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The article Inhibition halos in the remediation of Amazon soils contaminated with petroleum, written by the researchers Nicolás Cuvi and Monserrathe Bejarano analyses the history of bioremediation of soils contaminated with petroleum in the Ecuadorian Amazon from 1994 to 2014.
When a bacterial stain spreads through petroleum from the center of a Petri dish out towards the edges; this indicates that the bacterium is useful for bioremediation processes. Center for Research on Environmental Technologies (photo taken Dec. 2010).
Investigating the development of a biotechnology aimed at cleaning Amazon soils contamined with oil, the article discusses the different aspects of research and innovation in Latin america.
According to the authors, dependence on foreign technology, insufficient internal coordination among research programs and institutions, and corruption all influenced this process.
The researchers also examine what is needed to consolidate technoscientific processes of excellence on the periphery.
Read the full article:
Cuvi, Nicolás and Bejarano, Monserrathe. Inhibition halos in the remediation of Amazon soils contaminated with petroleum. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Dic 2015, vol.22, p.1693-1714. ISSN 0104-5970
See the full summary of HCS-Manguinhos “Innovation and recent perspectives in the history of sciences” (vol.22 supl. Rio de Janeiro dez. 2015).
Read more in HCS-Manguinhos:
Andrade, Priscila Almeida and Carvalho, Denise Bomtempo Birche de. International cooperation for science and technology development: a way forward for equity in health. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, Mar 2015, vol.22, no.1, p.49-67. ISSN 0104-5970
Dierking, Lynn D. Lessons without limit: how free-choice learning is transforming science and technology education. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos, 2005, vol.12, p.145-160. ISSN 0104-5970
