Science news in Portugal
Latest news and stories about science in Portugal for expats and residents.
Latest news and stories about science in Portugal for expats and residents.
The 30th edition of Ciência Viva no Verão features 789 varied activities, of which more than 180 focus on the solar eclipse of 12 August. The initiative will take place between 15 July and 15 August.
Researchers from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança will collect records of animals during the solar eclipse on August 12th to detect changes in wildlife behaviour.
Bony plates, spikes, and a nearly complete skeleton are emerging from the cliffs of Torres Vedras in what could be a rare discovery in European paleontology. The fossil, attributed to a Late Jurassic ankylosaur, is in an exceptional state of preservation. The team of paleontologists believes the find could be the most complete dinosaur discovered to date in Portugal.
For the first time, the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health has opened its animal facility to show how the 18,000 animals that contribute to medical and scientific progress live and are cared for.
Portugal is participating in an international research project focused on the study of dark matter.
The molecular biologist, awarded in 1987 for the discovery of a genetic mechanism for antibodies, was a member of the Champalimaud Foundation's Scientific Council.
José Raposo swaps the stage for the laboratory and talks to GIMM scientist Miguel Soares to understand how inflammation protects the body, but can also become the cause of serious diseases.
Former director of the Gulbenkian Institute of Science highlights its “great importance” in the development of science. Figures such as Miller Guerra and Mariano Gago played an important role at the institute.
Researchers from the Change Associated Laboratory warn about the lack of ambition and stable funding in the National Biodiversity Strategy.
Researcher and professor at the University of Porto, Paulo Talhadas dos Santos passed away at 66, leaving behind a legacy of teaching, science, and the defence of biodiversity.
In recent years, Vítor Cardoso has divided his time between Portugal and Denmark, where he has seen his work receive substantial funding.
Home News Portuguese scientists conduct unprecedented study of clouds on Mars Portuguese scientists conduct unprecedented study of clouds on Mars Portuguese scientists have “hunted” and analysed clouds on Mars, measuring their altitude and propagation speed, a milestone that could support a futur
Portuguese biologist wins European award for excellence in natural history and taxonomy, the science of identifying and classifying living beings. She has already participated in the discovery of 45 species in Africa.
INTERVIEW || On days of extreme heat, the thermometer measures more than just temperature: it also measures the ease with which science is sometimes exchanged for suspicion. Miguel Miranda, retired full professor and former president of IPMA, takes physics to the place where the internet usually installs conspiracy and dismantles, one by one, the fantasies about “chemtrails,” cloud seeding, the ionosphere, radars, and machines capable of controlling the atmosphere from a distance. And he leaves a phrase that puts the scale back in the right place: “It is still the planet that rules us, and not us the planet.”
Paula Videira's team has developed a technology capable of distinguishing cancer cells from healthy ones
An analysis of the potential benefits for Portugal regarding the implementation and use of New Genomic Techniques in agriculture and science.
Home Science Faces of Portuguese Research: Miguel Bastos Araújo Faces of Portuguese Research: Miguel Bastos Araújo Miguel Bastos Araújo has spent his career mapping where life chooses to go.
He has researched, innovated, and taught at the best European and American institutions, and directed the Gulbenkian Science Institute. He is highly cited and decorated. And more than invited, he was always chosen.
Thousands of animals, fossils, and other objects donated to the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto over several years will be on display until September 20th.
Can RNA be the musical score that conducts life? Singer Sónia Tavares and scientist Carmo Fonseca from GIMM debate the control of genes, the origin of life, and the cure for cancer.
For 30 years, Ciência Viva has been bringing science closer to the Portuguese people. This summer, the Geração Ciência Festivals are touring the country with experiments, discoveries, and activities for all ages.
In this episode of “History Repeats Itself”, Lourenço Pereira Coutinho and Margarida de Magalhães Ramalho talk to Professor Henrique Leitão about the important contributions of Portuguese navigation to European science and how these voyages dispelled myths and fears.
She has been the Director of Science at the European Space Agency since 2023 and is the first woman ever to hold the position. Carole Mundell, a renowned scientist, wants to try to “understand the 95% of the Universe that is still unknown” and “tell a coherent story about the cosmos”. She speaks about Portugal, which has “truly matured over the last two decades”, and hesitates to say which is her favourite space mission: “It is like asking which is our favourite child”
More emotional people are not more fragile, reveals Nuno Maulide in 'The Chemistry of Emotions', where he warns about the love that disarms us and argues that the best ideas were born from boredom
In the year it celebrates its 100th anniversary, Recordati reflects on the evolution of health, prevention, and the challenges of scientific communication. Rui Rijo Ferreira analyses the industry.
