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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.

Work carried out as part of a study by the Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) at the University of Aveiro shows that wastewater treatment plants do not eliminate this type of compound.

A study published in the scientific journal PLOS Pathogen provides new clues about infection by the malaria parasite during pregnancy.

Researchers from the universities of Coimbra and Aveiro have contributed to deepening the mystery of the size of the proton, in a study funded by the FCT, now published in the journal Science

Portuguese universities, research centers and scientists are among the winning teams in the European Commission's Future and Emerging Technologies Call .

Ana Abecassis, Ana Ribeiro and Leonor Morgado were awarded the "L'Oréal Portugal Medals of Honor for Women in Science" in the ninth edition of the initiative.

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.

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) announced this week the results of the 2012 Calls for Research Projects and FCT Researcher.