January 17, 2013 Three researchers honored with L’Oréal Medals Ana Abecassis, Ana Ribeiro, and Leonor Morgado were honored with the "L'Oréal Portugal Medals of Honor for Women in Science" in the ninth edition of the initiative.
January 8, 2013 Blackbirds are reservoirs for the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. The first study conducted in Portugal on the role of common birds in spreading Lyme disease reveals that the blackbird is one of the main hosts of the bacteria responsible for this disease.
December 21, 2012 Strengthening the international competitiveness of the Portuguese Scientific System The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) announced this week the results of Calls for Research Projects and FCT Researchers.
December 10, 2012 Portuguese science continues to grow: ERC Advanced Grants secure an additional €4.35 million Scientists Rui Reis and Adélio Mendes have been awarded prestigious Studentships Grants by the European Research Council (ERC).
December 4, 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.
November 23, 2012 2012 ISCTE & MIT | Portugal venture competition Quatro start-ups selecionadas como finalistas para a Competição de Empreendedorismo Building Global Innovators 2012.
November 23, 2012 ISCTE & MIT Call | Portugal 2012 Building Global Innovators, the Call by ISCTE and the MIT | Portugal Program, awards four start-ups in the 2012 edition.
November 7, 2012 US-Portugal Partnerships: UT Austin|Portugal 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 €2 million by the FCT.
November 7, 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 FCT.
October 19, 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's in Alpha Centauri B, the star system closest to the Sun.
October 15, 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.
October 12, 2012 European Space Agency (ESA) launches space technology transfer program 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.
