Agência Brasil* Brasília – Today (18) will see the launch of the Chinese-Brazilian Terrestrial Resources Satellite CBERS-2B, from the Satellite Launch Centre in Taiwan, China. The two countries have been jointly developing the programme since 1988. According to the press office at the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, images from CBERS satellites are used
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In around four years, farmers from all around the world should be able to plant Brazilian genetically modified soy. The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and Basf are working to place the seeds, which should generate plants resistant to imidazolinone herbicides and promise to end the Monsanto dominion in the area.
The Syrian-Lebanese Hospital will allocate the funds to equipment, infrastructure, and services. New features include the Centre for Health Follow-Up and Check-Up, which will have examination rooms, medical offices, and specialists. The institution will also have a new 20-storey building.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil was chosen to host the 5th International Conference on Beneficiation of Phosphate, to be held from February 11th to 16th, 2008 in the southeastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The conference is organised by the Engineering Conferences Foundation. Brazil occupies the seventh position in the global ranking
From the Newsroom*São Paulo – According to a survey conducted by the Datafolha institute, commissioned by advertising agency F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, 39% of Brazilians access the Internet. The percentage includes Web use at home, at work, at the house of relatives or friends, or in other places, such as educational institutions and cyber cafés.
The contract for the construction of the plant, the first worldwide, was signed last week. The mill will be implemented in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia and should costs 80 million Brazilian reais (US$ 43 million). The mill should start operating in December next year.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian producers of tooling machinery, used for manufacturing industrial parts, recorded revenues 7.4% higher in the first four months this year than in the same period last year. The information was supplied by the Sectorial Chamber for Tool Machines at the Brazilian Machinery Manufacturers Association (Abimaq). The revenue in
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – The production of biofuel from cellulose may be attained before estimated by specialists. Embrapa Agroindústria de Alimentos, the food agroindustry unit of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), based in the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, is carrying out studies for ethanol production from enzymes extracted from
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – The president of Petrobras Distribuidora (BR), Graça Foster, and the logistics executive director at mining company Vale do Rio Doce, Eduardo Bartolomeu, signed today (17) a contract for the supply of B20, a mixture of 20% biodiesel and 80% common diesel to the mining company. The fuel will be
Agência Brazil* Brasília – The possibilities of cooperation between Brazil and India in the space area is the theme of a meeting between the heads of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), Sergio Gaudenzi, and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Madhavan Nair, today (16) in Brazilian capital Brasília. The delegation has, among its members, the
A group of 73 companies in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul underwent a technological diagnosis. It pointed to hindrances to production, as well as pathways for reducing costs and increasing productivity. The program is carried out by the Brazilian Machinery Manufacturers Association (Abimaq) in partnership with government organisations and other enterprises.
Brazilian industry needs to prepare itself to do international research and needs to attract foreign projects for innovation in the country. This is one of the routes pointed out by the 2nd Brazilian Congress of Innovation in Industry, which took place this week in the industrial city of São Paulo. Industrial research is becoming international and Brazil may participate in this process.
This statement was made to ANBA by the minister of Science and Technology, Sérgio Rezende, soon after the opening of a congress turned to industrial innovation. According to the minister, Brazil does not have very great interaction with the Arabs with regard to innovation, but this may change.
