Minas Gerais to set up research centre

Universidade Federal de Viçosa (Photo: Mateus S Figueiredo, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Photos: Mateus S Figueiredo, CC BY-SA 4.0

BRAZIL: The state of Minas Gerais has chosen Viçosa, about 145 km southeast of Belo Horizonte, to be the site for the headquarters of a railway research centre. The Railway Technological Development Nucleus will be located at university campuses in Viçosa, Santos Dumont and São João del Rei, the state announced in early February.

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