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Geomatics on the Move Competition

 

The European GNSS Agency, in collaboration with the Council of European Geodetic Surveyors, has launched the Geomatics on the Move 2020 competition to create innovative geomatics applications and solutions all over Europe. The submission deadline for ideas is 16 October 2020.

Romanian university developing versatile ICT system for researchers

The Cluj-Napoca Technical University, Romania, is to receive EU funds support to develop a high-performance computing infrastructure that can be integrated into cloud computing and big data systems.

European Research and Innovation Days

This year's format will provide an opportunity to connect, take stock of research and innovation achievements in the global response to the pandemic and build on the EU’s response: worldwide coordination of excellent science for global health, social and economic recovery.

Nobel Prize winner: This epidemic has so far been a close shave for humanity

Some COVID-19 patients have low oxygen levels without being aware of it. This ‘silent hypoxia’ endangers patients and puzzles clinicians. We spoke with Sir Peter Ratcliffe, Nobel winner in Medicine for his “discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.” The European Research Council supported his groundbreaking work from 2008 to 2013.

FISABIO: increasing research capacity for infectious disease laboratory in Spain

FISABIO, non-profit scientific and healthcare entity, promotes and develops scientific and biomedical research in Valencia Region. In the current coronavirus crisis, University of Valencia and FISABIO have obtained the first complete genomes of the SARS-CoV2 virus in Spain.

United against Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS: This short video highlights the unique role EU research and innovation has played in connecting researchers, innovators and healthcare providers over the last few months, providing concrete examples of some of the most important R&I initiatives to date.

EU Research and Innovation: United against Coronavirus

See the latest developments and results of EU research and innovation in the fight against coronavirus.

EU supports science and innovation

Fifty five grantees of the European Research Council have been awarded ERC Proof of Concept grants to explore the commercial or societal potential of their research results.

For the attention of researchers working on coronavirus

The EU has launched a new platform to make it easier to share information and collaborate.

Repurposing drugs and networks can help find outbreak treatments against the clock

A vaccine is likely to take at least a year. A new drug could be a decade away. Even with the world’s resources focused, treatments against a new disease are difficult to create from scratch. However, repurposing existing drugs for other conditions could provide a much-needed shortcut.

Construction begins on new R&D campus in Bulgaria

Technical University of Sofia launched the construction of a new ERDF-funded Student City Campus. The site will have 16 laboratories for research into mechatronics, a branch of engineering focused on electrical and mechanical systems.

Covid-19: How unprecedented data sharing has led to faster-than-ever outbreak research

The push towards open science, open data and preprinting has really changed the way we experience the scientific discourse in this outbreak compared to previous ones.

€450 million for Europe’s long-term frontier research

185 scientists win European Research Council’s Advanced Grants to explore their most daring and innovative ideas.

Coronavirus: Latest on EU research and project initiatives

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).

Coronavirus: EU is investing in research

European Commission is investing in research projects and initiatives to tackle the spread of coronavirus and preparedness for other outbreaks.

A helping hand: EU researchers develop bionic hand that imitates life

Our hands are perhaps the most useful tool nature has given us.

Social skills begin to decline in late 30s and early 40s, study finds

Training programmes to improve people’s social and cognitive skills should target people in their late 30s and early 40s as these abilities start to decline earlier than previously thought, according to researchers who are looking at how social abilities change over time.

Smart Regions: From litter to cosmetics - smart use of grape waste in the Mediterranean sea basin

An EU funded project involving Italy, France, Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia is working to turn trash into a resource.

Boost for biotech SMEs in the Netherlands

Biotechnology SMEs contributing to the shift from a fossil-fuel-based economy with innovative processes and products are getting a helping hand with a voucher scheme in the Netherlands.