The August 2025 Night Sky
Welcome to the August night sky. This is the month in the northern hemisphere when the nighttime temperatures become slightly cooler. This is also the month of the famous Perseid
The July 2025 Night Sky
Welcome to the July night sky. This is the month when the planet Earth is at the point in its orbit when it is the furthest from the Sun. This
The June 2025 Night Sky
Welcome to the June night sky. This is the month of the summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere. It happens when the Sun reaches its highest position in the sky,
The May 2025 Night Sky
Welcome to the May night sky. Now we are deep into the springtime in the northern hemisphere, with its warmer but shorter nights. Over in the east as darkness falls,
More women in tech: nearly 60,000 working in Portugal’s ICT sector in 2024
Women now represent 22.7% of Portugal’s ICT tech workforce The number of women working in Portugal’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector reached 59,600 in 2024, marking a significant increase
The April 2025 Night Sky
Welcome to the April night sky. Now we are officially in springtime, the days are getting longer, and the nights are shorter in the northern hemisphere. Last month was the
Portugal embraces ‘cutting-edge’ system to detect, monitor wildfires
FireSat system is “constellation of satellites” providing detailed information in almost real-time Portugal is to carry out tests to assess the effectiveness in rural fire management operations of data provided
National Water Prize goes to project conceived in Algarve
Project is brainchild of environmental scientist Sascha Iqbal An ‘ingenious project’ underway in the Algarve that creates drinking water in a sustainable way has won the National Water Prize –
The March 2025 Night Sky
Welcome to the March night sky. This is the month of the spring Equinox in the northern hemisphere. This year it happens on the 20th when the Sun crosses the
Coimbra researchers study gender impact on newborn neurodevelopment
Scientists from the University of Coimbra (UC) are studying the brains of newborn babies to understand how biological sex influences neurodevelopment and susceptibility to infections, the institution has announced today.