The 2018 edition of the initiative “Noite Europeia dos Investigadores” took place at the Museum of Natural History and Science and at Lisbon's Botanical Garden (Lisbon's University) on the last 28th of September. In that context, several activities were developed and promoted by the outreach group of C2TN, under the context of “C2TN's contribution to the cities of tomorrow":
- A blind tasting of delicious strawberries which proved not only that food irradiation is perfectly safe, but also that it does not cause any alterations in food besides increasing their shelf life and safety.
- A practical demonstration entitled "The air belongs to everyone" performed in the framework of the LifeIndex Air project, and which involved the measurement of air quality on site (project information)
- A demonstration related with the ClimACT project that is focused on driving a transition towards a low carbon economy in school (project information) 
- A very successful "Science Dating powered by C²TN" session which consisted in 5 minutes talks with scientists, following the speed dating concept, where several topics were discussed. During around 1h30, this activity has engaged close to 100 participants.

The book “Nomenclatura de Química Inorgânica”, edited by IST Press, will be launched on October 12, at IST Alameda campus (main building – meeting room). The session will start at 6 p.m. and Professor Bernardo Herold (Universidade de Lisboa) will present the book.

Among the authors are Joaquim Marçalo, Researcher of C²TN and Rui Teives Henriques, retired C²TN collaborator.

more information.

Because we all have to start somewhere, during this summer, several students from IST had the chance to develop internships at C²TN in order to get introduced to the world of scientific research. From 4 to 6 weeks, nine students coming from different courses developed their work at the following C²TN groups:

- f-element Chemistry Group
- Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Group
- Radiation Elements and Isotopes Group
- Nuclear Engineering and Techniques Group

For that period, the students had a chance to develop several skills, while also integrating a research team and get acquainted with what working in research really is. Want to know what students and supervisors have to say about it?

AuxDefense 2018 – 1st World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense, focuses on advanced materials research in the forward-looking enabling R&D domain where the intersection of key technologies in areas such as nano and microtechnology, biotechnology, stealth materials, smart materials and structures, and energy generation and storage is being explored.

This Conference took place in Lisbon, Portugal on 3rd and 4th of September 2018 and C2TN was represented by António Pereira Gonçalves with a presentation entitled “Facilities, Skills and Competence in Advanced Materials Studies for Defense at C2TN” in Session 9 - Advanced Materials and Technologies for Defense.

More info at the Conference website.