463, 282, 2010) and scientific output, China's genome centers are already beginning to rival some genome centers in Europe and North America, although today the emphasis is more on collaborative research between many international centers than on competition.China's efforts could well spur development elsewhere."I think there is a tremendous opportunity for any country or funding agency to really empower that discovery by making some investment.I assume that China understands that.They have a good group at BGI, which has a pretty good track record of making this kind of thing work," says Richard

Rising oil prices and apprehension about global warming are prompting governments to rethink their energy supply policies.

Can Brazil build on its achievement of completing the first genome sequence of a plant pathogen? That may depend on its willingness to reform its universities, say Colin Macilwain and Ricardo Bonalume Neto.

sao paulo Glaxo Wellcome have launched the biggest ever search for potential new drugs from naturally occuring compounds in Rainforest ecosystems.

Brazilian farmers are fighting back against legal barriers of GM crops.

são paulo Brazil's researchers are poised to enter the highly competitive field of human genome sequencing.

pôrto alegre, brazil Brazilian scientists have condemned the decision of a state government to ban all genetically modified crops.

ão paulo Brazil's controversial science minister, Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira, has lost his portfolio in favour of a safer candidate in the latest cabinet reshuffle.

sÃo paulo The organization of Brazilian science funding agencies has been shaken up as part of broad government changes.

SÃO PAULO Brazil's Ministry of Science and Technology could be merged with the larger Ministry of Education when the second term of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso begins next year.

sÃo paulo The Brazilian government has cushioned the severity of cuts being imposed on science, which are part of an overall austerity programme in response to the country's economic crisis.

s largest centre for human genome research and molecular medicine will be built at the Samuel Lunenfeld