Two researchers from the School of Engineering of the University of Minho have defined a set of evacuation strategies against the activity of a volcano in central Mexico, one of the most populated and seismic areas in the world. The study by Rafael Ramírez Eudave and Tiago Miguel Ferreira was […]

Solution will enable a more efficient therapy to be applied, improving the response of the NHS. Secondary infections, very common in patients with respiratory viral diseases such as COVID-19, are responsible for a high number of recorded deaths, as well as for the worsening of the clinical situation. And antibiotic […]

Vítor Espírito Santo, alumnus of the School of Engineering, is developing meat from cells, in California, USA. He runs the Cellular Agriculture Department at “Eat Just”, one of the 80 companies in the world dedicated to lab-grown meat. Singapore was the first country in the world to approve the marketing […]

José António Teixeira and António Vicente on the “Highly Cited Researchers 2020” list. José António Teixeira and António Vicente, from the Centre of Biological Engineering (CEB) of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, are among the most cited scientists in the world by other researchers. The confirmation […]

The thesis of the student of the PhD Programme in Sustainable Built Environment, Mário José Dias Meireles is entitled “Sustainable Urban Mobility centred on the use of bicycles. A digital, integrated, shared and intelligent system” was recently reported by some media, as it indicates that almost seven out of ten […]

The project EcoBioInks4SmartTextiles, which is being developed by the Centre of Biological Engineering in partnership with CeNTI, the highlight of the 90 Seconds of Science programme, with the Responsible Researcher, Tatiana Aguiar, who clarifies how the development of fluorescent paints for application in clothing and textiles can make counterfeiting difficult, […]

The University of Minho is the Portuguese entity with the most patent applications, according to the “Barometer Inventa – Patents Made in Portugal 2020”. The result reinforces the role of this academy as one of the main drivers of innovation in the country and its strong link to the economic […]

A team of researchers from the Department of Civil Engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Minho and the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, supported by the Municipality of Arcos de Valdevez, began the study of the fojos do lobo da Serra da Peneda, […]

The YPACK project was evaluated by the European Commission’s Innovation Radar as “Business Ready”, in terms of market maturity, revealing itself as an innovation that brings together concrete market-oriented ideas. In terms of “market creation potential”, the innovation presented by the YPACK was classified as “Noteworthy”. Innovation Radar is a […]