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Técnico and CNEA strengthen cooperation in Nuclear Medicine and Innovative Therapies

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Research in nuclear sciences is driving new approaches to cancer diagnosis and treatment — a central theme of the seminar held at CTN, with the participation of Argentine researcher Agustina Portu. The Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear (CTN) of Instituto Superior Técnico, in Loures, recently welcomed researcher Agustina Portu, from Argentina’s National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), […]

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CTN hosts seminar on nature-inspired materials capable of capturing water from the air

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Research by FCT NOVA, shared with students and researchers from Técnico’s Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear, explores bio-inspired solutions for developing sustainable materials that are adaptable to the environment. Researcher José Malta, from NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA FCT) of NOVA University Lisbon, presented the results of a study that seeks to replicate natural

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Técnico professor honoured as Fellow of the American Nuclear Society

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International recognition highlights Pedro Vaz’s contribution to the advancement of Nuclear Science and Technology. Pedro Vaz, a professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and researcher at Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), has been awarded the title of Fellow of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) — one of the highest distinctions of the American scientific society, reserved for

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Targeted Radiotherapy: emerging potential in cancer treatment

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Researcher Bruno Oliveira, from Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares at Instituto Superior Técnico, authored an opinion article published in the newspaper SOL, focusing on the emerging role of targeted radiotherapy in cancer treatment. In his text, the researcher highlights the potential of radionuclide therapies, a rapidly developing field within nuclear medicine that enables radiation

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Radiation for Global Challenges: C²TN brings Nuclear Sciences closer to Citizens at European Researchers’ Night

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From levitation to irradiated strawberries, researchers and students from Instituto Superior Técnico showed how fascinating, fun and accessible science can be. European Researchers’ Night brought together science, curiosity and good humour, proving that radiation can also be synonymous with sustainability and health. Science left the laboratories and went out to meet citizens in the latest

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Nuclear Talks – Técnico’s Guiding Values

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Date: 24 October Hour: 3 p.m. Venue: VIP canteen — Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear (CTN), in Loures   «The CTN will welcome Professor Raquel Aires Barros, Education and Professionals Ombudsperson at Instituto Superior Técnico, with an outstanding career in Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, and one of the leading voices in promoting Técnico’s Guiding Values— Integrity, Respect, Innovation,

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Research on crystals for radiation detection highlighted at Técnico’s C²TN Academy

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The seminar at Técnico featured Spanish expert José Luis Plaza Canga-Argüelles and addressed advances in the production of CdZnTe crystals for medical, aerospace, and nuclear safety applications. The C²TN – Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares – Academy welcomed Professor José Luis Plaza Canga-Argüelles, associate professor in the Materials Science Department, as well as director

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C²TN Academy Seminar highlights the BSwap battery exchange model as an innovative solution for electric mobility

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‘Portugal can achieve energy independence and take a leading role in the transition to sustainability through an innovative electric mobility model.’ This reflection on the path of the energy transition in Portugal and Europe was presented by António Vallêra, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, during a seminar promoted

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The air we breathe: an invisible yet urgent challenge

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Researcher Marta Almeida, from Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares at Instituto Superior Técnico, signs an opinion piece addressing one of today’s most pressing environmental and public health challenges — air pollution. In the article, the researcher highlights that, although invisible, air pollution remains the leading environmental risk to human health, disproportionately affecting the most

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Could radioactivity be the answer to the global challenge of super-bacteria?

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Sofia Gama, a professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and a researcher at Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C²TN), was recently featured in a report about the ´SuperOpTyMe` project — an innovative study exploring the use of radioactivity to tackle one of the greatest global health challenges: infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria. Developed at C²TN,

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