08 Jan 2013 Blackbird is a reservoir of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease The first study carried out in Portugal on the role of common birds in the spread of Lyme disease reveals that the blackbird is one of the main hosts of the bacteria responsible for this disease.
21 Dec 2012 Strengthening the international competitiveness of the Portuguese Scientific System The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) announced this week the results of the Calls 2012 for Research Projects and FCT Researcher.
10 Dec 2012 Portuguese science continues to grow: ERC Advanced Grants secure an additional €4.35 million Scientists Rui Reis and Adélio Mendes obtained the prestigious Studentships Advanced Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC).
04 Dec 2012 'UbuntuNet' brings researchers from Africa and Europe closer together The high-speed network dedicated to Research and Education, 'UbuntuNet', was launched at the EuroAfrica-ICT Forum in Lisbon.
23 Nov 2012 2012 ISCTE & MIT | Portugal venture competition Four startups selected as finalists for the 2012 Building Global Innovators Venture Competition.
23 Nov 2012 Call ISCTE & MIT Innovation Center | Portugal 2012 Building Global Innovators, the Call organized by ISCTE and the MIT Program | Portugal awards four start-ups in the 2012 edition.
07 Nov 2012 US-Portugal Partnerships:UT Austin|Portugal’s international partnership renewed The memorandum of understanding that ensures the continuity of the UT Austin|Portugal Program for the next five years is supported by an annual investment of €2M by the FCT.
07 Nov 2012 UT Austin|Portugal Program: Second International Partnership Renewed The memorandum of understanding that guarantees the continuity of the UT Austin|Portugal Program for the next five years represents an investment of €2 million per year by the FCT.
19 Oct 2012 A planet with a mass similar to Earth, “just around the corner” Nuno Santos is one of the researchers on the international team that detected a planet with a mass similar to Earth in Alpha Centauri B, the closest star system to the Sun.
15 Oct 2012 Portuguese researcher receives Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Neuroscience Rui Costa, a researcher at the Champalimaud Foundation, received the 2012 Young Investigator Award from the Society for Neuroscience.
12 Oct 2012 European Space Agency (ESA) launches space technology transfer programme in Portugal Portuguese companies that work and develop technologies in the space sector now have another tool for transferring these technologies to the non-space market.
28 Sep 2012 Young Portuguese scientists among winners of the European Final The European Patent Office (EPO) originality award was granted to three national students.
