(Disponível em Português) To celebrate Champalimaud Research’s tenth anniversary, a photo exhibit and an accompanying video series bring you snapshots of its scientists and their work. snapshot 2: Intercepting tumour communications Group name: Systems Oncology. […]
Author: Liad Hollender
Science snapshots: FUGIR OU NÃO FUGIR?
(available in English) Para comemorar o décimo aniversário da Champalimaud Research, criámos uma exposição fotográfica e uma série de vídeos que acompanham trazem instantâneos dos nossos cientistas e do seu trabalho. snapshot 1: Fugir ou […]
Science snapshot: To flee or not to flee?
(Disponível em Português) To celebrate Champalimaud Research’s tenth anniversary, a photo exhibit and an accompanying video series bring you snapshots of its scientists and their work. snapshot 1: To flee, or not to flee? Group […]
Novo teste poderá ajudar muitas doentes com cancro da mama a evitar quimioterapia
(Available in English) A quimioterapia é um tratamento importante contra o cancro da mama, capaz de salvar vidas humanas. Mas não é desprovida de riscos. E embora alguns dos seus efeitos secundários sejam reversíveis e […]
New test can help many breast cancer patients avoid chemotherapy
(Disponível em Português) Chemotherapy is an important, life-saving treatment for breast cancer. But it’s not risk free. While some of its side effects are short-term and reversible, others are not and could even result […]
Rethinking the brain’s wiring diagram
Appearances can be deceiving. When looking at the outmost layer of the brain, called the neocortex, it looks like a simple sheet of neurons. But the truth is far from it. This “simple sheet” has […]
Grasping time: A neuroscientist’s quest to capture life’s most elusive dimension
Imagine you are floating in the dark. The only sound you can hear is that of your own breath. The temperature of the water that surrounds you is the same as that of your skin. […]
Catch me if you can: Scientists discover neurons that control willingness to mate in female fruit flies
(Disponível em português) How can you tell if an individual is expressing sexual interest? With males, it’s usually quite obvious and can be anything from lavish theatrical displays of song and dance to […]
Apanha-me se puderes: a disponibilidade para o acasalamento na mosca da fruta
(Available in English) Como é que se consegue dizer que um indivíduo está sexualmente interessado? No caso particular dos machos, pode dizer-se que é bastante óbvio. O reino animal está repleto de exemplos em […]
The resilient brain: Losing neurons without missing a beat
Dropping your phone into a bowl of soup is a pretty effective way to destroy it. But it doesn’t necessarily take complete submersion to render a phone, or any other piece of technology […]