Category: Tech

Research Headlines – Looking below the surface to improve the quality of soil

For years, intensive farming and pesticides have been eroding the earth’s nutrients and biodiversity. However, an EU-funded project has developed an app to make it easier for farmers to improve the quality – and competitiveness – of their land. Powered by WPeMatico

Aviation: Commission continues to push for higher social standards

European Commission – Press release Brussels, 1 March 2019 Aviation: Commission continues to push for higher social standards. The European Commission has today published a report setting out a number of actions to further strengthen the social agenda in air transport. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – EU Research and Innovation for Cities of the Future – 21 March 2019, Brussels, Belgium

How do we want European cities to be in 2030? What are the major challenges cities are facing? How can R&I policies in/with/for cities lead us there? Registration for the EU Research and Innovation for Cities of the Future event, jointly organized by the URBAN Intergroup of the European Parliament

Events – European Bioeconomy Scene 2019 – 8-10 July 2019, Helsinki, Finland

A Bioeconomy Conference is being organised to contribute to achieving an inclusive and sustainable bioeconomy for Europe. Finland’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the European Commission are jointly organising the conference, and it is one of the events to be held in Helsinki under Finland’s Presidency of the Council

Events – The Middle East and the EU: new realities, new policies – 6 March 2019, Brussels, Belgium

On 6 March , MENARA and MEDRESET, both H2020 collaborative research projects, will unveil their findings during a public conference entitled “the Middle East and the EU: new realities, new policies” taking place at egmont palace. the event will include a key-note speech by the high representative of the eu

Research Headlines – Personalised brain cancer treatment shows potential

EU-funded researchers have demonstrated huge potential for treating aggressive brain cancer using actively personalised immunotherapy in a first first-stage clinical trial to test the vaccine’s safety. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – ERRIN H2020 Energy Brokerage Event – 9 April 2019, Brussels, Belgium

In view of the opening of the H2020 Programme Call Building a low-carbon, climate resilient, future: secure, clean and efficient energy, the ERRIN Energy and Climate Change Working Group is organising a Brokerage event in Brussels on April 9th, 2019 in the afternoon. The event is open to everyone in

Research Headlines – Gene therapy trials point to cure for rare liver disease

EU-funded researchers are close to developing a cure for Crigler-Najjar syndrome, an extremely rare, life-threatening liver disease. The groundbreaking research, currently being validated in clinical trials, could also pave the way for the treatment of other genetic disorders. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – Supporting effective ocean governance. The role of Responsible R&I and Ocean Literacy – 18-20 March 2019, Brussels, Belgium

#OceanDialogues2019 is a joint event between the H2020 research projects MARINA and ResponSEAble – in cooperation with the European Parliament – SEARICA intergroup & IOC-UNESCO – on the role of *Ocean Literacy* and *Responsible Research and Innovation* in supporting effective Ocean Governance. The aim of the 2019 Ocean Dialogues is

Events – ARCHIVER Open Market Consultation – 8 April 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

With a total procurement budget of 3.4 million euros, the ARCHIVER project (www.archiver-project.eu) will use a Pre-Commercial Procurement approach to competitively procure R&D services from firms in three stages covering design, prototyping and pilot, over the next 3 years (Jan 2019 – Dec 2021). An Open Market Consultation (OMC) event