Month: August 2017

Research Headlines – Is your olive oil the real deal?

Europe produces 70 % of the world’s olive oil, but is facing increasing competition. Its high price combined with a reputation as being healthy are attracting new producers from elsewhere, as well as less honest businesses selling counterfeit olive oil. The OLEUM project is building the tools to detect fake

Events – SC6-H2020 CONSORTIUM BUILDING WORKSHOP – 26 October 2017, Brussels, Belgium

On 26 October 2017 associated Brussels-based RTD liaison offices from EU member states and H2020 associated countries jointly organise a one-day Consortium building workshop around selected topics of the upcoming Work Programme (2018-2020) of the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 6 (Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflexive

Events – Annual Event on Public-Public Partnerships – 7-8 November 2017, Brussels, Belgium

The annual Joint Programming event on 7 and 8 November 2017 in Brussels, organised by ERA-LEARN and the European Commission (DG RTD) will focus on the future of P2Ps under the motto “Co-designing Public-Public Partnerships for the next Framework Programme” to emphasise the collaborative approach in involving stakeholders for the

In memoriam: Alberto Baldazzi, creator of the LIFE logo

The LIFE community is saddened to learn of the death of Alberto Baldazzi, earlier this month. Mr Baldazzi oversaw LIFE projects during the early years of the LIFE programme. Most notably, he was the creator of the LIFE logo, which is still used by every LIFE project to this day.

Research Headlines – Metamaterials: revolutionising modern medicine

The EU-funded ABIOMATER project is developing new metamaterials with properties that can be changed remotely using a magnetic field. This could revolutionise biomedicine and biotechnology, particularly in the fields of optical devices, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, to name but a few. Powered by WPeMatico