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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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3rd International Conference on Applications of Radiation Science and Technology – #ICARST2025

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Date: 7 to 11 April Venue: Vienna, Austria More information: Official Site I Flyer I Registration The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is organising the 3rd International Conference on ‘Applications of Radiation Science and Technology’ (ICARST-2025), which will take place from 7th to 11th April 2025 in Vienna, Austria. The event, which has researchers from the C2TN – Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares,

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C2TN researcher leads project for selective detection of infections caused by super-bacteria

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The project aims to develop a pioneering approach for faster and more accurate diagnosis of bacterial infections in hospital settings, strengthening the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Sofia Gama, a professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and a researcher at Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), is leading a project that aims to revolutionise the diagnosis of

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Seminar ‘Research to Reality: Bridging the Clinical Manufacturing Gap’

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‘Research to Reality: Bridging the Clinical Manufacturing Gap’ was the theme that guided the session promoted by the Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN) of the Instituto Superior Técnico, in partnership with NorthX Biologics – a Swedish company with vast experience in the development and manufacture of biological products – which took place in

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C2TN researchers developed method to date historic wines

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Researchers from C2TN, in collaboration with Instituto Superior de Agronomia and Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, developed a pioneering method to prove the authenticity of Portuguese wines. Using 137Cs (caesium-137) dating via gamma spectrometry, this technique has proved extremely effective in differentiating wines produced before and after the uncontrolled nuclear tests of

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