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A research team from the University of Aveiro has recreated in the laboratory what the Candida albicans fungus can do in nature: alter its genetic code.

In a study funded by the FCT, researchers from the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) have identified a gene that is central to the transition between trunk and tail in vertebrates.

Ambimed, a Portuguese company dedicated to integrated hospital waste management, is one of the partners in the project that won this year's EUREKA Innovation Award.

The purpose of the DNS.pt Association is to manage, operate and maintain the registration of the top-level domain corresponding to Portugal (.pt).

INESC TEC's researcher and director, Vladimiro Miranda, was awarded the prize by the renowned Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

An article published in the journal Nature presents the first three-dimensional structure of the KMO protein, which plays a critical role in the development of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's.

A non-invasive system for recharging electronic implant batteries, using energy that passes through the body transcutaneously, has been developed by a student from the MIT Portugal Program.

A study carried out by the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology and the Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra concludes that type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.

The discovery of a gene in the Arabidopsis thaliana plant responsible for two different functions has been published in the scientific journal The Plant Cell.

Ana Gomes from the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (University of Coimbra) is one of the authors of a study published in the scientific journal Science.

A researcher at the Telecommunications Institute (IT), Alírio Boaventura received a Studentship for postgraduate studies, becoming the first student from a Portuguese university to receive this award.

"Veniam" won the 3rd edition of the Call Building Global Innovators (BGI), out of 132 competitors in this year's edition.