In the last decades, the awareness of consumers about the relationship between food and health is increasing as a result of the marketing of food products with health claims, the so-called functional foods. These can be defined as “foods or ingredients of foods that provide an additional physiological benefit beyond their basic nutrition”. Low energy
Bioactivity of irradiated foods by low energy e-beam Read More »
Nitrate concentrations in groundwater systems, often exceed the statutory limits for drinking water, defined in the Groundwater Directive (GWD, 2006/118/EC), making these groundwater bodies fail to meet ´Good Status´ according to the exigencies of the European Water Framework Directive. This project deals with the use of nuclear techniques to identify the main source of nitrates
Soils moisture – characterization, distribution and dynamics in the two sampling sites in Portugal. Characterization of the soils erosion and sedimentation. Soils texture, composition and mineralogical characterisation. Isotopic characterization of the water from shallow aquifers, rivers and streams. IAEA project Coordinator at IST: Paula M. Carreira – carreira@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Improving efficiency in water and soil management Read More »
Climate change has already begun and will continue to alter the water cycle, increasing risks of drought in Portugal. This situation, affects the availability and dependency on groundwater resources, source of 45–65% of the total fresh water demands in the country. Project develops the identification of salts origin in the coastal groundwater systems Faro –
SECURE project is focused on the characterization of possible side-effects induced in cellulose-based materials by ionizing radiation, mainly high energetic proton beams, gamma, X-ray and electrons beams. In this project participate: C2TN, Department of Conservation and Restoration from NOVA University and Neon Art Conservation. Coordinator at IST: Victoria Corregidor – victoria.corregidor@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Lutetium-177 (Lu-177) is currently the most important therapeutic radionuclide and it will continue to be a key role player in the nuclear medicine field, as its half-life of 6.65 days allows logistic of production and supply of radioisotope and finished product. Currently there are over 70 radiopharmaceuticals for therapy in clinical trials and about 40%