Year: 2019

In November 2014, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission landed a probe on a comet – a first for such a feat. An EU-funded project used Rosetta data to learn more about the comet in order to better understand the universe we live in. Powered by WPeMatico

Coastal waters around the world are under threat from land-based pollutants that affect water quality, marine ecosystems and tourism. An EU-funded project is creating an IT-based platform to support applications that use earth observation (EO) to monitor coastal waters. Powered by WPeMatico

The historical documents lovingly preserved in the world’s archives still have a lot to tell us – and unlocking the secrets of the handwritten ones has recently become easier. EU-funded researchers have made innovative automated transcription and indexing technology freely available, boosting Europe’s research capabilities. Powered by WPeMatico

Researchers across south-east Europe and the eastern Mediterranean are benefitting from a powerful new e-infrastructure developed in an EU-funded project, which enables diverse scientific communities to conduct groundbreaking cross-border research spanning climatology, life sciences and cultural heritage. Powered by WPeMatico

The Commission starts preparing the implementation strategy for Horizon Europe – the next EU research & innovation framework programme. This goes in parallel with the legislative process in Council and Parliament. As the negotiations achieved a Partial General Approach in November and continue to advance at a high speed, we

I-Form, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing, is hosting a thought-provoking session on 3D printing in manufacturing at the ‘EU Industry Days’ event at The Egg in Brussels. The session is titled: “Manufacturing as a service: The additive manufacturing promises to the EU economy”. The EU Commission event will