31 March 2011
Neurologist and author Atónio Damásio, Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute and Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California, is the keynote speaker at the Neuroscience Janssen Award ceremony taking place, today, March 31, at the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, where he will address “The origins of consciousness.” His current work involves the […]
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30 March 2011
The Center for Intercultural Studies (CEI) at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto (ISCAP), Portugal, has announced the 2nd International Conference in Intercultural Studies, to take place from May 25 to May 27, 2011. Presentations are in Portuguese, English, French, German or Spanish. The previous ISCAP’s International Conference on Intercultural Studies took place in 2008 with the […]
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30 March 2011
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, 58 years old, a native of Porto, is the 2011 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, the world’s most prestigious architecture honor. Moura is the second Portuguese architect distinguished with the prize. The first was Alvaro Siza honored in 1992. Souto de Moura worked for Alvaro Siza for five years before […]
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30 March 2011
The unemployment rate in the City of Fall River, MA, jumped to 17.3 percent last month – one of the highest among 22 Massachusetts cities – and the numbers could get worse. Among Massachusetts cities, only Lawrence has a higher unemployment rate at 18.0 percent. The last time Fall River’s rate was more than 17 percent […]
30 March 2011
The National Organization of Portuguese-Americans (NOPA), will hold its first annual Portuguese American Young Leaders Summit (YPALS). The event, sponsored by the Portuguese Embassy, will take place in Washington, DC, in June, 2011. The main goal is to educate the Portuguese-American youth regarding the many advantages and opportunities offered to them by Portugal. The summit will […]
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30 March 2011
A team of Portuguese researchers discovered a “broad spectrum” cancer suppressor – called LRP1B – which acts by removing proteins crucial for cancer development from the tumor environment. LRP1B is a protein/receptor on the cell membrane with the function to carry molecules from outside to the inside of the cell. The team includes researcher Hugo […]
