Apr26

Environmental (Bio)monitoring

The New Frontiers of Engineering Award is an initiative promoted by the Portuguese Association of Engineers (Central Region) which aims to stimulate the interest of students in elementary and secondary education about STEM themes and in the engineering profession. Environmental (Bio)monitoring, was a work developed by students of the 7th year of Colégio da Imaculada Conceição, school and candidate for the prize in 2017. Consisting of the measurement, using microwave and radiofrequency, of the dielectric properties of leaves of the inula spiraeifolia plant in order to investigate its applicability to monitor environmental pollution. Comparing to contaminated water with different concentrations of heavy metals.

Jan29

Understhanding how vaccines work

Short video on how vaccines work and how they protect mankind!

Jan29

The Anatomy of Cancer

A short presentation on how cancer cells develop and what cancer is.

Jan24

What is Independent Research?

A tutorial on independent research and historic overview of the most important and expensive projects completed.