Day: October 31, 2018

Events – The Value of Social Science & Humanities – 6 December 2018, Brussels, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the EU

The main objective of the conference is to demonstrate the importance of Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) research for competitiveness of Europe and well-being of its citizens, their contribution in solving main societal challenges and the added value of multidisciplinary research. The long term objective seeks to ensure that SSH

Horizon prizes – Innovative air filter wins €3 million Horizon Prize for the best solution to improve air quality in cities

A ceramic honeycomb air filter developed by a research team from Corning SAS, France, has won the EU Horizon Prize on Materials for Clean Air. The European Commission announced the winner of the €3 million award, funded under the EU’s research and innovation programme, today. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Making vaccines immune to heat

Most vaccines need to be kept cool during transport and storage, but this can be hard to accomplish. EU-funded researchers keen to tackle this healthcare challenge have developed heat-tolerant and even needle-free formulations of an HIV-1 vaccine candidate. They expect their processes to work for many other vaccines as well.

Research Infrastructures – New European infrastructure to support ‘Earth-science’ research

The European Commission today granted the legal status of European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) to the European Plate Observing System (EPOS), a research infrastructure that will provide a better understanding of the physical processes controlling earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, tectonic movements and other such geo-hazards with potentially grave impact on

European Week Of Regions and Cities 2018: LOCATIONS contribution on climate change

“Temperatures are rising. The Earth is losing its sea ice. Intensive heat waves and droughts are affecting our daily lives. We are heading towards difficult times. But with things changing at such a massive scale, we cannot simply let it happen. We need to do our share to alleviate the