The University of Minho, the Agency for State Technological Reform (ARTE) and the United Nations University – e-Governance Operational Unit (UNU-EGOV) organised the presentation of the results of the 2025 Municipal Councils’ Internet Presence Index (IPIC) on 20 April at 4.00 pm, during a session held at the UNU-EGOV premises […]
Projects
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The NaturTex project aims to find new uses for agroforestry and fruit-growing waste and by-products from inland Portugal, converting them into natural dyes and compounds for use in the textile sector. What if agroforestry waste had the potential to produce textiles with antimicrobial, antifungal, antioxidant and even fire-retardant properties? This […]
The project “Citizen-Led Accessible Environmental Routes/Personalised Accessible Routes for Health and Safety – CLEAR PATHS”, led by Giorgio Pace (School of Sciences, UMinho), Dalila Durães, Miguel Nóbrega (both from the School of Engineering, UMinho) and Andrea Ribeiro (Higher Institute of Health), has been approved for funding by the scientific committee […]
Agreement signed in Sintra provides for scientific observation from low Earth orbit by Prometheus-2 and a new space data infrastructure at UMinho The Portuguese Air Force Academy (AFA) and the University of Minho are set to develop, launch and operate the academic satellite “Prometheus-2” in the coming months. This space […]
The researcher at the 2C2T centre of the UMinho School of Engineering leads five PRR projects focused on decarbonisation and the creation of smart textiles. From cancer treatment dressings to fashion collections made from recycled fishing nets, innovation in Minho is anticipating new European sustainability requirements. The Portuguese sea has […]
At a time when the complexity and popularity of data-driven applications are growing at an unprecedented rate, INESC TEC UMinho and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are collaborating on a project to tackle one of the most debated challenges in the field: the efficiency of the data-processing systems that support these […]
The BANKSY project, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), promises to innovate the way we deal with contexts characterised by incomplete, uncertain or even contradictory information. With a planned duration of three years, the project is the result of a partnership between INESC TEC, CIDMA, the […]
The Stand4Heritage project, coordinated by Paulo Lourenço, researcher at ISISE – Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering at the School of Engineering, was featured on the CNN Innovation programme. STAND4HERITAGE (New STANDards for seismic assessment of built cultural HERITAGE) ambitiously engages in introducing new standards for safeguarding built […]
The “USludge4Fertilizer” project was selected from among 178 entries from 39 countries in the H2O & Sustainability Innovation Hub’s Call for Projects 2025 PhD student in Mechanical Engineering José Fernandes, from the School of Engineering at the University of Minho, and professors Hélder Puga (Mechanical Engineering) and Paulo Ramísio (Civil […]
The Senhora da Oliveira Hospital in Guimarães is a finalist in the first edition of the European Funds Awards 2025, in the ‘Smarter Portugal’ category, with its ‘Smart Hospital Infection Control’ project, considered one of the most innovative initiatives financed by EU funds. The application is competing alongside four others: […]
On 25 September, the results of the scientific project ‘INHAVIT – Sustainable approaches to the rehabilitation and revitalisation of the built cultural heritage of the Montesinho Natural Park’, located in the municipalities of Bragança and Vinhais, were announced. The session was held in the main auditorium of the University of […]
An INESC TEC UMinho research on data replication in relational databases received an honourable mention at SIGMOD 2025, one of the leading international conferences in the field of data management – ranking among the four best papers out of 250 submissions. The paper CRDV: Conflict-free Replicated Data Views presents a new model for […]