Agência Brasil* Brasília – A delegation from the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade will be arriving in Los Angeles (USA) today (19), to present the advantages of Brazilian ethanol to companies, scholars, Californian authorities and non governmental organizations. The North American state was chosen as it is the main centre in the
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The Military Engineering Institute (IME), of Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil, developed a process that transforms clay into an input for concrete and tarmac. The coordinator of the study, Álvaro Vieira, stated that the product costs less than half of the price of gravel. Calcinated clay, as it is called, was created to simplify construction of highways in the Amazon region, where there is little availability of stone.
Agência Brasil Recife – Research centres that work with stem cells in Brazil will receive investments from the Ministry of Science and Technology, to expand their scientific activities in search for treatment and cure of diseases, announced Minister Eduardo Campos. He was participating this Monday (4) on a seminar about the new Biosecurity Law, at
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade announced yesterday (10) that 14 Brazilians were contemplated with the iF Product Design Award 2005, the main international design award that takes place every year, in Hanover, Germany. One of the products, according to the ministry, won the "Gold" trophy, which
The Brazilian Biosecurity law was approved by the House of Representatives yesterday (02). The law regulates stem cell research and the trade of genetically modified seed.
The total for the next 10 years was defined during the programme revision works by the Brazilian Space Agency. For 2005, the forecasted budget is of US$ 100 million, but the quantity may be increased. The launching of the fourth prototype of the satellite launcher rocket VLS-1 is expected to take place in 2006, as well as the first journey to space by Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes, trained by NASA.
Brazilian company Consult & Television is responsible for the installation in Brazil of the transmission system of 10 television channels from Lebanon, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya and Yemen. The service has already been installed for around 3,000 users, according to the company director, Hugo Alabi. The search for Arab television channels has been increasing among Brazilians, said Alabi.
While visiting Brazil, the director of ComputerMan, Abubaker Mustafa Mohd Khair, signed a contract for technology and student and professor exchange with the institution in the Federal District. Khair, who will be returning to Sudan on Saturday, intends to close other similar partnerships up to next year. He is also interested in taking flower cultivation technology to the African country, as his university is going to open a research centre in the area in Ethiopia.
