Category: Tech

Research Headlines – Better flood warnings over the phone

An EU-funded project has brought together satellite-imaging data with crowd-sourced information from a mobile phone app to provide better information and warnings for citizens and emergency responders during flooding events. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Helping small farmers to meet growing food needs

The expansion of the world’s population poses a number of urgent challenges, including increasing food production. An EU-funded project is developing an Earth observation (EO)-based IT platform that provides key information and advisory services to small farmers, to help them play their part in meeting future food needs. Powered by

Win a travel grant to Lisbon!

In the framework of its Call for EoI for Knowledge Providers, the 4helix+ Project is offering an extraordinary opportunity to creativity experts, open innovation communities, “manufacturers of ideas”, registered as the 4helix+ Knowledge Providers, to participate free of charge in the 4helix+ Blue Bootcamp in Lisbon on February 7th and

Research Headlines – Award-winning innovations to propel fusion power

Researchers from Germany and the United Kingdom have been recognised for cutting-edge innovations that could help make fusion power a commercial reality – a highly stress-resistant metal and robots with mini yet mighty laser heads. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Smart crowd evacuation in emergencies

Protecting large crowds is a key public safety priority. An EU-funded project has developed an evacuation platform to support responders in guiding crowds away from danger should an emergency arise, thereby saving lives. Powered by WPeMatico

Success Stories – Boosting user privacy online

By creating an innovative, open-source privacy enforcement platform, the EU-funded project OPERANDO aims to give end-users complete control over their own personal data, allowing them to choose what is available to whom, where and when. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Targeting lone-actor terrorism

An EU-funded project has addressed the threat of violence posed by lone extremists, compiling an extensive database on cases of terrorism linked to such individuals to help prevent future attacks and protect people around the world. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Cities work together towards a more resilient future

European cities face increasing hazards and disaster risks from extreme weather, terrorist attacks and insecurity. An EU-funded research project has provided guidelines and tools for cities to learn and share experiences and become better, more resilient places to live. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Revitalising endangered languages: a service for all

Bringing a language back from the brink is not just a way to preserve cultural diversity. It is also an investment in a more inclusive society where a wider variety of citizens can thrive. EU-funded researchers are pioneering new approaches and techniques. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – The Periodic Table and us: its history, meaning and element scarcity – 22 January 2019, Brussels

Join us on Tuesday 22 January 2019, from 14:30 – 16:30 in the European Parliament in Brussels, Room ASP 5G305 for the launching of the EuChemS Periodic Table depicting element scarcity, and to listen to a series of talks on the history of the periodic table, its meaning, and what