Day: March 22, 2018

Research Headlines – Promoting inclusion by rethinking Europe’s heritage

At a time when consensus on Europe’s past is breaking down, EU-funded researchers are rethinking the continent’s heritage. The aim is to develop inclusive ways of viewing identity which counteract disaffection and promote civility. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – FAO e-conference on “The Role of Small Farms Within a Larger Context of Food Security” – 19 March – 9 April 2018, Rome, Italy

This e-conference is intended to provide further feedback on what has been learned so far from the work in the EU-funded Horizon 2020 research project on “Small Farms, Small Food Businesses and Sustainable Food Security”, commonly known as SALSA project (for more info: http://www.salsa.uevora.pt/en/) The e-conference will help identifying key

Events – Open Research Data to Support Sustainable Health Initiatives – 24 April 2018, Brussels, Belgium

The open science platform – Frontiers – is pleased to announce its second Data Services Workshop organized in collaboration with the EU Horizon 2020 projects OpenMinTed and OpenUp, in which Frontiers is a full partner, and SwissCore, the Swiss contact office for European research, innovation and education in Brussels. This

Events – Innovative Repowering of AC corridors – 5 April 2018, Budapest, Hungary

The EU funded Best Paths project is organising a Special Workshop on 5 April 2018 in Budapest to feature the work undertaken within the project’s 4th demonstration: Innovative Repowering of AC corridors. The experts of Demo 4, led by 50Hertz Transmission, are finalising the development and testing of several innovative

Timber rooftops reduce construction sector emissions

The University of Santiago de Compostella in Spain has constructed a 24-meter long timber rooftop whose innovative design could help cut greenhouse gas emissions from the construction sector and spread environmentally sustainable forestry practices. The so-called Gridshell rooftop that now houses a storage facility at the PEMADE Laboratory of Timber