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C2TN PROMOTES SCIENCE FOR ALL ON EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS’ NIGHT

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Last Friday, September 27th, researchers and PhD students from Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN) of Instituto Superior Técnico attended the European Researchers’ Night (NEI), held at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUNHNC) in Lisbon. The event, which was characterised by dozens of free initiatives, aimed to bring science closer to […]

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OREOBATT: C2TN and CeFEMa Researchers Develop Sustainable Materials for Batteries

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A team from C2TN, led by Sandra Rabaça, and CeFEMa, coordinated by Diogo Santos, is developing new organic electroactive materials (OEMs) for high-performance, low-cost batteries. The project focuses on tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivatives as organic electrodes, offering a more sustainable alternative to current inorganic materials, particularly when combined with aqueous electrolytes, which enhance safety and reduce

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ARSENIX: A New C2TN-Led Project

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The ARSENIX Project, titled “Portuguese Rice Fields as a Laboratory Model for Water Decontamination Using Iron Chelation-Type Nanoparticles,” has been awarded funding in the latest call of the FCT – Exploratory Projects. ARSENIX aims to investigate the release of toxic metals, particularly arsenic, into water systems during rice cultivation. More information, here. The project is

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Special Issue reprint book: Functional Molecular Materials Insights – a Themed Issue in Honour of Professor Manuel Almeida on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday

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A Special Issue reprint book, published by MDPI and edited by C2TN researchers Laura C. J. Pereira and Dulce Belo, has been released in honor of retired C2TN member Professor Manuel de Almeida. Titled “Functional Molecular Materials Insights—A Themed Issue in Honour of Professor Manuel Almeida on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday,” the book

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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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WATER4MED kick-off meeting

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Paula Carreira, C2TN researcher, participated last week in the “kick-off meeting” of the PRIMA II project “Water management strategies and Adaptation actions undER a global change context FOR the MEDiterranean region” (WATER4MED) which took place in Barcelona, Spain, at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research. WATER4MED is led by Spain (CSIC) and coordinated

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C2TN researcher elected Vice-President of the European Thermoelectric Society

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António Pereira Gonçalves, a researcher and professor at C2TN – Instituto Superior Técnico, will be the next Vice-President of the European Thermoelectric Society (ETS), the European contact point and exchange platform for industry and science regarding any thermoelectric question. The ETS bodies are the General Assembly, which includes all the members, and the ETS Board,

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C2TN Researchers are team members of the Thawimpact Project

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Susana Sousa Gomes and Fátima Araújo, C2TN Researchers, are responsible for the elementary characterization study of permafrost samples (permanently frozen soil), performed at the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-QMS) Laboratory. The samples were collected during scientific expeditions carried out along the Antarctic Peninsula and Sub-Antarctic islands, as part of the Thawimpact Project funded by the

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IST Luminescence Dating Laboratory team dates sediments from a prehistoric shelter in the Côa Valley Archaeological Park (UNESCO World Heritage)

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The researcher responsible for the Luminescence Dating Laboratory Ana Luísa Rodrigues and the graduate technician Dulce Russo (DECN/C2TN), were in the field with the project team LandCRAFT – the socio-cultural contexts of Recent Prehistory art in the Côa valley” (FCT: COA/OVD/0055/2019). The goal was sampling sediments and perform in situ gamma dosimetry. This project aims

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EURO-LABS Supports Transnational Access to the Nuclear Microprobe

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EURO-LABS Supports Transnational Access (TA) to a broad spectrum of installations, as those found in the CLEAR consortium. The nuclear microprobe of CTN is one of the three CLEAR installations, and each one provides 640 hours of beam during the duration of the project. The deadline is May 31. To apply, visit: Transnational Access More

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