Portuguese neuroscientist Rui Costa from the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown and principal investigator of the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC), in Portugal, and a team of neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that the brain is more flexible and trainable than previously thought. Their research, published […]
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Rui Costa: Portuguese scientist advances neuroscience research – Portugal
Posted on 05 March 2012.
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Coimbra: Portuguese researchers awarded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation – Portugal
Posted on 04 March 2012.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease, has granted Portuguese researchers, Carlos Palmeira and Rodrigo Cunha, the “Rapid Response Innovation Award.” Both researchers are affiliated with the Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Carlos Palmeira is an Associate Professor in the Department […]
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UMD: 19th Annual Summer Program in Portuguese – Dartmouth, MA
Posted on 03 March 2012.
The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD) has announced the 2012 UMass Dartmouth Summer Program in Portuguese scheduled to June 25 through July 27. The program offers four for credit courses to undergraduate and high school students at all levels of linguistic and academic proficiency. A limited number […]
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Book: Alda Petitti’s journey in quest for the meaning of life – Review
Posted on 01 March 2012.
By Carolina Matos, Editor ♦ Born on Faial island, in the Azores, Alda Petitti moved to the United States at the age of eight with her parents and sister. At age 57, her book Camino Português: A Pilgrims’s Journey tells of her 10-day-150-mile-pilgrimage from Porto (Portugal) to Santiago de Compostela (Spain). The call came about […]
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Fado: Pedro Galveias’ new record reveals deep sensitivity– Review
Posted on 01 March 2012.
By David Mendonça ♦ Pedro Galveias is an established fado singer in Lisbon who has been on the scene since he was a young boy. With the release of “Loucuras de Um Fado,” from Saudade Records, his singing is finally getting a proper representation on disc. Here he reveals a deep sensitivity for both established […]
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Calamity: Portugal afflicted by long lasting severe drought
Posted on 29 February 2012.
The head of Portugal’s national association of farmers CAP asked Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho Tuesday for “urgent measures” to fight the worsening drought. With no significant rainfall in February, the situation of extreme drought across mainland Portugal is now severe, the worst in the last 80 years. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with […]
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