CSIC researchers create zinc-air batteries up to 80% more powerful
A Barcelona team has shown that small loose conductive pieces inside the battery reduce internal resistance, overturning an idea accepted for decades.
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Spain gains 77 new bone marrow donors a day in 2026
The Spanish bone marrow donor registry now exceeds 532,000 people, and actual donations have increased fourteenfold since 2012.
Renaturalised rambla in Torre-Pacheco protects more than 8,600 residents from flooding
The restoration of 1.4 kilometres of the Rambla Sur, in Murcia, has returned the channel to its natural functioning and created a floodable park open to the public.
Angola launches new round of polio vaccination for 9.2 million children
The third round of the national campaign covered children up to the age of five, with door-to-door vaccination and fixed posts, mobilising more than 72,000 people.
Angolan schools to accept enrolment of children without documents
The Ministry of Education has ruled that public and private schools must enrol pupils without identification, so that lack of registration does not keep them out of education.
Angola prepares project that protects nature to prevent pandemics
The Angolan government and UNDP met in Luanda to design the Nature4Health project, which aims to curb diseases by tackling their environmental causes.
Angola performs its first robotic kidney surgeries with Angolan doctors
A team of Angolan doctors, supervised by a Brazilian surgeon, operated on the first kidney patients in Luanda using a surgical robot.
Angonabeiro advanced $1.5 million to Angolan coffee growers
The Angolan subsidiary of the Nabeiro group provided advance financing to coffee growers in the last season, to support field preparation and boost production.
Cape Verde could become a digital bridge between Europe, Africa and South America
CVTelecom and DE-CIX have signed a letter of intent to study a new interconnection corridor in the South Atlantic, between Lisbon and São Paulo.
Praia City Council staff receive first aid training
Workers from various municipal services in Praia took part in first aid training delivered by INEM technicians and nurses.
Charity project boosts meals for older and disabled people in Porto Novo
Projeto Zé Luís Solidário has delivered food to Porto Novo's day centres, which care for around 80 older people and people with disabilities.
Porto Novo trains farmers in organic farming and sustainable fruit growing
The Ministry of Agriculture has begun a ten-day training course in Porto Novo for 25 fruit growers, after an earlier session on organic farming reached 30 farmers.
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