Portugal win European junior surfing title in Ireland
The Portuguese team won the team ranking at EuroSurf Junior 2026 and collected four individual medals, including two European titles.
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Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga reopens on 21 November after renovation
The Lisbon museum, closed since September 2025, received €8.5 million for work on its façade and roofs and for the restoration of the Capela das Albertas.
Faial tests restoring a brackish borehole with rainwater
Horta Council will invest €300,000 of European funds in a pilot project that could be replicated in the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.
Researchers in Porto and Minho develop a hydrogel to treat melanoma
A hybrid material that turns into a gel on contact with the skin could release chemotherapy in a localised, controlled way onto the area affected by the cancer.
Biologist who got thousands of divers restoring corals in Florida wins award
Kylie Smith, co-founder of the organisation I.CARE, has been honoured by NOAA for involving the community in restoring the coral reefs of the Florida Keys.
Masai Russell breaks the 100m hurdles world record in Zurich
The American Olympic champion ran 12.09 seconds at the Zurich Diamond League, taking three hundredths off the previous world record.
MIT launches initiative to strengthen science and maths education across the country
The MIT for America programme aims to bring maths tutoring, artificial intelligence training and hands-on learning to schools and colleges across the United States.
MIT astronomers catch a star slowly “feeding” on a brown dwarf
For the first time, a low-mass star has been observed absorbing matter from another low-mass object, in a system about 300 light years from Earth.
Volunteer diver finds 1,000-year-old canoe at the bottom of a Wisconsin lake
During a litter clean-up in Pewaukee Lake, a diver discovered a canoe carved from an oak trunk by Indigenous peoples about a thousand years ago.
MIT class project leads to US-approved device for tremors
A wristband that uses vibration to reduce tremors, born from a student project at MIT, has received FDA clearance for adults with essential tremor.
Around 1,500 cyclists attempt world record in Luxembourg for organ donation
The association Luxembourg Transplant is organising an indoor cycling marathon at Luxexpo to raise public awareness and break a Guinness record.
Writer Guy Helminger awarded the Batty Weber Literature Prize
The prize, awarded every three years to a Luxembourgish author, recognises the body of work of the writer from Esch-sur-Alzette.