August 2011
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ICT
2011-08-25 - OMEGA at the top of the data transfer gameResearchers in Europe have successfully developed a new transfer technology for video data. An outcome of the OMEGA project, the team transferred data at an extremely fast rate of 100 megabits per second (Mbit/s) without any losses. OMEGA ('Home gigabit access') was funded under the 'Information and communication technologies' (ICT) Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to the tune of EUR 12.41 million. This latest technology could be brought to market a lot sooner than expected.
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Health
2011-08-03 - Genetic risk factors for restless legs syndrome identifiedAn international research team has discovered the genetic risk factors for restless legs syndrome (RLS), a disorder that triggers unpleasant sensations in people's legs at night. The study, presented in the journal PLoS Genetics, highlights how carriers of risk variants have a stronger chance of developing RLS. Researchers say the findings could help fuel more investigations on this disorder, potentially leading to new and improved treatment methods.
Más información2011-08-05 - Peptides for fighting ovarian cancer developed by EU-funded researchersA team of German and Italian EU-funded scientists has designed peptides that can target the protein-protein interface of an enzyme that plays a key part in the DNA synthesis crucial for cancer growth. With a boost of EUR 1,902,150 of funding as part of the 'Small ligands to interfere with Thymidylate synthase dimer formation as new tools for development of anticancer agents against ovarian carcinoma' (LIGHTS) project under the 'Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health' Thematic area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), the researchers developed peptides that act by a novel inhibitory mechanism and curb cancer cell growth in drug resistant ovarian cancer cells.
Más información2011-08-10 - Gene discovery in truffle dogs could help children with epilepsyA new epilepsy gene found by an international team of EU-funded researchers in Lagotto Romagnolo dogs, known for their gift for truffle hunting, could be a new candidate gene for human benign childhood epilepsies characterised by seizure remission. The gene, LGI2, was found by an international team led by scientists from the University of Helsinki and the Folkhälsan Research Center in Finland. Although dogs are less genetically complex than humans, they suffer from the same diseases; any discoveries made by scientists about a dog's gene could be relevant to human health too. This finding was made as part of research supported by almost EUR 12 million of funding from the European Commission through the 'Unravelling the molecular basis of common complex human disorders using the dog as a model system' (LUPA ) project, part of the Seventh Framework Programme 's (FP7) 'Health' Theme.
Más información2011-08-10 - Human gene regulation mechanism discoveredScientists from Germany, Spain and France say you must transcribe a protein-coding gene into ribonucleic acid (RNA) and in the 'splicing process' shortened to the correct template if you want to produce proteins. In their latest study, presented in the journal Nature, the researchers provide new insight into how the U2AF protein enables this process. The research was funded in part by three EU projects with a combined total of EUR 25.4 million under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).
Más información2011-08-22 - Scientists find elusive gene responsible for rare congenital diseaseA Franco-British team of researchers has discovered a mysterious gene responsible for the extremely rare congenital Grey Platelet Syndrome that causes a bleeding disease. Only 50 cases have been reported to date. The team hopes that the results of their study will lead to the development of a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) test able to diagnose the disease. The findings are published in the journal Nature Genetics.
Más información2011-08-24 - Tests underway for new HIV drug farmed from GM tobacco plantsA clinical trial of a potential Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) drug farmed from genetically modified (GM) tobacco plants has at long last got underway in the United Kingdom. The beginning of the trial follows several years of regulatory negotiations, and is being carried out by the EU-funded PHARMA-PLANTA ('Recombinant Pharmaceuticals from Plants for Human Health') consortium, an international group of 28 academic institutions and 4 small companies. The antiviral preventative P2G12 antibody drug that has been synthesised by GM tobacco plants is being tested on a small number of women in the United Kingdom to establish whether it is safe or not. The first phase of the trial, which kicked off in June, involves testing the safety of the vaginally-applied antibody called P2G12 in 11 healthy women. The results from these tests are expected in October and could bring the science world closer to the development of affordable HIV treatments. The antibody recognises proteins on the surface of HIV to block infection, although it hasn't yet proven to be effective in humans.
Más información2011-08-30 - Genetic link to diabetes found in South AsiansSix new genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes in South Asians have been identified by a team of international researchers. Writing in the journal Nature Genetics, the team explains how their findings advance the search for diagnostic markers and drug targets, and in turn the global battle to prevent and treat this major disease which often leads on to serious heart disease or stroke.
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Environment
2011-08-01 - Management plans to help boost Baltic Sea seal and cod numbersGrey seals (Halichoerus grypus balticus) and cod may have swum in close quarters in the Baltic Sea a decade ago, but this is no longer the case. The heavy decline in their numbers has forced them apart; the remaining grey seals populate the northern parts of the Baltic while the cod has found a niche in the southern parts. New research, funded in part by the EU with a combined support of more than EUR 23 million, shows how management plans could help boost both these populations in the Baltic Sea, enabling a mix back into the fold, where the cod could resurge in the northern parts and the grey seals could make their way south again. The findings, published in the journal PLoS ONE, suggest that fisheries and climate change will have a heavier impact on the cod than on the grey seals.
Más información2011-08-04 - Scientists discover four new jewel beetlesA two-man research team in the Czech Republic has found four new species of jewel beetles (Buprestidae). Presented in the journal ZooKeys, the study reveals how the genus Philanthaxia, which was first described by Deyrolle in 1864 with Philanthaxia curta and later revised by Czech scientist Svatopluk Bílý in 1997, is primarily Oriental in distribution except for a couple of species whose reach touches the Australasian region. Because of their discovery, the total number of species belonging to the genus Philanthaxia now stands at 65.
Más información2011-08-11 - Acidification in Swedish lakes down to nature?A British-Swedish team of scientists led by the University of Reading in the United Kingdom has discovered that emissions from power stations may have contributed less to the acidification of lakes in the Nordic state of Sweden than previously believed. Presented in the journal BioScience, the study highlights the historical effects of organic acids and power station emissions, focusing on the decrease in acidification of Swedish lakes in the last two decades. Researchers and policymakers in the 1970s and 1980s expressed concerns about how the acidic emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, generated by power plants, impacted the environment. These worries led to the development and implementation of controls. Specifically in Europe, the concerns focused on how the myriad lakes in Sweden were affected by these emissions. Some experts had even found a number of cases to be noticeably acidic. Officials in Stockholm then instituted a programme to counter the acidification of the lakes by adding thousands of tonnes of lime.
Más información2011-08-29 - Study finds no link between high temps and evolutionary change in snailsHave temperature changes forced creatures to evolve in the last 40 years? A new international research study led by The Open University in the United Kingdom investigated this by getting more than 6 000 people in 15 European countries to observe banded snails in open public spaces and in their gardens. The findings, published in the journal PLoS ONE, suggest that other selective agents, such as predation pressure, are responsible for the change, and how this latest information sets a benchmark for future studies of evolutionary change.
Más información2011-08-31 - Danish scientists predict future summer droughts effect on plant lifeNotwithstanding this year's rainy summer in Denmark, a team of the country's scientists believe that by 2075, global temperature increases will in fact result in more summer droughts, and that this could have a negative effect on flora. The team of scientists from the CLIMAITE (Climate change effects on biological processes in terrestrial ecosystems) consortium, whose central aim is investigating how climatic changes will affect biological processes and natural ecosystems, published their findings in the journal Global Change Biology.
Más información2011-08-31 - Even low doses of insecticides put honeybees at riskScientists in France have discovered that honeybees are at a higher risk of dying from infection by Nosema ceranae (N. ceranae) when they are exposed to low doses of insecticides. The results, presented in the journal PLoS ONE, support the theory that combining more N. ceranae with a high pesticide content in beehives could contribute to colony depopulation. Some 70 000 professional and amateur beekeepers work with honeybees (Apis mellifera) in France. Experts and laypersons recognise how important a role bees play in our environment, particularly on the sound functioning of the planet's ecosystems and agricultural productivity. But bee colonies have been dealing with a mysterious disease in recent years that triggers the disappearance of thousands of colonies each year. No one knows why this is happening.
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Environment
2011-08-01 - Management plans to help boost Baltic Sea seal and cod numbersGrey seals (Halichoerus grypus balticus) and cod may have swum in close quarters in the Baltic Sea a decade ago, but this is no longer the case. The heavy decline in their numbers has forced them apart; the remaining grey seals populate the northern parts of the Baltic while the cod has found a niche in the southern parts. New research, funded in part by the EU with a combined support of more than EUR 23 million, shows how management plans could help boost both these populations in the Baltic Sea, enabling a mix back into the fold, where the cod could resurge in the northern parts and the grey seals could make their way south again. The findings, published in the journal PLoS ONE, suggest that fisheries and climate change will have a heavier impact on the cod than on the grey seals.
Más información2011-08-04 - Scientists discover four new jewel beetlesA two-man research team in the Czech Republic has found four new species of jewel beetles (Buprestidae). Presented in the journal ZooKeys, the study reveals how the genus Philanthaxia, which was first described by Deyrolle in 1864 with Philanthaxia curta and later revised by Czech scientist Svatopluk Bílý in 1997, is primarily Oriental in distribution except for a couple of species whose reach touches the Australasian region. Because of their discovery, the total number of species belonging to the genus Philanthaxia now stands at 65.
Más información2011-08-11 - Acidification in Swedish lakes down to nature?A British-Swedish team of scientists led by the University of Reading in the United Kingdom has discovered that emissions from power stations may have contributed less to the acidification of lakes in the Nordic state of Sweden than previously believed. Presented in the journal BioScience, the study highlights the historical effects of organic acids and power station emissions, focusing on the decrease in acidification of Swedish lakes in the last two decades. Researchers and policymakers in the 1970s and 1980s expressed concerns about how the acidic emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, generated by power plants, impacted the environment. These worries led to the development and implementation of controls. Specifically in Europe, the concerns focused on how the myriad lakes in Sweden were affected by these emissions. Some experts had even found a number of cases to be noticeably acidic. Officials in Stockholm then instituted a programme to counter the acidification of the lakes by adding thousands of tonnes of lime.
Más información2011-08-29 - Study finds no link between high temps and evolutionary change in snailsHave temperature changes forced creatures to evolve in the last 40 years? A new international research study led by The Open University in the United Kingdom investigated this by getting more than 6 000 people in 15 European countries to observe banded snails in open public spaces and in their gardens. The findings, published in the journal PLoS ONE, suggest that other selective agents, such as predation pressure, are responsible for the change, and how this latest information sets a benchmark for future studies of evolutionary change.
Más información2011-08-31 - Danish scientists predict future summer droughts effect on plant lifeNotwithstanding this year's rainy summer in Denmark, a team of the country's scientists believe that by 2075, global temperature increases will in fact result in more summer droughts, and that this could have a negative effect on flora. The team of scientists from the CLIMAITE (Climate change effects on biological processes in terrestrial ecosystems) consortium, whose central aim is investigating how climatic changes will affect biological processes and natural ecosystems, published their findings in the journal Global Change Biology.
Más información2011-08-31 - Even low doses of insecticides put honeybees at riskScientists in France have discovered that honeybees are at a higher risk of dying from infection by Nosema ceranae (N. ceranae) when they are exposed to low doses of insecticides. The results, presented in the journal PLoS ONE, support the theory that combining more N. ceranae with a high pesticide content in beehives could contribute to colony depopulation. Some 70 000 professional and amateur beekeepers work with honeybees (Apis mellifera) in France. Experts and laypersons recognise how important a role bees play in our environment, particularly on the sound functioning of the planet's ecosystems and agricultural productivity. But bee colonies have been dealing with a mysterious disease in recent years that triggers the disappearance of thousands of colonies each year. No one knows why this is happening.
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Agriculture
2011-08-26 - New EU-funded project to tackle improving nutrition among those at risk of povertyToday in Europe many nutritional foodstuffs remain a luxury commodity and are not affordable for everyone in society. In light of this, a new EU-funded project that hopes to tackle the resulting poverty-related nutritional problems has just got underway. CHANCE ('Low cost technologies and traditional ingredients for the production of affordable, nutritionally correct foods improving health in population groups at risk of poverty'), part of the Seventh Framework Programme's (FP7) 'Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology' Theme, aims to bring researchers and industry partners together to develop appealing, affordable and healthy food products that could prevent common nutritional problems among those vulnerable to poverty.
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Transport
2011-08-08 - European researchers driving road safetySafety while driving is paramount, and Europeans are making efforts to ensure our well-being in vehicles - whether we are behind the steering wheel or in a passenger seat. The project partners have pushed the envelope by developing an inexpensive optical sensor system for the windshields of small and medium-sized cars. This driver-assistance system will help reduce the number of accidents on the roads. ADOSE ('Reliable application specific detection of road users with vehicle on-board sensors') is funded under the 'Information and communication technologies' (ICT) Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to the tune of EUR 6.1 million.
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Nanosciences
2011-08-04 - New bounds in magnetic writingThe computer files we use every day for both work and leisure are nothing more than streams of digital data made-up of zeros and ones. These zeros and ones are found on a thin magnetic layer on a computer's hard disk, where magnetic domains pointing upwards represent a one and magnetic domains pointing down the way represent a zero. The size of these magnetic domains has now reached a few tens of nanometres, meaning we can squeeze a terabyte of data into the space of just four square centimetres. Whilst it sounds impressive, this 'miniaturisation' poses numerous problems for physicists and engineers. The fast-paced and ever-expanding information technology industry now demands that each piece of information is written on these tiny magnetic bits one at a time, and as quickly and energy efficiently as possible.
Más información2011-08-12 - Scientists go with the flow of liquid particlesA team of Austrian researchers has made an intriguing discovery about how particles in liquids can form in an organised fashion. Writing in the journal Physical Review Letters, the scientists, from Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) and the University of Vienna, found that a liquid does not necessarily need to be made up of a disordered bunch of particles. Their research uncovered mysterious structures formed by tiny particles floating in liquids. It seems that under mechanical strain, particle clusters in liquids can spontaneously form strings and dramatically change the properties of the liquid.
Más información2011-08-25 - Faster and cheaper data storage thanks to materials research breakthroughEU-funded researchers from Germany, France and the United Kingdom have engineered a material that exhibits a rare and versatile trait in magnetism at room temperature. Writing in the journal Nature Materials, the team explain how this unique 'multiferroic' property present in the material could potentially be fashioned for use in quick and cost-effective data storage. A multiferroic material has both the ability to be electrically (ferroelectric) as well as magnetically (ferromagnetic) charged. Its magnetisation is controlled by electricity. The study was given a EUR 10 million boost from the European Commission under the ELISA ('European light sources activities - synchrotrons and free electron lasers') project, which was funded under the 'Research Infrastructures' Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The team also received a EUR 2 148 796 European Research Council Advanced Grant as part of the project FEMMES ('FerroElectric Multifunctional tunnel junctions for MEmristors and Spintronics').
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Space
2011-08-02 - X-ray images unlock mysteries of black holesScientists have been brought a step closer to understanding two of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics, thanks to new observations from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Chandra X-ray observatory; the space-based satellite launched by NASA in 1999 is capable of making observations with X-rays, something not possible within the Earth's X-ray absorbing atmosphere. These recent X-ray images show the flow of hot gas towards a black hole, and allow two fundamental problems in modern astrophysics to be tackled: understanding how black holes grow, and how matter behaves in their intense gravity. The scientists, from the Universities of Alabama, California, and Michigan in the United States, published the results of their study in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Más información2011-08-08 - Sigh of relief for astronomers on oxygen space searchAn international team of astronomers has made the first undisputed detection of oxygen molecules in space. Using data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel space observatory, the largest astronomical telescope ever launched, the Herschel Oxygen Project team was able to see molecules of oxygen in the nearby Orion star-forming complex. This new research, published in The Astrophysical Journal, solves a mystery that has puzzled astronomers for decades. Although previous studies have shown that atomic oxygen exists in warm regions of space, until now no searches have turned up oxygen in its molecular form - two atoms of oxygen bonded together.
Más información2011-08-29 - Sparkling astronomical discovery: diamond planet in Milky WayAn international team of astronomers has discovered the existence of a planet made out of diamond in the Milky Way. The extraordinary find is thought to be have once been a massive star before turning into the much smaller diamond planet. Writing in the journal Science, the astronomers, from Australia, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States, explain that they first detected an unusual star called a pulsar using the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Parkes radio telescope in Australia. They then followed up this sighting using the Lovell radio telescope in the United Kingdom and one of the Keck telescopes in Hawaii.
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Energy
2011-08-09 - Offshore wind farm promotes biodiversityNew European research has shown that a North Sea wind farm has little negative effect on the fauna around it. In fact, researchers found that the presence of the wind farm actually provided a new natural habitat for organisms living on the seabed. Researchers in the Netherlands from IMARES (Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies) at Wageningen UR (University and Research centre), the Bureau Waardenburg and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) analysed the short-term ecological effects of the wind farm that was built near Windpark Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ), the first large-scale offshore wind farm built off the Dutch North Sea coast. The farm has the total capacity to provide energy for up to 100,000 households.
Más información2011-08-12 - Biofuels boost from European researchersDespite being an attractive energy source in both environmental and economic terms, biofuels can have a corrosive effect on engines, a fact that has caused many European consumers to lose confidence in this form of clean energy. But now a consortium of researchers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Finland and the United Kingdom has come up with a solution that could eliminate this problem and restore faith in biofuels. Biofuels are derived from plants and naturally absorb CO2, making them far cleaner and more widely available than oil sands for example. However they contain a high amount of water and oxygen which has a corrosive effect on engines. Hybrid car fuels such as the E10, which is a mixture of 10 % ethanol and 90 % gasoline, have quickly become unpopular in parts of Europe. A recent poll showed that around 70 % of German motorists are suspicious of bioethanol and believe that it is damaging to car engines.
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Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
2011-08-03 - Launch of EU-funded 'ecancerHub' websiteA new hub of information for those affected by cancer has just been launched, providing an open-access, integrated approach to providing the whole cancer community with high-quality and trustworthy information. The product of two years' work as part of the 'Establishing an efficient network for cancer communication in Europe' (EUROCANCERCOMS) project, which was boosted by more than EUR 1.2 million of funding under the 'Science in Society' Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), 'ecancerHub' brings together information from major European cancer organisations in one easy-to-use site.
Más información2011-08-24 - Electronic ID becoming a reality in the EUThe results of Europe's largest chip reader research project are in, and things look good for the future of electronic identification (ID) documents in the EU. An outcome of the BIOP@SS project, the results lay the technical foundations for such documents, helping the region move towards electronic communication and away from paper correspondence that burdens both the environment and our pockets. Current data show that there are 380 million ID cards in circulation in 27 EU Member States. BIOP@SS is supported by the EUREKA network that promotes advanced cooperative research and development in microelectronics; around EUR 6 million of the funding is covered by the EUREKA clusters CATRENE/MEDEA+.
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Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development 2007- 2013 (FP7)
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Become an expert evaluator for FP7The website to register as an expert for research activities is available on CORDIS. The call for experts is open both for individuals and for organisations.
Más información2011-08-10 - Top European corporate R&D investors set to increase innovation efforts by 5% a yearTop R&D investing companies based in the EU expect their global research and development (R&D) investments to grow by 5% annually from 2011 to 2013. This is more than double last year's expectations, and represents a significant upturn from the 2.6% R&D cuts in investment implemented by these companies in 2009. The companies surveyed also revealed that an average of 27% of their annual sales comes from innovative products introduced in the past three years, demonstrating again that innovation is the key to commercial success and to job creation.
Más información2011-08-30 - Budget execution by year and by theme1) Budget execution by year
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Click on a specific theme in the list below to see the development of expenditure for that theme over the years
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European Technology Plateformes
European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration (EPoSS)3-4 May 2012, Athens - NBS 2012: 6th Concertation and Consultation Workshop on Micro-Nano-Bio-Convergence Systems
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3-4 May 2012, Brussels - Smart Energy and Sustainable ICT
7-11 May 2012, Aalborg - Future Internet Week 2012
8-10 May 2012, Nuremberg - SMT Hybrid Packaging - System Integration in Micro Electronics
9-12 May 2012, London - 9th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks
14 May 2012, Stuttgart - Microtec/Smart Systems Cluster Dialogue
21-25 May 2012, Opatija/Abbazia - MIPRO 2012 - Jubilee 35th International Convention / MEET - Microelectronics, Electronics and Electronic Technology
22-24 May 2012, Lausanne - Swiss NanoConvention 2012
23-24 May 2012, Leuven - RFID in Europe 2012 Conference and Workshops
27 May-1 June 2012, Stuttgart - SMART 2012
28 May 2012, Prague - Bridging research in ageing and ICT development final conference
30-31 May 2012, Berlin - AMAA 2012
30 May-1 June 2012, Vienna - Green ICT for Growth and Sustainability? Linking Science and Policy
30 May-1 June, Vienna - Multinational knowledge brokerage event on Sustainable Consumer Electronics
31 May-1 June 2012, Espoo - 3rd European Summit on the Future Internet
4-8 June 2012, Delft - Graphene Week 2012: Sixth International Conference on the Fundamental Science of Graphene and Applications of Graphene-Based Devices
10-14 June 2012, Montecatini Terme - 4th International Conference "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems"
13-15 June 2012, Graz - EURIPIDES Annual Forum 2012
18-22 June 2012, Venice - IoT week 2012
19-21 June 2012, Aarhus - Industrial Technologies 2012: Integrating nano, aterials, and production
24-27 June 2012, Vestfold - COMS 2012 - 17th annual conference on commercializing micro- and nanotechnology
25-26 June 2012, Copenhagen - EIT conference: Good practices and learnings
26-28 June 2012, Porto - pHealth 2012
27-29 June 2012, Hannover - 1st Joint Symposium on System-Integrated Intelligence: New Challenges for Product and Production Engineering
3-6 September 2012, Manchester - SMART INTERNET OF THINGS 2012
9-12 September 2012, Wroclaw - FedCSIS 2012 - Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
9-12 September 2012, Ilmenau - MME 2012: 23rd Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop
10-12 September 2012, Paris - Energy Efficient Transportataion Networks
24-27 September 2012, Eindhoven - AAL Forum 2012 "Tomorrow in Sight: From Design to Delivery"
26-28 September 2012, Paris - EPoSS General Assembly & Annual Forum 2012
27-28 September 2012, Besançon - 8th micro & nanotechnologies brokerage event within Micronora 2012
16-18 October 2012, Dresden - WORLD MANUFACTURING FORUM 2012 - Smart Policies for Global Manufacturing InnovationForest Based Sector Technology Platform (Forestry)4 May 2012, Brussels - The European Technology Platforms (ETP-s) and Industrial change - Public hearing
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8-9 May 2012, Alcácer - CEPF General Assembly
15 May 2012, place tbc - FTP joint Partnering Event together with COST
21-24 May 2012, Tours - Tackling climate change: the contribution of forest scientific knowledge
22-25 May 2012 - Green Week 2012
25 May 2012, Istanbul - TurKey Enabling Technologies 2012
4-6 June 2012, Toulouse - 8th International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries
18 June 2012, Milan - 20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
19-21 June 2012, Aarhus - EU Industrial Technologies 2012, Integrating nano, materials and productions
25-27 June 2012, Brussels - AEBIOM European Bioenergy Conference
8-13 July 2012, Lisbon - 2012 IUFRO Conference
27-31 August 2012, Jyväskylä - BIOENERGY from FOREST
16-18 September 2012, Ljubljana - The Sixth European Conference on Wood Modification ECWM6
23 October 2012, Helsinki - 4th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference
30 October-2 November 2012, Saint Petersburg - XII International Conference and Exhibition for Pulp & Paper, Forestry, Tissue, Converting & Packing IndustriesEmbedded Computing Systems (ARTEMIS)11 May 2012, Gdansk - ARTEMIS Informations & Networking Workshop
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22 May 2012, Brussels - 6th SEMI Brussels Forum
5-6 June 2012, Copenhagen - ARTEMIS Summer Camp 2012
2 July 2012, Lyngby - EIAC-RTESMA2012 Workshop
26-27 September 2012, Warsaw - ITC Proposers Day 2012
8-10 October 2012, Brussels - "Made in Europe - ICT building blocks tackling societal challenges"
30-31 October 2012, Paris - ARTEMIS and ITEA Co-summit 2012Nanoelectronics Technologies 2020 (ENIAC)21-22 May 2012, Brussels - 6th SEMI Brussels Forum
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21-22 June 2012, Brussels - 2nd Digital Agenda Assembly for Europe
2-3 October 2012, Sophia Antipolis - SAME 15th edition
9-11 October 2012, Dresden - SEMICON Europa
20-21 November 2012, Munich - European Nanoelectronics Forum 2012European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC)10-13 July 2012, Philadelphia - UIC HIGHSPEED 2012, 8th World Congress on High-Speed Rail
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18-21 September 2012, Berlin - INNOTRANSEuropean Technology Platform for the Electricity Networks of the Future (SmartGrids)No events planned
Más informaciónEuropean Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (Euratex)No events planned
Más informaciónFuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH)10-11 May 2012, Copenhagen - International Symposium on Water electrolysis and hydrogen as part of the future Renewable Energy System
Más informaciónInnovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)30 May 2012, Brussels - Stakeholder Forum 2012
Más informaciónMobile and Wireless Communications (eMobility)3-4 May 2012, Stuttgart - SRA Workshop
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10-11 May 2012, Aalborg - Future Internet Assembly (FIA)
10-15 June 2012, Ottawa - NovaEnEv 2012
11-13 June 2012, Thessaloniki - TridentCom 2012
13-15 June 2012, San Francisco - NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition
4-6 July 2012, Berlin - Future Network & Mobile Summit 2012
12-14 September 2012, Paris - International Workshop on Technologies and Applications for Smart Cities (I-TASC)
25-28 September 2012 - IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications
15-18 October 2012, Rome - NETWORKS 2012Nanotechnologies for Medical Applications (NanoMedicine)7 May 2012, Basel - European Summit for Clinical Nanomedicine 2012
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22-24 May 2012, Lausanne - Swiss NanoConvention 2012
29 May 2012, Brussels - Open Information Day - FP7 health
30 May 2012, Brussels - FP7 Health Partnering event
17-22 June 2012, Larnaca - Personalised Medicine: Better Healthcare for the Future
18 June 2012, Varese - Nanobio-Europe 2012
19-21 June 2012, Aarhus - Industrial Technologies Conference 2012
30 June 2012, Thessaloniki - ISSON12 Summer School on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies:Organic Electronics & Nanomedicine
3 July 2012, Thessaloniki - NN12 - 9th International Conference on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies
15 July 2012, Amsterdam - Colloids and Nanomedicine 2012
26-31 August 2012, Rhodes Island - Symposium on Nanomedicine during NANO2012
5-8 September 2012, Dublin - World Molecular Imaging Congress 2012
26-29 September 2012, Berder Island - Workshop "Nanomedicine in Oncology"
28-31 October 2012, Helsinki - International Congress on Safety of Engineered Nanoparticles and Nanotechnologies - SENN2012
13-15 November 2012, Grenoble - Nanosafe 2012Networked and Electronic Media (NEM)10-11 May 2012, Aalborg - Future Internet Assembly
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4-6 July 2012, Berlin - Future Network and MobileSummit 2012
3-5 September 2012, Berlin - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Consumer ElectronicsNetworked European Software and Services Initiative (NESSI)2 May 2012, Brussels - Research in Future Cloud Computing
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3-4 May 2012, Brussels - Smart Energy and Sustainable ICT Conference
9-10 May 2012, Frankfurt - SecureCloud Conference 2012
15-17 May 2012, Cagliari - Computing Frontier 2012
21-23 May 2012, London - Semantic Technology
21-23 May 2012, Copenhagen - International Software Development Conference 2012
31 May-1 June 2012, Espoo - 3rd Future Internet Summit
6-7 June 2012, Amsterdam - ICCITEE
12-13 June 2012, London - Cloud Computing World Forum 2012
12-15 June 2012, Artimino - 10th International Conference on Smart Homes
28 June-1 July 2012, Wroclaw - 7th International Conference on ENASE
22-27 July 2012, Nice - Service Computation 2012
20-24 August 2012, Prague - 7th ARES Conference
1-4 September 2012, Nicosia - East-Meets-West on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
5-8 November 20212, Amsterdam - EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference
22 November 2012, Brussels - SciTech Europe: Broadening HorizonsPhotonics21 (Photonics)6-10 May 2012, Castle Schkopau - Interdisciplinary Summerschool on Clinical Biophotonics
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14 May 2012, Florence - InnoPho21 Workshop
15-17 May 2012, Florence - Fotonica 2012
22-25 May 2012, Frankfurt - Optatec 2012
23 May 2012, Paris - Workshop on Cloaking
5-7 June 2012, Lyon - LumiBat - The international indoor lighting trade fair
13-14 June 2012, Birmingham - euroLED 2012
19-21 June 2012, Jena - ICOB 2012
19-21 June 2012, Munich - LOPE-C
30 June-7 July 2012, Thessaloniki - NANOTEXNOLOGY 2012
2-4 July 2012, Amsterdam - SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012
2-6 July 2012, Thessaloniki - 2nd International Exhibition on Nanotechnologies & Organic Electronics
4-6 July 2012, Berlin - Future Networks and Mobile Summit
8-15, Venice - 3rd International School on Lasers in Materials Science – SLIMS
22-26 July 2012, Porto - 8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting / 11th Latinamerican Meeting on Optics, Lasers and Applications
12-16 August 2012, San Diego - SPIE Optics + Photonics 2012
20-22 August 2012, Dublin - 6th EOS Topical Meeting on Visual and Physiological Optics
2-7 September 2012, Marseille - ETOPIM 9, 9th conference on Electrical, Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media
6-9 September 2012, Shenzhen - 14th China International Optoelectronic EXPO
17-22 September 2012, St Petersburg - Sixth International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2012
24-26 September 2012, Rhodes Island - APMS 2012 International Conference - Advances in Production Management Systems
24-27 September 2012, Edinburgh - SPIE Security and Defence + Remote Sensing
25-28 September 2012, Aberdeen - EOS Annual Meeting
9-11 October 2012, Dresden - Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition
21-22 November 2012, Paris - ForumLED Europe 2012
28-29 November 2012, Mulhouse - Journées Nationales des Procédés Laser pour l'IndustrieRobotics (EUROP)14-18 May 2012, St Paul - ICRA 2012
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22-25 May 2012, Munich - Automatica 2012 - International Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics
4-8 June 2012, Valencia - AAMAS 2012
18-24 June 2012, Mexico City - RoboCup 2012
24-28 June 2012, Puerto Vallarta - International Symposium on Robotics and Applications (ISORA 2012)
20-25 August 2012, Bristol - FIRA - TAROS 2012
24-28 September 2012, Thun - ELROB 2012European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem)18 September 2012, Brussels - 2012 Brokerage Event
Más informaciónSustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNE-TP)18-19 June 2012, Rome - Executive Committee n°14
Más informaciónWater Supply and Sanitation Platform (WSSTP)15-16 May 2012, Brussels - “Water Innovation Europe” event
Más informaciónWaterborne ETP (Waterborne)23 April 2012, Athens - TRA 2012
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19-21 June 2012, Santiago de Compostela - WATERBORNE DAYSZero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants Technology Platform (ETP ZEP)7-8 May 2012, Mongstad - TCM- Technology Centre Mongstad
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15 May 2012, Brussels - 3rd Annual Brussels Carbon Capture and Storage Summit
15-17 May 2012, Bali - Clean Power Asia 2012
22 May 2012, Maarssen - 6th National Dutch CCS symposium:From Roadmaps to Reality,CCS in practice
4-5 June 2012, Malta - Eurelectric Annual Conference
13-14 June 2012, Ankara - CGS Europe 2nd CCS awareness-raising workshop
18-22 June 2012, Brussels - European Union Sustainable Energy Week
19-21 June 2012, Aarhus - Industrial Technologies 2012
12-18 August 2012, Beijing - 6th IEAGHG International CCS Summer School
2 October 2012, Brussels - ZEP General Assembly
9-10 October 2012, Copenhagen - Global Green Growth Forum
18-22 October 2012, Pittsburgh - One Young World Summit 2012
22-26 October 2012, Perth - CSLF Annual Meeting
18-22 November 2012, Kyoto - GHGT-11
26 November-7 December 2012, Doha - COP 18European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating & Cooling (RHC)14-16 May 2012, Brussels - Renewable Heating and Cooling Week at the European Parliament
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30 May 2012, Brussels - Board Meeting of the RHC-Platform
31 May 2012, Brussels - Steering Committee meeting of the Solar Thermal Technology Panel -
Joint Technology Initiatives
Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI)30 May 2012, Brussels - Stakeholder Forum 2012
Más informaciónEmbedded Computing Systems (ARTEMISA)11 May 2012, Gdansk - ARTEMIS Informations & Networking Workshop
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22 May 2012, Brussels - 6th SEMI Brussels Forum
5-6 June 2012, Copenhagen - ARTEMIS Summer Camp 2012
2 July 2012, Lyngby - EIAC-RTESMA2012 Workshop
26-27 September 2012, Warsaw - ITC Proposers Day 2012
8-10 October 2012, Brussels - "Made in Europe - ICT building blocks tackling societal challenges"
30-31 October 2012, Paris - ARTEMIS and ITEA Co-summit 2012Nanoelectronics Technologies 2020 (ENIAC)21-22 May 2012, Brussels - 6th SEMI Brussels Forum
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21-22 June 2012, Brussels - 2nd Digital Agenda Assembly for Europe
2-3 October 2012, Sophia Antipolis - SAME 15th edition
9-11 October 2012, Dresden - SEMICON Europa
20-21 November 2012, Munich - European Nanoelectronics Forum 2012Aeronautics and Air Transport (Clean Sky)17 May 2012, Torino - Clean Sky Info day
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11-15 June 2012, Copenhagen - Turbo Expo
9-15 July 2012, Farnborough - Farnborough International Airshow
11-16 September 2012, Berlin - ILA BerlinFuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH)24 April 2012, Paris - Workshop of the International Energy Agency on On-site H2 supply
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Information society
2011-08-22 - Open source publishing helping to realise Digital Agenda aims
One positive aspect of the Internet's innovative capacity for rapid change has been the dawn of open access publishing that has came to prominence over the last decade. Leading the way is the non-profit organisation Creative Commons, which has just launched a new book showcasing how copyright, content sharing and collaboration can lead innovation in the digital age. Directly in line with the European Commission's Digital Agenda strategy, which aims to make the Internet as fast as possible to foster economic growth and inspire job creation, as well as ensuring all citizens have access to the content and services they need, the Creative Commons project has had a direct impact on EU-funded research.
Más información2011-08-23 - Digital Agenda: EU funded research helps astronomers see the bigger picture
A groundbreaking technique to produce real-time, high-resolution images of distant galaxies has been developed by astronomers thanks to EU-funding. Radio telescopes around the world can now simultaneously observe the most remote objects in the universe and create high resolution images – a level of detail equivalent to identifying a football on the moon. The technique, called Electronic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (e-VLBI), helps to reveal clues on how galaxies are formed by allowing astronomers to receive and process data in near real-time as an experiment is running, thanks to high speed optical networks. This allows multiple radio telescopes throughout the world to work together to simulate one giant telescope. This not only improves the quality of observation results but also helps to maximise the return on investment in radio telescopes. Two high- capacity electronic communications networks projects, EXPReS and NEXPReS, which have received €7.4 million in EU funding, are supporting the development and use of e-VLBI astronomy. Developing e-Infrastructures to build Europe's innovative advantage is one of the priorities of the Digital Agenda for Europe (see IP/10/581, MEMO/10/199 and MEMO/10/200).
Más información2011-08-30 - Digital Agenda: EU funded project aims to make self-service terminals more accessible for all
An EU-funded project is aiming to make self-service terminals, such as public transport ticket vending machines or public information kiosks and cash dispensers, more accessible for the one in six Europeans who have a disability or the 87 million Europeans aged 65 and over. According to an EU study, only 38% of bank cash machines (automated teller machines or ATMs) across the EU provide voice capabilities to customers with disabilities, far behind the US (61%) and Canada (nearly all ATMs). The European Commission is contributing €3.41 million, half of the overall budget, to the "APSIS4All" project which aims to design and validate personalised interfaces, including contactless cards, to help overcome existing accessibility barriers. Trials will begin in cash dispensers in Barcelona, Spain from September 2011 and at ticket vending machines in Paderborn, Germany from January 2012, and will run for three years.
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Employment and social affairs
2011-08-22 - EU Globalisation Fund support for workers increases three-fold in 2010 to over € 83 million
Nearly 23 700 workers dismissed due to economic crisis and major structural changes in world trade patterns were helped by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) last year, according to a report adopted today by the European Commission – more than double the number of workers helped by the Fund in 2009. The € 83.5 million paid out by the EU's Globalisation Fund to nine Member States are intended to help the national authorities as they support dismissed workers in finding new job opportunities.
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2011-08-31 - Final assessment of the 6th Environment Action Programme shows progress in environment policy – but with shortfalls in implementation
Over the past decade the 6th Community Environment Action Programme (EAP) has helped environment legislation to tackle almost all areas of the environment. This is evident from the final assessment of the 6th EAP (2002-2012) adopted today. Major accomplishments in the field of environment during the past ten years have been the extension of the Natura 2000 network to cover almost 18% of the EU's land area, the introduction of a comprehensive chemicals policy, and policy action on climate change. However, there is progress to be made in implementing agreed EU objectives and rules and in improving biodiversity protection, soil and water quality. The decoupling of resource use from economic growth has not led to a decrease in overall resources use.
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2011-08-01 - European Campus of Excellence summer school in Portugal!
This summer, international students and leading scientists will be heading to Portugal where a prestigious summer school in genome biology and evolution is about to get under way. From 1 to 18 August, the European Campus of Excellence (ECE) Genome Biology and Evolution summer school will be held in Portugal's Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC); this is the first visit to the Iberian Peninsula for the summer school. The aim of the event is to bring together talented European graduate students and Europe's top scientists.
Más información2011-08-09 - EU funds new research project to respond to unexpected epidemic threats such as E.coli
The European Commission has decided to allocate an additional €12 million from the EU's Research Framework Programme to reinforce Europe's capacity for tackling pathogens like the virulent Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacteria that recently infected close to 4,000 people in Europe and killed 46. This autumn, a cross-border consortium called ANTIGONE will start work on research aimed at getting as full a scientific picture as possible of the new E. coli strain – to which approximately €2.1 million will be specifically dedicated - and of a range of other virulent pathogens that could pose a threat to human health. By better understanding these pathogens, scientists can go on to develop ways to tackle them - the research will focus on ways to prevent future epidemics and deal with new outbreaks. The consortium will work in close collaboration with another project selected for funding earlier, PREDEMICS.
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Agriculture and fisheries
2011-08-30 - Electronic identification of bovines to further strengthen food safety and animal health in the EU
The European Commission today adopted a proposal that will, when implemented, further enhance food safety and better safeguard animal health in the EU.In particular, the Commission proposal provides the legal framework for the introduction, for the first time and on a voluntary basis, of an electronic identification system (EID) for bovine animals. Bovine EID is already used in several EU Member States on a private basis mainly for farm management purposes. Its implementation on a wider scale will strengthen the current traceability system for bovine animals and food products (e.g. beef) making it faster and more accurate. Finally, it may bring benefits to farmers and other stakeholders as it will reduce the administrative burden through the simplification of the current administrative procedures. Despite its voluntary character, the Commission proposal allows Member States to introduce a mandatory regime at national level.
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Research, Innovation, Training and Competitiveness related EU events
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List of opened calls for proposals launched by the European Commission
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