Category: Tech

Research Headlines – Improving Europe’s crisis management capability

Persistent threats and challenges to our safety and security call for better action at the international level. An EU-funded project offers the means to advance and improve Europe’s crisis management and disaster resilience capabilities through standardisation. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Eye in the sky boosts EU coastal surveillance

Europe’s coastline covers tens of thousands of kilometres, providing many opportunities for crime and illegal or irregular entry. An EU-funded project has developed aerial surveillance technology to help protect and secure these vulnerable sea borders. Powered by WPeMatico

Open science – Commission launches European Open Science Cloud

Following a major effort by the European Commission, the Member States and the scientific community, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) was launched today to provide a safe environment for researches to store, analyse and re-use data for research, innovation and educational purposes. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Could bats hold the secret to healthy ageing?

Scientists have long hoped that uncovering the mechanisms of the ageing process may provide hints as to how to halt or slow it down in humans. Now, EU-funded researchers have found that bats hold important clues. Powered by WPeMatico

Bioeconomy – The Commission and Cabo Verde strengthen cooperation in marine research and innovation

Today, the European Commission and the Government of the Republic of Cabo Verde signed a new research and innovation cooperation arrangement. The so-called Mindelo Arrangement aims at strengthening and enhancing research and innovation cooperation in Blue Growth. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – InnovAzul 2018. First International meeting on Knowledge and Blue Growth – 29-30 November 2018, Cádiz, Spain

INNOVAZUL 2018 is a high-level meeting aimed to connect the main innovation agents (at a regional, national and European level) of the Blue Growth productive sectors. It has as a primary goal to drive public-private competitiveness towards a circular economy model and a sustainable development of the marine and maritime

Events – Systems Epigenetics: Towards Precision Cancer Medicine – 27-30 November 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands

This conference brings together scientists from multidisciplinary fields employing different research strategies: • Epigenetic profiling at genome-wide and/or single cell level to identify complex dynamic regulatory interactions, • Bioinformatics and mathematical modelling to understand and predict observed (dynamic) phenotypic responses, • Innovative epigenetic interference tools using for instance CRISPR/dCas-based epigenetic editing tools to

Health – EU supports Austrian biotech with EUR 24 million for antifungal research and innovation

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 24 million to F2G Biotech, a research-intensive company in Austria, focusing on the discovery and development of novel drugs to treat life threatening fungal diseases. Powered by WPeMatico