The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation is going to send seeds of Gonçalo Alves trees, typical of the Brazilian savannah, to the International Space Station on the trip that Russian spacecraft Soyuz will make in March. The intention is to observe the germination of the plant to better understand the influence of gravity on its development. This depends only on tests that are being executed at the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) by Russian scientists.
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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil has 12.2 million residential Internet users, according to research centre Ibope/Net Ratings. The number refers to December 2005 and means growth of 12.4% when compared to December 2004. The average connection time, according to the study, is 17 hours and 59 minutes a month. Brazil is the leader
The work by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) will help in the operations of the peace force of the United Nations in the country. The material will be used to plan military tactics and supply information for developing agriculture and infrastructure in Haiti. The Embrapa is also going to formulate an agricultural and water resources project for the country.
Brazil is going to send an astronaut on a mission to space for the first time on March 22. Lieutenant-colonel Marco Pontes is going to take with him, on the spacecraft, nine results of Brazilian scientific research, among them a tropical tree, the result of work developed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation.
The companies have prepared a package containing information regarding various applications for presentation to the Algerian government. Three of the companies participated in the mission led by the Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan, to the Arab country in November and hope to schedule, in mid January, a new trip to discuss the business.
OSE, from the city of Uberlândia, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, participated in the trade mission led by the Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan, to the Arab country. This week the company intends to send information about company products to the Algerian government, which is interested, for example, in systems for bank automation.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian exports of high and medium technology products totalled US$ 27.4 billion between January and September this year, presenting an increase of 33.5% when compared to the same period last year, according to figures supplied by the executive secretary of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Ivan
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Atech Tecnologias Críticas, a Brazilian company that develops systems and software mainly for the aeronautics sector won the Foreign Trade Prominence Award 2005, in the service export category. The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade and Brazilian Foreign Trade Association (AEB) award was given during the National Foreign
This figure is included in a study organized by Observatório Digital, an organization under the Society for the Promotion of Excellence in Brazilian Software. The study also showed that the 30 largest companies in the sector answered to 97% of exports last year.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – BoldCron, a Brazilian company that produces software for trade and electronic payment, has just signed a contract with Argentine company Subtech for the exchange and integration of technologies and new product development. With this, the Brazilian company intends to become more international, expanding its business to other countries in
Ship Ary Rongel left Rio de Janeiro on Friday and is going to reach the frozen continent on November 08. This is the 24th Brazilian mission to the region. The scientists are going to work on studies in the area of biology, metrology, climatology and oceanography.
