Issue # 101 _ July 2004
S&T Policy
Nuclear Energy
The challenge of competitiveness
The navy requests BNDES resources in order to improve its uranium enrichment technology
By Claudia IziqueScience
Ecology
The faces of the Amazon
Dry ground forests and waterlogged stretches behave differently
By Alessandra Pereiramolecular biology
Filling in the gaps
Brazilians create a genomic research strategy and complete the sequencing of 211 human genes
Technology
New materials
Crystalline Light
Researchers develop prototype of a compact laser for wide commercial use
By Yuri Vasconcelostelecommunications
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
Cellulose on the skin
Bacterium produces substance used for treating burns and in the coating of bulletproof vests
By Dinorah ErenoHumanities
performing arts
Memory as a mission
Thesis analyzes the relationship between past and present in the plays by Jorge Andrade
By Carlos Haag