News related to European R&D activities
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Source: DG Research - What's New
2010-09-07 - 14:43
2. 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference
On 6 September, the World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion started in Valencia (Spain). The event brings together the three most important global scientific and strategic PV Conferences: the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, the 36th US IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference and the 20th Asia/Pacific PV Science and Engineering Conference.
Giovanni de Santi, Director of the JRC Institute for Energy (IE), is chairing this event which will be attended by some 4,500 conference delegates and around 40,000 visitors for the PV industry exhibition where around 900 companies will display new trends and technologies.
Source: European Commission - Joint Research Centre
2010-09-07 - 09:26
3. Photovoltaic power grows in EU
Is photovoltaic (PV)-generated electricity taking the world by storm? Latest figures released by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) point to a steady, growing trend in this green energy area. Newly installed PV cells generated 7.4 gigawatts (GW) of power globally in 2009, of which 5.8 GW were produced in Europe, says the JRC its 9th annual Photovoltaics Status Report, rele...
Source: Community Research and Development Information Service
2010-09-07 - 00:00
4. Scientists uncover 'totally crazy mechanism' behind much genetic diversity
UK scientists have shed new light on a gene that appears to drive much human evolution and genetic diversity. The research, published in the journal Nature Genetics, was led by the University of Leicester's Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the father of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) fingerprinting. The gene is behind what Professor Jeffreys calls a 'totally crazy mechanism' that plays a key role i...
Source: Community Research and Development Information Service
2010-09-07 - 00:00
5. Increase in human population killed off cave bears
European scientists have discovered that human expansion rather than climate change was the chief reason why cave bears became extinct in Europe around 24,000 years ago. They claim increased competition between humans and bears for land and shelter - in particular for the caves used by the bears for hibernation during the winter months - triggered the decline in cave bear population levels. ...
Source: Community Research and Development Information Service
2010-09-07 - 00:00
6. Increase in human population killed off cave bears
European scientists have discovered that human expansion rather than climate change was the chief reason why cave bears became extinct in Europe around 24 000 years ago. They claim increased competition between humans and bears for land and shelter in particular for the caves used by the bears for hibernation during the winter months triggered the decline in cave bear population levels. Conversely, the brown bear has survived until today because it did not depend so heavily on the cave habitat. The findings were published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.
Source: DG Research Information Centre
2010-09-07 - 00:00
7. Research Headlines - Increase in human population killed off cave bears
European scientists have discovered that human expansion rather than climate change was the chief reason why cave bears became extinct in Europe around 24 000 years ago. They claim increased competition between humans and bears for land and shelter in particular for the caves used by the bears for hibernation during the winter months triggered the decline in cave bear population levels. Conversely, the brown bear has survived until today because it did not depend so heavily on the cave habitat. The findings were published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.
Source: DG Research - What's New
2010-09-07 - 00:00
8. Social Sciences and Humanities - Seminar: Gendered Citizenship in Multicultural Europe
FEMCIT aims at exploring the relationship between the changing forms and practices of gendered citizenship, and women's movements in various European countries over the last forty years. The seminar will therefore bring together policy-makers, politicians, NGOs, and researchers to discuss central questions of current European policy-making. 23 September 2010, Brussels
Source: DG Research - What's New
2010-09-07 - 00:00
9. Social Sciences and Humanities - Info Day on SSH Call for proposals 2011
The Belgian National Contact Point - FNRS and the European Commission (DG Research) are co-organizing an Information Day on SSH Call for proposals 2011. 20 September 2010, Brussels
Source: DG Research - What's New
2010-09-07 - 00:00
10. EU leading the way in newly installed solar cells
The JRC's Institute for Energy (IE) published the ninth Annual Photovoltaics Status Report today. The study highlights that, in 2009, newly installed photovoltaic (PV) cells world-wide produced a peak amount of electricity estimated at 7.4 GW, out of which 5.8 GW was located in Europe. Similarly to previous years, this shows the EU's dominance in this field, where more than three quarters of the world's new PV modules were installed. By the end of 2009, Europe's cumulative installed PV electricity generation capacity (existing and newly installed) was 16 GW, which is about 70% of the world's total (22GW).
Source: European Commission - Joint Research Centre
2010-09-06 - 11:12
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Source: DG Research - Science and business
2010-09-07 - 14:43
2. Academia Europaea award the 2010 ERASMUS MEDAL in Leuven, Belgium
Event date:
2010-09-09
On 9 September 2010, at the University of Leuven, the Council of the Academia Europaea are pleased to award an Erasmus Medal to the internationally renowned chemist, Professor Jean M.J. Fréchet
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Source: CORDIS Wire
2010-09-03 - 00:00
3. The European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry Brokerage Event at Brussels, Belgium
Event date:
2010-09-20
The European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) brokerage event on 20 September 2010 will be held in Brussels.
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2010-09-03...
Source: CORDIS Wire
2010-09-03 - 00:00
4. “International Conference on Research Infrastructures” - FP7 Capacities Programme in Rome, Italy
Event date:
2010-09-30
APRE in close collaboration with the EC, MIUR, INAF and CNR will be hosting the Research Infrastructures under FP7 Conference in Rome Italy on the 30th of September 2010.
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2010-09-03...
Source: CORDIS Wire
2010-09-03 - 00:00
5. Global Mobility and Security Workshop: the EU ethical and political landscape, Brussels Belgium
Event date:
2010-09-23
A high level workshop on Ethical and Policy Implications of Global Mobility and Security will take place in Brussels at the European Parliament on the 23 & 24 September 2010. Speakers include representatives from the European Union, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Hellenic DPA.
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Source: CORDIS Wire
2010-09-03 - 00:00
On 19 July, Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn announced nearly 6.4 billion of European Commission investment in research and innovation. The package, the biggest ever, covers a vast range of scientific disciplines, public policy areas and commercial sectors. Top priority has been given to SMEs with a budget close to 800 million, the biggest budgets to date in FP7. Although SMEs can take part in many areas of the framework Programme we have highlighted those calls for proposals with particular relevance for SMEs.
Source: DG Research - Science and business
2010-09-02 - 00:00
7. Workshop on EU-Latin American ICT cooperation possibilities in Brussels, Belgium.
Event date:
2010-09-29
Following the European Commission's ICT 2010 conference, the FP7 funded INCO-Net EULARINET, supported by the ICT-Networking projects PRO-IDEAL (Plus), FIRST and FORESTA, organizes a workshop on Latin America-EU cooperation.
The workshop will be held on the 29th of September to the 30th of September in Brussels, Belgium.
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2010-09-01...
Source: CORDIS Wire
2010-09-01 - 00:00
8. International Conference on the 2010 4th Space call in FP7in Padua, Italy
Event date:
2010-09-15
This year from 15th to 16th September 2010 the University of Padua (IT) will host the official international information day on the 4th Space call in FP7 published on 20th July 2010. The event will be organised by the NCP Space network COSMOS and supported by the University of Padua.
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Source: CORDIS Wire
2010-09-01 - 00:00
The subject of the contract is a study to identify how to bridge the gap between research outputs and the access to the market.
Source: DG Research - Science and business
2010-09-01 - 00:00
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Source: Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal
2010-09-07 - 14:43
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Source: Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal
2010-09-07 - 14:43
3. ICT research: preserving Europe's digital data for future generations
Tools developed using EU funds to ensure that digitally stored data can be preserved, accessed and understood for the indefinite future are now available in the form of open source software. The EU's CASPAR (Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval) research programme involved researchers from the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Israel, Italy and the UK. This work complements initiatives such as Europeana, the European digital library (see MEMO/10/166). The EU has contributed 8.8 million of the 15 million total cost of the project under the European Commission's research funding programme (Sixth Framework Programme 2001-2006). Until now large volumes of electronic data such as official records, museum archives and scientific results have been unreadable or at risk of loss because newer technologies could not read it or allow current users to understood it. Application of ICT research to benefit Europe's citizens and businesses is a key element of the Digital Agenda for Europe adopted by the Commission in May 2010.
Source: Europe's Information Society Newsroom
2010-09-07 - 11:22
4. ICT research: preserving Europe's digital data for future generations
Tools developed using EU funds to ensure that digitally stored data can be preserved, accessed and understood for the indefinite future are now available in the form of open source software. The EU's CASPAR (Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval) research programme involved researchers from the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Israel, Italy and the UK. This work complements initiatives such as Europeana, the European digital library (see MEMO/10/166). The EU has contributed 8.8 million of the 15 million total cost of the project under the European Commission's research funding programme (Sixth Framework Programme 2001-2006). Until now large volumes of electronic data such as official records, museum archives and scientific results have been unreadable or at risk of loss because newer technologies could not read it or allow current users to understood it. Application of ICT research to benefit Europe's citizens and businesses is a key element of the Digital Agenda for Europe adopted by the Commission in May 2010.
Source: Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal
2010-09-07 - 11:22
5. ICT research: preserving Europe's digital data for future generations
Tools developed using EU funds to ensure that digitally stored data can be preserved, accessed and understood for the indefinite future are now available in the form of open source software. The EU's CASPAR (Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval) research programme involved researchers from the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Israel, Italy and the UK. This work complements initiatives such as Europeana, the European digital library (see MEMO/10/166). The EU has contributed 8.8 million of the 15 million total cost of the project under the European Commission's research funding programme (Sixth Framework Programme 2001-2006). Until now large volumes of electronic data such as official records, museum archives and scientific results have been unreadable or at risk of loss because newer technologies could not read it or allow current users to understood it. Application of ICT research to benefit Europe's citizens and businesses is a key element of the Digital Agenda for Europe adopted by the Commission in May 2010.
Source: Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal
2010-09-07 - 11:22
6. HEALTHINF 2011: International Conference on Health Informatics
The purpose of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to healthcare medicine in general and to the specialized support for those with special needs in particular. Mobility and ubiquity in healthcare systems, standardization of technologies and procedures, certification, privacy are some of the issues that medical informatics professionals and the ICT industry in general need to address in order to further promote ICT in healthcare.
Source: Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal
2010-09-06 - 15:49
7. Electronic nose sniffs out bacteria
Early treatment of infection in burns patients is critical. A European consortium has designed a point-of-care instrument that can identify types of bacteria from the tiny amounts of volatile gases they emit.
Source: CORDIS - ICT Results
2010-09-06 - 11:00
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6 September 2010
Source: Europe's Information Society Newsroom
2010-09-06 - 08:11
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6 September 2010
Source: Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal
2010-09-06 - 08:11
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6 September 2010
Source: Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal
2010-09-06 - 08:11
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Source: DG Research - Sustainable Development
2010-09-07 - 14:43
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2010-09-07 - 14:43
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Source: DG Environment
2010-09-07 - 14:43
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Source: DG Environment
2010-09-07 - 14:43
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Source: DG Energy
2010-09-07 - 14:43
7. Fuel Cells and Hydrogen - Conference: 3rd FCH JU Stakeholders General Assembly
The Stakeholders General Assembly is an annual event aimed at informing all interested parties about the activities of the FCH JU and acquiring feedback for future planning of the programme. It is also a key platform for European and global stakeholders across sectors to come together to examine and assess the current position of this emerging industry, exchange ideas on next steps and make contact. 9-10 November 2010, Brussels
Source: DG Energy
2010-09-06 - 00:00
8. Research Infrastructures - Conference ENERI 2010
ENERI 2010 is an event of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU organised in cooperation with the Research DG of the European Commission. The Conference will provide information on the update 2010 of the ESFRI Roadmap in the energy field, and a forum to open a debate on the development of a comprehensive strategy for energy research infrastructures within the context of the Grand Challenges and of the European SET-Plan. Brussels, 29-30 November 2010
Source: DG Energy
2010-09-02 - 00:00
The European Commission is launching a broad consultation on biodiversity that aims to gather input from a wide range of stakeholders on possible policy options for the European Union's post-2010 EU biodiversity strategy, which will be assessed by the Commission as part of the process of its development.
Source: The LIFE Programme
2010-09-01 - 10:10
10. research*eu - Kopenhagen, eine verpasste Gelegenheit?
• Kopenhagen, eine verpasste Gelegenheit? • Auszeichnung eines Grundlagenforschers • Meine Stimme begleitet Sie • Blick hinter die Kulissen der Werkstatt des Glücks • Laser und Fusion die perfekte Allianz? • Der Algorithmus der Götter • Die Auswüchse der Gefängniswelt • Woher stammt religiöses Denken?
Source: DG Energy
2010-09-01 - 00:00
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1. ETF mourns Munther Masri, Jordan
The ETF mourns the passing of Dr. Munther Masri, former Minister of Education in Jordan. Dr. Masri was a strong collaborator and partner for the ETF as former member of the ETF Editorial Board and in several projects and initiatives in the Mediterranean region. Dr. Masri was an inspiration for ETF"s development. ETF Director Madlen Serban has conveyed her deepest sympathies to Dr. Masris family.
Source: European Training Foundation
2010-09-07 - 11:01
2. Foreign citizens made up 6.4% of the EU27 population
On 1 January 2009, 31.9 million foreign citizens lived in the EU27 Member States, of which 11.9 million were citizens of another EU27 Member State. The remaining were citizens of countries outside the EU27, in particular from other European countries (7.2 million), Africa (4.9 million), Asia (4.0 million) and the American continent (3.3 million). Foreign citizens accounted for 6.4% of the total EU27 population.
Source: Eurostat
2010-09-07 - 10:00
3. GOCE gravity mission back in action
ESAs GOCE gravity mission has recovered from a glitch that prevented the satellite from sending its flow of scientific data to the ground. News of the recovery comes earlier than expected, thanks to the fervent efforts of a team of experts.
Source: European Space Agency
2010-09-07 - 08:42
4. Global space event in the Golden City
This month the International Astronautical Congress will be held in Prague for the first time in 33 years. The global event highlights the growing activities in space industry, science and education in the Czech Republic ESA's newest Member State.
Source: European Space Agency
2010-09-07 - 08:00
5. The intermediary banks and financing institutions for credit lines
These following banks and financing institutions are our intermediaries for investments financed in the framework of EIB's credit lines (so-called EIB Global Loans). Within the European Union: Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , United Kingdom . Outside the Europe...
Source: European Investment Bank
2010-09-06 - 22:00
6. London Green Fund - Selection of Energy Efficiency Urban Development Fund
The European Investment Bank is launching a call for expressions of interest to select an urban development fund to manage £50 million from the London Green Fund for investing in energy efficiency retrofit to buildings in Greater London under the JESSICA initiative. The London Green Fund is a £100 million fund that will invest in climate change projects across Greater London such as waste, energy efficiency and decentralised energy. The fund is part of the European Investment Bank and Europea...
Source: European Investment Bank
2010-09-06 - 22:00
7. The intermediary banks and financing institutions for credit lines outside the EU
These following banks and financing institutions are our intermediaries for investments financed in the framework of EIB's credit lines (so-called EIB Global Loans). Accession countries: Croatia , Turkey . Candidate countries: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) . Western Balkans: Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovnia , Montenegro , Serbia (including Kosovo) . Mediterranean partner countries (MPC) - FEMIP: Algeria , Egypt , Gaza/West Bank , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Morocco , Syria ...
Source: European Investment Bank
2010-09-06 - 22:00
8. Private-public partnerships at the heart of Palestinian TVET relaunch
Private-public partnerships will be the main tool to reform the TVET system in the Occupied Palestinian Territory system. This is the outcome of the workshop held yesterday In Ramallah among representatives of the private sector, the Ministries of Education and Higher Education and of Labour, and of local authorities.
Source: European Training Foundation
2010-09-06 - 08:46
9. Students invited to spin their theses
ESA is offering European students the opportunity to conduct hypergravity experiments, with a call for proposals for the 2011 Spin Your Thesis! campaign.
Source: European Space Agency
2010-09-06 - 06:00
10. Call for Media: press conference with ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli
ESA PR 2010-20 ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will travel to the International Space Station in December on a six-month mission, serving as flight engineer for Expeditions 26 and 27. This will be the third long-duration mission by a European astronaut on the Station.
Source: European Space Agency
2010-09-03 - 18:29
