Issue # 101 _ July 2004
S&T Policy
biosafety
Campaign for knowledge
Researchers mobilize themselves against draft law that restricts research with stem cells and power of the CTNBio
By Claudia IziqueNuclear Energy

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
Epidemiology

The virus spreaders
Identified the wild rodents that are spreading the viruses of the epidemic that has recently arrived in the Federal District
By Carlos FioravantiEcology
The faces of the Amazon
Dry ground forests and waterlogged stretches behave differently
By Alessandra PereiraTechnology
Biotechnology

Cellulose on the skin
Bacterium produces substance used for treating burns and in the coating of bulletproof vests
By Dinorah ErenoMedicine

Early diagnosis
New tests help with the prevention of hereditary diseases and with the control of opportunist infections
By Samuel Antenortelecommunications

Connection in the right measure
Company gains a market by developing components for transmissions via optical fiber
By Sylvia LeiteNew materials

Crystalline Light
Researchers develop prototype of a compact laser for wide commercial use
By Yuri VasconcelosHumanities
Culture
Vietnam was here
Brazilian press used wars in Asia to talk about internal conflicts
By Ruth Helena Bellinghini