Year: 2018

Helping swifts and bats find a place to nest

Thousands of newly-installed nesting boxes are welcoming back swifts and bats to cities in Slovakia. Working closely with landlords, the LIFE project APUS and NYCTALUS also ensured that construction work would not occur during nesting periods. Powered by WPeMatico

Vocational Education and Training at the heart of Europe: Launch of third European Vocational Skills Week

European Commission – Press release Brussels, 31 October 2018 From 5 to 9 November 2018, the European Commission, in cooperation with the Austrian Presidency, is organising the third European Vocational Skills Week in Vienna, building on the success of the first two editions. Powered by WPeMatico

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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.