Pinho dismisses nuclear power. "When you have a programme like this there is no need for nuclear power. Wind and water are our nuclear power.
Portugal among world's scientific elite?: When Zachary Mainen told colleagues he was quitting his job as associate professor at a top U.S. research institute to pursue his career in western Europe's poorest country, they were puzzled.
The 39-year-old American neuroscientist in April swapped Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York for Portugal's Champalimaud Foundation.
"At first people were surprised I'd do that," Mainen said. "But after they heard what's going on, they were less surprised ...They were offering conditions comparable to what I might have in the U.S." [...]
Portugal, a European Union member with a population of 10.6 million people, has no tradition of scientific eminence. National spending on research and development is feeble, at less than 1 percent of gross domestic product, according to 2005 figures. That's below the European Union average of 1.8 percent and far off the U.S. average of 2.8 percent. The lack of funds and technology has long pushed Portugal's best scientists abroad.
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No one scores more goals, and no one plays better than Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese player ought to be the star of the European Championship -- if only it weren't for his moments of insanity.]
