Policy
Nuclear Energy
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The challenge of competitiveness
The navy requests BNDES resources in order to improve its uranium enrichment technology
By Claudia IziqueScience
molecular biology
Filling in the gaps
Brazilians create a genomic research strategy and complete the sequencing of 211 human genes
Ecology
The faces of the Amazon
Dry ground forests and waterlogged stretches behave differently
By Alessandra PereiraTechnology
New materials
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Crystalline Light
Researchers develop prototype of a compact laser for wide commercial use
By Yuri Vasconcelostelecommunications
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Connection in the right measure
Company gains a market by developing components for transmissions via optical fiber
By Sylvia LeiteAgronomy
Naturally Decaffeinated
Brazilian researchers discover mutant coffee plants without any stimulating substance
Biotechnology
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Cellulose on the skin
Bacterium produces substance used for treating burns and in the coating of bulletproof vests
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
performing arts
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Memory as a mission
Thesis analyzes the relationship between past and present in the plays by Jorge Andrade
By Carlos Haag