With this new online presence, the project has the potential to reach even more students and teachers, having a positive impact on science education throughout the global Portuguese-speaking community. Science education is an essential component of modern education. It is crucial to impart scientific knowledge to students from an early age. However, many schools do […]
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Researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência discover that healthy kidneys may be the key to surviving malaria
A study led by Gulbenkian shows that the kidneys play a key role in storing and redistributing iron in the body during a malaria infection, which may be crucial to disease outcomes. A new scientific discovery made by researchers at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) revealed that the kidneys play a key role in the […]
IPMA inaugurates “Atlantic”, a new supercomputer to improve weather and ocean forecasts
The new “Atlantic” supercomputer will allow IPMA to significantly improve the quality of its weather forecasts as well as fire risk index forecasting. On January 20, 2023, IPMA inaugurated “Atlantic”, the new High-Resolution Ocean Atmosphere Modeling System that will facilitate a 20-fold increase in the institute’s computational capacity. According to IMPA president, Miguel Miranda, at […]
Inês Cardoso Pereira, the Face of Science that studies the metabolism of bacteria
Professor at the António Xavier Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology (ITQB NOVA) and coordinator of an associated laboratory, LS4Future, Inês Cardoso Pereira is also responsible for the Bacterial Energy Metabolism laboratory. One of the Bacterial Energy Metabolism laboratory’s projects she highlights is the study of an important enzyme in anaerobic bacteria that has a […]
Oeiras is a county linked to technology and it can contribute to the technological challenges faced by the Navy”
In a conversation with Oeiras Valley, Commander João Carlos Lourenço da Piedade, head of the Navy’s Innovation and Transformation Division, talked about the cooperation protocolsrecently signed between the Portuguese Navy and Oeiras: one to promote innovation and another to improve the Vasco da Gama Aquarium. During the interview, he talked about how Oeiras can “in […]
Ciência + Cidadã Program Coordinator voted member of the IMPETUS Citizen Panel
IMPETUS intends to support and give recognition to Citizen Science by providing access to the Innovation Fund for several initiatives, bringing this theme closer to society and political decision-makers. Maria João Leão was recently re-elected member of the IMPETUS Citizen Panel — the project which aims to acknowledge and enable Citizen Science initiatives in Europe. […]
