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Have you ever tried a burger made from seaweed? Or nuggets produced from protein grown in circular systems? The role of algae in food production will become increasingly relevant, and it all begins with the reuse of water from fish farming — as has been demonstrated in the INNOAQUA project.
16th June 2026
Macroalgae could become one of the most valuable resources in the European bioeconomy. But how can their production be ensured in an efficient, sustainable, and industrially scalable way? That is precisely the question the BIG-ALGAE project - recently recognised with the STEP Seal, an excellence mark awarded by the European Commission to projects considered strategic for European technological sovereignty and competitiveness - seeks to answer. INESC TEC is one of the partners.
16th June 2026
What if it were possible to communicate on a global scale with levels of security that are virtually impossible to compromise? The answer may lie in quantum communications. INESC TEC is studying, optimising, and validating solutions to ensure reliable, stable, and secure transmission at 1550 nanometres (nm) under real or near-real conditions.
12th June 2026
Joana Teixeira, a researcher at INESC TEC, received the Best Student Paper Award at the SPIE Photonics Europe conference for her research work, which paves the way for the development of real-time multipoint optical sensing solutions, that is, systems capable of monitoring multiple points simultaneously and in real time.
12th June 2026
The development of new solutions for sensors, photonic devices and highly sensitive monitoring systems is one of the outcomes of a study carried out by INESC TEC, which explored the implementation of Fano-like resonance in fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs). The research was recently selected as an Editor’s Pick by the Journal of the European Optical Society (JEOS) - Rapid Publications, recognising the scientific relevance of the study and the contribution to advancing photonics research.
26th May 2026