Sara Pinheiro, 1st year student of the Bachelor Degree on Biochemistry in FCT NOVA will take part in the Swiss Talent Forum 2016, to be held in Switzerland from January 28th to 31st. She and two more will participate in this Forum due to the first prize award that they got on the 23rd Challenge for Young Scientists in 2015 of the 9th National Science Show.
Teams of CENIMAT/i3N – FCT NOVA research centre and Jozef Stefan Institute the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, led by Prof. H. Godinho and Prof. S. Zumer, use liquid crystal droplets to probe the surface properties of spider webs and micro cellulosic filaments.
NOVA LINCS PhD student Tiago Vale joined Microsoft Research Cambridge from September to December 2015 under an internship to work with researchers of the Cambridge Systems and Networking group, in the context of the FaRM project.
The study relates global warming with a large-scale response in terrestrial ecosystems, pointing to a need for continuous monitoring for change detection and better forecasting of ecosystem response to climate change.
Between January 28th and February 5th, 2016, it will be held the 17th Technological Journeys of the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia from the NOVA University of Lisbon (JORTEC 2016).
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) invites the distinguished Professor Paulo Limão-Vieira, from CEFITEC - Department of Physics FCT NOVA, through the program ''Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan'' to develop a set of researches inserted in cycle of visits to Japanese refereed universities.
The Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologiafrom NOVA University of Lisbon streamlines the first edition of the "FCT NOVA Challenge" aiming to increase among Scientific-Humanities Course of Science and Technologies and the Secondary young students the interest in scientific knowledge.
On January 7th 2016, at the Culturgest Grande Auditorium, the 8th edition of the Green Project Awards Portugal took place attributing an Honorable Mention on Research and Development to the project ‘’Tetra Solar: energy for all’’, from the research centre CENIMAT, FCT NOVA.
The ceremony of the New Board Members from FCT NOVA Student Association was held on January 11th at the Library Auditorium.
The educational television program This is Mathematics, led by Professor Rogério Martins, from the Department Mathematics FCT NOVA, promoted by the Portuguese Mathematical Society, returns with a new season broadcasting on SIC Notícias and SIC Internacional, 9th January.
In an integrated initiative in the global movement "The Hour of Code", the Department of Informatics, from the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa , visited five schools, having contacted with about 190 elementary school students.