Researchers at Porto's i3S have identified two proteins essential to keeping the thymus - the organ that matures immune T cells - working, and shown their levels fall with age, pointing to a possible way to slow immune ageing.
Portugal's Ministry of Culture has launched a new online platform offering virtual visits to 90 heritage spaces and access to 232 national treasures, from Batalha Monastery to Mafra National Palace.
Santarem's obstetric emergency shuts for at least four days from 19 July 2026 as summer holiday rosters leave hospitals short of doctors, with Leiria, Portalegre, Caldas da Rainha and Loures also facing closures or INEM-only diversions.
A decree-law published in the Official Gazette on 18 July 2026 dissolves Porto's Polytechnic Institute and creates the Universidade Tecnica do Porto, a new public technical university set to complete its transition before the next academic year.
Portugal has cut its 2026 GDP growth forecast from 2.3% to 2.0%, raised inflation from 2.1% to 2.5%, and now projects a null budget balance instead of the previously planned 0.1% surplus.
Portugal's Center for Responsible AI, the PRR-funded consortium once led by the now-collapsed Unbabel, expects around €150 million in business by the end of 2026, mostly from exports. Now led by Sword Health, it groups 21 partners and some 18 products spanning health, law and inclusion.
