News related to European R&D activities
Complementing the us-eu-match News, this page brings together news related to European science and research policies and activities published on external websites.
11. Water is food security and economic growth: IWMI report
Hurricanes, landslides, droughts and earthquakes are just some of the latest climatic and weather events impacting our planet. Now comes a new report warning that the swelling number of erratic rainfall events related to climate change is on course to adversely impact food security and economic growth, with Africa and Asia feeling the biggest crunch of all.
The International Water Manageme...
Source: Community Research and Development Information Service
2010-09-06 - 00:00
12. Odds of migrating birds spreading flu low
The odds of migrating birds rapidly spreading bird flu over immense distances are rather low, new research suggests. The findings, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, have implications for our understanding of the spread of other bird-borne diseases, such as West Nile Virus.
The H5N1 strain of influenza has been circulating in both wild and domestic flocks of birds for several year...
Source: Community Research and Development Information Service
2010-09-06 - 00:00
13. In the beginning, there was Eve...
But when was the beginning? Statisticians have calculated that the mother of all human beings, the so-called 'mitochondrial Eve' (mtEve), lived on Earth about 200,000 years ago. The team from Poland and the US based its estimation on the most comprehensive statistical examination ever conducted to date that included genetic models and assumptions based on human migration and proliferation. F...
Source: Community Research and Development Information Service
2010-09-06 - 00:00
14. In the beginning, there was Eve…
But when was the beginning? Statisticians have calculated that the mother of all human beings, the so-called 'mitochondrial Eve' (mtEve), lived on Earth about 200 000 years ago. The team from Poland and the US based its estimation on the most comprehensive statistical examination ever conducted to date that included genetic models and assumptions based on human migration and proliferation. Findings from the study are published in Theoretical Population Biology.
Source: DG Research Information Centre
2010-09-06 - 00:00
15. 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 Research - What's New
2010-09-06 - 00:00
16. Research Headlines - In the beginning, there was Eve…
But when was the beginning? Statisticians have calculated that the mother of all human beings, the so-called 'mitochondrial Eve' (mtEve), lived on Earth about 200 000 years ago. The team from Poland and the US based its estimation on the most comprehensive statistical examination ever conducted to date that included genetic models and assumptions based on human migration and proliferation. Findings from the study are published in Theoretical Population Biology.
Source: DG Research - What's New
2010-09-06 - 00:00
17. Municipal manure does the environment good
One of the biggest challenges facing us today is what to do with our growing mountains of rubbish. Recycling has found a solid niche in our households, but how can we help shrink the landfills that number more than 150,000 in Europe? According to researchers in Ireland, compost production may be the answer to our problem.
Experts at Teagasc (Ireland's Agriculture and Food Development Autho...
Source: Community Research and Development Information Service
2010-09-03 - 00:00
The TB REACT NEST project was set up to investigate the scientific basis of the new risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection that has arisen as a side effect of recently developed therapies used to combat serious inflammatory diseases.
Source: DG Research - What's New
2010-09-03 - 00:00
19. MIRACLE project to advance cancer care
Researchers in Europe continue to fight the good fight against cancer, a devastating disease that affects more than 3 million Europeans each year.
Joining this effort are researchers and industry actors from the MIRACLE ('Magnetic isolation and molecular analysis of single circulating and disseminated tumour cells on chip') project, which clinched EUR 7 million under the 'Information and co...
Source: Community Research and Development Information Service
2010-09-02 - 00:00
20. Protein in Huntington's linked to neurogenesis
EU-funded scientists have discovered that a mutated protein inherent in Huntington's disease (HD) performs an unforeseen role in neurogenesis. The finding could lead to a better understanding of HD, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that is characterised by severe psychiatric, cognitive and motor defects, and neuronal death in the brain. The work was supported by CEPODRO ('Cell polariz...
Source: Community Research and Development Information Service
2010-09-02 - 00:00
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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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2010-09-03...
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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2010-09-03...
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
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2010-09-06 - 08:11
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2010-09-07 - 14:43
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2010-09-07 - 14:43
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2010-09-07 - 14:43
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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
