The European Commission has reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to buy 500 thousand doses of remdesivir antiviral, used to treat patients who have contracted the new …
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So far, the focus has been on saving the lives of those who are infected and become seriously ill after being infected with the new coronavirus. But there is growing …
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The “Apps for Good” Portuguese technology education programme, in which secondary school students create applications to solve society’s problems, won the UNESCO Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum International Award, announced those …
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The crisis created by Covid-19 is a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of neglecting biophysical risks for human well-being, business and economies This month, world leaders and experts met …
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Every year, the last week of September is celebrated by reflexologists around the world as the World Reflexology Week (WRW), as a way of observing the importance of this therapy, …
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The forecast was given to PLATAFORMA by Professor João Miguel Dias, a specialist in Physical Oceanography with an interest in sea level areas and coastal flooding, from the University of …
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Before that, the US space agency will launch two flight tests around the satellite; mission will serve as preparation for trip to Mars NASA, the United States space agency, has …
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World Maritime Day was celebrated yesterday by the United Nations International Maritime Organization under the theme “Sustainable transport for a sustainable planet”. Adelino Canário, a career academic, is the director …
