Month: November 2018

Making ceramics more climate-friendly

The ceramics industry is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, producing an estimated 1.84 million tonnes of carbon dioxide globally each year. A prototype kiln tested by the LIFE ECONOMICK project has shown significant improvements in energy performance. Powered by WPeMatico

Successful completion of an international project VINA

VINA stands for Validating Non formal and Informal Skills and it is a European co-founded project about skills validation in Adult Education. The consortium of the project, coordinated by an italian organization EURO – Research Centre, Promotion and EU Initiative together with other partners from the Czech Republic (European Development

Events – ICSD 2019 : 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development – 4-5 September 2019, Rome, Italy

ICSD2019 will be an excellent opportunity to present your projects and discuss the latest results in the field of Sustainability Science. The general aim of the conference is to promote international collaboration in Sustainability Science and related disciplines. The attendance of more than 120 delegates from 50 different countries is

Research Headlines – Taking a tailored approach to type 2 diabetes

EU and industry-funded researchers have split type 2 diabetes into subgroups and are working on a tool to personalise treatment for the disease. Their aim is to help patients get the best possible care for their specific condition and cut public health costs. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Healthy outlook for artificial pancreas for very young children

Type 1 diabetes develops in childhood, requiring constant – often painful – management from the start. EU-funded researchers are testing an artificial pancreas that could transform the quality of life of youngsters suffering from the disease. Powered by WPeMatico

DESK – New Erasmus+ project starting

Nowadays, in order to access a job, you must fulfill some requirements, such as having some skills regarding digital literacy. However, some figures show that almost half of EU citizens are digitally illiterate. Digital literacy is one of the basic skills to access to the labor market, but if there

Events – Energy Transition – the Pathway Towards a Low–Carbon Europe – 27 November 2018, Brussels, Belgium

We know that the world needs a climate friendly energy system that can provide power for more people than we are now, and create less emission than today. This changes need to happen so fast that it historically will be equal to a revolution. However, we must find out what

Research Headlines – Understanding the correlation between diabetes and tuberculosis

To answer the question of why diabetic patients are more susceptible to developing tuberculosis, the EU-funded TANDEM project linked leading European laboratories with field sites in TB-endemic countries such as Indonesia. Powered by WPeMatico