Good news from around Europe
The EU-funded project ChipScope is developing the first chip-sized optical microscope with super-resolution capabilities. We invite you to our next public workshop in which researchers from 6 partner universities and research institutes will present latest findings and results. Powered by WPeMatico
Scientists are focusing on technologies for storing heat as a means of increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix. As part of this push, an EU-funded project is testing new materials that perform well at very high temperatures. Powered by WPeMatico
More efficient, longer-lasting machine and vehicle components, improved medical implants and novel fluid control technologies are just a few of the potential applications emerging from an EU-funded project inspired by the unique ways in which the skins of some animals interact with water. Powered by WPeMatico
Today, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas officially launched the work on five major European research and innovation missions that will be part of Horizon Europe, the next EU research and innovation programme. Powered by WPeMatico
A special capsule that shields transplanted insulin-producing cells from a recipient’s immune system represents a cost-effective improvement in treatment for diabetes patients. The biomaterials developed and put through preclinical trials by an EU-funded project could also have other applications, such as repairing organs. Powered by WPeMatico
The ability to control key forces that drive biological functioning would be a boon for a number of medical fields. With a focus on breast cancer, an EU-funded project is bringing together different research communities to work towards understanding and controlling cellular mechanics. Powered by WPeMatico
The European Commission today announced how it will spend the last and biggest annual tranche – €11 billion – of the EU research and innovation funding programme Horizon 2020 in the final year of the programme. Powered by WPeMatico
Working with Latin American partners, such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the EU-funded BABET-REAL5 project is proving the social and economic value of its compact biofuel production process. Powered by WPeMatico
Following the EU political agreement on Horizon Europe – the Research and Innovation Framework Programme 2021-27 – a window of challenges and opportunities opens up to R&I actors, to develop a new strategic vision. Starting from the main agreed upon legislative elements of Horizon Europe, the 2019 GIURI Annual Event
An EU-funded project has helped bioenergy SMEs in six EU countries to become more economically sustainable/profitable and more competitive on the market by supporting them with technical, funding and management guidance, as the EU seeks to meet its climate and energy goals. Powered by WPeMatico