Category: Tech

Research Headlines – Designer proteins for new bio-tech applications

An EU-funded project has developed a technique to design and synthesise highly stable proteins. The approach enables proteins to be made from scratch, tailored to carry out specific tasks for advances in fields such as biomedicine and biotech – boosting Europe’s competitiveness. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Cities use waste heat to save energy and cut emissions

An EU-funded project is helping European cities to run district heating and cooling systems with waste heat. Solutions provided through the project capture and use this affordable and plentiful resource to help households, factories and offices save energy. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Particle physics tools to push the boundaries of knowledge

Detectors at the accelerators of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) help answer big questions about the Universe and support advances in fields such as medical technology. An EU-funded project is fostering collaboration on detector development to boost such scientific progress. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Global network of research infrastructures promotes bioimaging technologies

Advanced imaging technologies are revolutionising biological and biomedical science. An EU-funded project enabled researchers worldwide to better access cutting-edge biological and medical imaging technologies, to accelerate the great societal benefits this technological revolution will provide. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Helping Africa ‘hack’ into Open Science

An EU-funded project has given African researchers the knowledge and tools they need to develop their own science gateways, web portals and accessible data repositories, helping to make their work more visible around the world. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – European Societal Challenges: The Future of Human-Robot Interaction – 6 February 2019, Brussels, Belgium

White Rose Brussels will be holding a robotics event on 6 February 2019, at 15:30-18:30, followed by a networking reception at the European Parliament. The Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York (UK) will showcase their excellent research around the potential future of human and robot interaction. Drawing upon expertise from

Events – Successful R&I in Europe 2019 – 10th European Networking Event – 14-15 February 2019, Düsseldorf, Germany

For the tenth time, the conference invites researchers and entrepreneurs from North Rhine-Westphalia and regions in Europe to find new European research and innovation (R&I) partners for Horizon 2020 projects. The series of events has been a great success with over 2600 participants since 2009. The networking event will be

Research Headlines – Unique magnets to supercharge the world’s largest particle accelerator

An EU-funded project is driving innovation and commercial interest in novel magnet technologies that are set to play a key role in deepening our understanding of the universe by means of a planned major upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. Powered by

Research Headlines – Coordinated global virus collection to boost disease control

Virus collections are vital resources for understanding the basis of diseases and formulating control strategies. An EU-funded project is developing an easily accessible global archive of pathogens – a way of boosting research into protecting human and animal health. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – ELIXIR Fifth Anniversary – 11 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium

ELIXIR is celebrating its fifth anniversary by hosting an event entitled ‘Open Data for Impact and Innovation’. The event is aimed at funders, policy-makers, industry representatives, and ELIXIR partners. As an ESFRI landmark infrastructure, ELIXIR’s role is to coordinate, integrate and sustain Europe’s life science data resources. Since its establishment