Tag: innovation

Research Headlines – High-tech filter designs … this way for clean water!

New high-tech filter designs and technology developed by EU-funded researchers for use in salt-water purifiers could solve one of the most intractable problems on the planet – providing clean, affordable drinking water to millions who lack access. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Exposing Paraguay’s complex social history of ethnic groups

An EU-funded project narrated the social tensions between Paraguay’s different ethnic groups through the history of a tannin factory – the first to hire indigenous people. It aimed to foster discussion on the current and future socio-political situation in the former Spanish colony. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Making less common EU languages more accessible

An EU-funded project has developed a cost-efficient, high-quality machine translation tool for less widely spoken European languages such as Croatian, facilitating communication and helping smaller companies enter new markets. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – AFLoNext: final conference at ILA Berlin 2018, 26-27 April – 26 April 2018, Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Conference room: ALFA

AFLoNext, a five-year collaborative project involving 40 entities from 15 countries, aimed at proving and maturing highly promising flow control technologies for novel aircraft configurations. In occasion of ILA Berlin 2018, project partners are organising a final conference whose aim is to offer a forum to present final results to

Events – Deep Sea Mining… and opportunity to do things right. – 7 May 2018, Lisbon, Portugal

EurOcean is organizing a workshop about deep sea mining which will be held on Monday 7 May 2018 at the Gulbenkian Foundation in the centre of Lisbon. The event is an activity of the MARINA project, a H2020 initiative focused on implementing Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) within the European

Events – FABULOS Open Market Consultation in Brussels – 14 May 2018, Brussels, Belgium

The FABULOS project focuses on how cities can use self-driving minibuses in a systematic way. Six partnering cities are collectively procuring the operations of an automated bus line. Companies can receive up to 5.5 million euros to support their R&D work in developing systems capable of operating fleets of automated

Events – Run4Life@IFAT / The Virtuous Circle of Nutrient Recovery – 17 May 2018, Munich, Germany

The Run4Life H2020 project will be present at the upcoming IFAT trade fair in Munich on May 17th! Domestic wastewater is an important carrier of resources, especially water and nutrients. The Run4Life project demonstrates an alternative strategy for improving nutrient recovery. At 4 sites in Europe, for the first time

Events – UKRO Conference 2018 – 21-22 June 2018, Southampton, United Kingdom

Each year the UK Research Office organises a two-day conference aimed primarily at European Liaison Officers, European research managers, Research Councils and policy makers. The 2018 edition will take place from Thursday 21 until Friday 22 June at the National Oceanographic Centre in Southampton, UK. The UKRO Conference 2018 will

Research Headlines – The Joint Research Centre: the European Commission’s science and knowledge service

Scientific knowledge plays a crucial role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, demographic changes, or economic crises. We act as science providers and knowledge brokers by providing the best available evidence to policymakers. Our aim is to use scientific knowledge to build solutions that are efficient, equitable and