Technology

Technology

From nature to the drugstore

An anti-inflammatory made from the extract of a plant from the Atlantic Rainforest, is ready to go on the market

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Technology

Sparkling whiteness

Partnership between a university and company makes the production of a new pigment for the paints industry possible

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Technology

Nanotubes on the market

Tiny carbon parts are already on sale for universities and companies

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Photonics

Light in the right dose

New generation of optical fibers brings novelties to medicine

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Materials Engineering

State of resistance

Use of plasma expands the useful life of prostheses and industrial tools

Biotechnology

Secrets of sweetness

Study intends to identify the genes responsible for the sucrose in cane

Pharmacology

Protection for the skin

Extract from the Pariparoba exercises antioxidant action against the sun

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metallurgy

Metallic recycling

Scrap is transformed into the raw material used to produce aluminum alloys

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Agriculture

A seed to germinate

A new variety of pale-skinned and drought resistant peanut

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chemistry

Marking traits

Lead for pencils and propelling pencils gain more resistance with nanocompound

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New Materials

A fiber for all handiwork

Dry Curauá leaves have wide use; from car parts to clothes and medicines

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Chemistry

Green Station

Bromeliads and lichens are used to detest metals in the air of Sao Paulo

nutrition

Educated Choices

Children discover the healthiest foods through an educational game

Security

Electronic watcher

A system identifies car number plates and compares them to a data bank

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husbandry

Bull’s eye for the ostrich

Ostrich breeding gains a DNA test and software for managing the business

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