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The 4th edition of Going Local Portugal will take place on December 12, 2013, at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Pavilion of Knowledge) in Lisbon. Learn about the topics under discussion.

The FCT organized an online information session to support the national scientific community that wishes to participate. Learn more about the session.

During Science and Technology Week, the Portuguese Communications Foundation (FPC) and FCT signed a protocol for the promotion and dissemination of scientific research.

A team of researchers from the University of Coimbra has identified a new form of reproduction in an invasive plant in the Iberian Peninsula, with potential effects on some agricultural crops.

Recent findings by an international team that includes CAUP open up prospects for the discovery and description of Earth-like planets outside our solar system.

See the distribution by scientific areas of the proposals submitted to Call.

A study published in the journal Current Biology by researchers at the IGC identifies an intrinsic self-regulation mechanism in structures essential for cell division.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Energy, and Materials & Raw Materials are the topics under discussion at the first Strategic Reflection Day.

A study conducted at the University of Coimbra demonstrates the impact of direct support from teacher-tutors in reducing absenteeism and school failure.

Researchers from the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAUP) published the results of a study relevant to understanding the active core of galaxies in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has renewed its partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Children who spend more time watching television than using computers are at greater risk of obesity. This is the conclusion of a study by the University of Coimbra, funded by FCT.