Tag: innovation

Events – INCOBRA – 31 October – 1 November 2017, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

INCOBRA brokerage is a “market place” for European and Brazilian innovation actors to meet, exchange and explore new cooperation opportunities in one of the priority areas emerged from the BR-EU policy dialogue. The Brazilian edition of the “Brokerage Event” will be held during the 16th ANPEI Conference on Innovation. The

Events – EU Research Conference – Funding and Policies for Smart Mobility – 10 October 2017, Torino, Italy

In the framework of Smart Mobility World 2017, an international event will be organized by Politecnico di Torino on October 10: “EU Research Conference – Funding and Policies for Smart Mobility”. Opportunities to cooperate in Research and Innovation projects in smart mobility will be showcased. European funds in the framework

Research Headlines – Stem cell bio-bank could lead to new drugs

Europe has identified the need for a central, standardised stem cell repository providing researchers with access to quality controlled cell lines and data for future drug development. EU and industry funding helped this new bio-bank facility establish initial operations and create a ‘foundational collection’. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Faster testing for deadly Ebola

EU and industry-funded researchers have developed a portable device to test in the field whether a person has caught the deadly Ebola disease. It gives reliable results in 75 minutes, which can help contain outbreaks and save lives. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Focusing on the next major advance in medical imaging

Medical-imaging technologies have revolutionised healthcare, enabling doctors to safely peer deep inside the human body to diagnose disease. The EU-funded BE-OPTICAL project is helping to train the next generation of researchers in the field, contributing to the development of even more advanced life-saving imaging systems. Powered by WPeMatico

Success Stories – Quinoa, amaranth: Ancient grains hold promising future

The answer to future global food challenges may well come from the past. Since the 1960’s, diets in many Western countries have relied heavily on meat. But with global food demand soars set to soar by 70 percent by 2050, other sources of high-quality proteins are needed. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – 5th International Symposium for Optical Interconnect in Data Centres – 19 September 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden

Please join us for the 5th Symposium for Optical Interconnect in Data Centres, which takes place at the European Conference for Optical Communication (ECOC) 2017 in Gothenburg, Sweden on Tuesday 19th September 2017. This is the fifth in a successful series of European symposia held over the past few years,

Research Headlines – Next-generation electric motor hits the road

Is it possible to produce electric cars on a very large scale? At the moment, this can depend on costly materials that must be imported. More specifically, this concern relates to the rare earth magnets on which their motors tend to rely. EU-funded researchers have developed promising technology that works

Research Headlines – Tracking the evolution of content delivery online

The internet ecosystem is becoming increasingly complex, and is matched by the unprecedented growth of users – from 1 billion in 2005 to a current 3.5 billion. An EU-funded project has developed new techniques to assess the state and health of the internet so as to improve content delivery in

Events – “EU Research Conference – Funding and Policies for Smart Mobility”, 10 October 2017, Turin (Italy) – 10 October 2017, Lingotto Fiere, Via Nizza 294 – Turin

Within the frame of Smart Mobility World, the Polytechnic University of Turin – in collaboration with Turin’s Chamber of Commerce and through the EEN-Enterprise Europe Network – is organising the international “EU Research Conference – Funding and Policies for Smart Mobility”. The event will showcase opportunities to cooperate in Research