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Best Oral Presentation awarded to the C2TN PhD student Cynthia Obregón-Castro

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The C2TN PhD student Cynthia Obregón-Castro participated in the “2nd International Conference on Raw Materials and Circular Economy – RawMat2023”, from 28 August – 2 September, in Athens, Greece. Cynthia won the BEST ORAL PRESENTATION award, with her work “Grain size distribution of rare earth elements in a passive treatment system installed in a legacy […]

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C2TN in Space and Defense: an unavoidable partner

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The expertise of the C2TN includes activities about Radiological Safety and Protection, covering the detection, identification and quantification of radionuclides, exposure of individuals to radiation through measurement, evaluation and calculation of doses, the study of shielding characteristics of materials, and computational modelling from radiation fields and sources, critical components not only in situations of war,

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New Horizon Europe Project will focus on the impact of transports on air quality

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C2TN is part of the consortium that won the Horizon Europe project MI-TRAP – Mitigating Transport-Related Air Pollution in Europe.  Mi-TRAP will bring together 26 parties from universities, research centers, companies and industry.  MI-TRAP project aims to improve the currently available Tools and services for air pollution mitigation from transport sources through a multi-dimensional approach.

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C2TN student developed food bioactives through the valorization of olive wastes by ionizing radiation

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Joana Madureira defended her PhD Thesis last June in Pharmacy and Health by the University of Salamanca. Joana was focused on the development of bioactive products through the recovery of waste generated by the olive oil extraction industry, using radiation technologies to promote the extractability of bioactive compounds. The main goal of the project was

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RadAR – a citizen project on radon management

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The RadAR project, coordinated by the C2TN researcher Nuno Canha in collaboration with the Portuguese Environment Agency, has won funding in a call for citizen science projects promoted by the European project RadoNorm (www.radonorm.eu). The RadAR project is a citizen science project on radon management, officially supported by Ciência Viva. RadAR “Students as key players

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The use of ionizing radiation allows to save millions of lives

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The majority of the population continues associating the terms “radiation” and “nuclear” with negative aspects and imminent danger. Therefore, it is necessary to elucidate the potentialities of nuclear sciences and techniques and in what form radiations can be put into service of society. The benefits for society associated with the use of radiation ionizing largely

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C2TN wins the 2022 Armed Forces Innovation Award

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Major Luís Marques, member of C2TN and PhD student at IST, received the Armed Forces Innovation Award 2022 with the work Gamma radiation detection system, beta particles and neutrons coupled to a multirotor for inspection of maritime containers and detection, location and identification of radioactive sources and materials. The Armed Forces Innovation Award aims to promote

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C2TN and APA organized the 6th European Radiation Protection Week

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The 6th European Radiation Protection Week – ERPW 2022 took place from 9th to 14th October, at Estoril Congress Centre. The ERPW 2022 was organised by C2TN in collaboration with the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) and with European research platforms and networks in the areas of Radiation Protection and Safety (MELODI, EURADOS, EURAMED, NERIS, ALLIANCE,

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