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December 2, 2014

Five new Starting Grants from the European Research Council for researchers in Portugal

Cell division, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, coordinated movement control, and thymus development. These are the topics of study of the five new winners in Portugal of this prestigious funding.

November 19, 2014

Science Europe publishes position paper on the European Research Area

In its Position Statement "On Priority One of the 2012 ERA Communication," Science Europe's members suggest rethinking the current ERA policy approach in order to allow for more mutual learning.

November 19, 2014

Science Europe publishes position on the European Research Area

In the document "On Priority One of the 2012 ERA Communication," the members of Science Europe suggest reflecting on the current approach to ERA policy, which would allow for greater mutual learning.

November 18, 2014

Physicist from Italy is the first female Director General of CERN

In early November, CERN announced that Fabiola Gianotti has been nominated as the new Director-General of CERN (International Organization for Nuclear Research).

November 18, 2014

Italian physicist appointed Director-General of CERN

With a five-year term, Fabiola Gianotti is the first woman to take the helm of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), succeeding Rolf Heuer in January 2016.

October 6, 2014

Kajanthus lusitanicusi, a new Portuguese flower species from the Cretaceous period

The CretaCarbo project identified the fossil of a new species of flower dating from the Cretaceous period, between 146 and 100 million years ago, very similar to a flower which until now was thought to exist only in China.

October 6, 2014

Kajanthus lusitanicus, a new species of Portuguese flower from the Cretaceous period

The CretaCarbo project identified the fossil of a new species of flower from the Cretaceous period, very similar to a plant that until now was thought to exist only in China.

October 3, 2014

FCT works with ÜberResearch to enable researchers to add their grants to ORCID

FCT grants awarded since the year 2000 may now be directly imported into each researcher’s ORCID record.

October 3, 2014

Collaboration between FCT and ÜberResearch allows researchers to add information about projects to ORCID

FCT projects awarded since 2000 can now be imported directly into each researcher's ORCID profile.

September 22, 2014

Equipe internacional de pesquisa testa constante fundamental do universo

FCT Investigator Carlos Martins is a member of the research team that looked for changes in one of the fundamental constants of the universe—the fine structure constant.

September 22, 2014

International team tests fundamental constant of the Universe

An international research team, including Carlos Martins, FCT Researcher at the Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto (CAUP), searched for variations in the fine structure constant.

September 19, 2014

Lars Montelius is the new director of INL – a “gemstone”

The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) enters a new cycle, focusing on greater regional, national, and international cooperation.