CICECO makes a strong presence at the European Researchers' Night 2024
CICECO invites society to discover its innovations and cutting-edge technologies alongside other scientific projects at the European Researchers' Night 2024! An event for all ages with free entry.
Mara Freire awarded with Women TechEU
Mara Freire, co-founder and CEO of the spin-off RYA-Purification Technologies (RYAPURTECH), and researcher at CICECO was one of the first 40 women selected to benefit from financial support and mentoring.
CICECO secures 35 spots in Stanford’s 2024 List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists
According to the 2024 edition of the study coordinated by Professor John P. A. Ioannidis from Stanford University (USA), titled Stanford World's Top 2% Scientists, 35 researchers from CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials have been recognized among the world's leading scientists.
JORNADAS CICECO 2024: Bridging Research and Industry for a brighter future
The 2024 edition of Jornadas CICECO will engage industry partners, associations, technological and educational centres with societal concerns that are the focus of the CICECO community's research mission.
CICECO joins international team to transform solar energy research
Researchers from the Department of Physics and the CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials have partnered with national and international institutions to develop groundbreaking light-trapping and UV photon-shifting technologies for perovskite solar cells.
Science Cast: Nicolas Schaeffer and recycling and reusing waste
Recycling and reusing waste is a major technological and sociological challenge. Nicolas Schaeffer is Researcher at CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro and he won one of the most prestigious awards in the world of research, the European Research Council, worth 1.49 million euros.
Bioactive capsules: a wide range of applications
The group that developed the new technology, led by João Mano, professor and vice-director of CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, also includes UAveiro doctoral student Catarina Passos and researcher Sónia Patrício.
Cell technology unlocks a new class of living materials
Pedro Lavrador, Beatriz S. Moura, José Almeida-Pinto, Víctor M. Gaspar and João F. Mano, from COMPASS group, has developed an innovative technology whose principle allows the creation of a new class of implantable living materials that can transform the way organs and tissues are repaired or even replaced.
Science Cast: Luis Mafra talks about how to manage teams in science
Luis Mafra won a European Research Council grant in 2020 and became the first permanent researcher at the University of Aveiro.
Sensor capable of measuring from -200ºC to 450ºC submitted for patent
A research group from the Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering (DEMaC) at the University of Aveiro (UA) and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials has developed a diamond sensor that allows simultaneous measurement of temperature and radiation, with or without contact, in extreme environments. The international patent application for this sensor has already been submitted.