Chemistry

Nanotechnology

Reinforced rubber

Company creates nanostructured material for application in industry

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bioenergy

Less waste

Catalysts can make biodiesel production more efficient and cleaner

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Bioenergy

Diesel from sugar cane

Fuel to be produced by genetic transformations in yeast

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Nobel

The 2008 harvest

Scientific prizes are divided by researchers

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Chemistry

Difficult decomposition

Oxybiodegradable plastics do not decompose in the wild as expected

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Conservation

Preservation made to order

Sensor monitors corrosion process in churches and works of art

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Botany

Time-related gears

Biologists details the functioning of the biological clocks of plants

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Chemistry

More flavorful chocolate

New yeast improves quality of Brazil's raw material

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Chemistry

Reverse recycling

Plastic bottles are being transformed into raw material derived from oil

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Medicine

Artificial bones

A team is creating solutions for surgical prostheses in bone reconstruction

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Genomics

Sugar cane juice

Symposium discusses the direction sugar cane research is going in Brazil

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Chemistry

Almost like a red

Technique increases the levels of antioxidant in white wine

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Biochemistry

Green petrochemicals

Glycerin will be used polypropylene production

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Photochemistry

Close connection

Interaction between light and polymers speeds up different processes

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Cover

An essential protein

Team explains the functioning of the healthy form of prion

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Nanotechnology

Well-grounded Beauty

Group of researchers and companies prepare nanocosmetics with a variety of uses

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Chemical Engineering

Clean lighting

Company develops system for recycling components in fluorescent lights

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Metallurgy

Better quality

Unicamp and steel mill partnership design plasma torch to improve steel quality

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Chemistry

Antichagas Disease

Antichagas Disease

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Pharmacology

Flight of the Phoenix

Hemopressin could help weight loss and treat chemical dependence

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Chemistry

Sea of mercury

High concentrations of mercury in the River Negro basin

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Chemistry

The man who uncooked the egg

Researcher wants to change the way humans cook their meals

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New materials

Renewable plastic

Firms use ethanol to make substitutes for oil products

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Microbiology

Good bacteria

Enzymes degrade proteins and PET bottles and may have new industrial uses

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Chemical Engineering

Less waste

Discarded copper and nickel from metal plating parts are recovered

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Astrophysics

Star dust

Chemical elements reveals details about the Milky Way

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New Materials

Light and resistant

Curauá is one of the components of earthquake-proof beams

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Chemistry

Body with more gas

Compounds containing ruthenium could serve as a basis for future medications

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chemical engineering

The color of meat

Fungus-produced food coloring has new production technique

physicochemical

Simplified disorder

Team develops a method that facilitates the calculation of entropy