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  • Researchers make case for continuation of innovative virtual patient project
    [more information] A pilot EU project that could revolutionise medical care was presented to policymakers and researchers at a hearing on Tuesday…

  • Internationalisation moves into a new phase
    [more information] The current state of international higher education is under discussion. What are the perils and pitfalls for international…

  • EU unveils Women Innovators prize ... apply now!
    [more information] Women continue to prove their prowess on Europe’s research scene, developing, managing and commercialising the results of…

  • High-end summer school fosters pan-European scientific cooperation
    [more information] This week 200 students and experts are meeting at a European summer school for advanced computer architecture in the Italian…

  • EU project spotlights CO2 storage in marine ecosystems
    [more information] Making the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) environmentally safe is high on the EU agenda. Officials, researchers and…

  • JRC launches the “Technology Transfer Offices Circle”
    [more information] In line with one of the commitments of the Innovation Union Communication, the JRC has launched the “TTO (Technology Transfer…

  • All EU countries highly involved in fostering public transnational R&D collaboration
    [more information] All EU Member States are highly involved in the ERA-NET scheme, the EU main initiative for fostering public transnational…

  • Europe boosts cross-border cancer research
    [more information] Networking and working jointly across borders are already intrinsic parts of cutting-edge research in Europe and abroad. Few…

  • EU targets open access to FP7-funded research
    [more information] Creating and maintaining a strong network for European research cooperation is high on the EU agenda. Helping drive this effort…

  • Innovation Union: three new European research infrastructures on wind, solar and nuclear energy announced
    [more information] Research Ministers of the EU Member States and Associated Countries, together with the European Commission, are announcing in…

  • New scientific facility at JRC-IRMM
    [more information] On 23 November, a new scientific facility to develop measurement standards in challenging areas such as life sciences was…

  • Commissioner offers preview of Research and Innovation Strategy
    [more information] The EU’s forthcoming Research and Innovation Strategy for Europe will focus on the major societal challenges, have a broad…

  • EU-funded researchers uncover origins of skin cancer
    [more information] EU-funded researchers have identified the cells that are at the origin of the most common form of skin cancer. Writing in the…

  • Developing a worldwide league table
    [more information] The European Union plans to publish a worldwide ranking of universities next year that it hopes will rival existing global…

  • OECD report highlights increasingly global nature of research
    [more information] A new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) draws on information on patents, research…

  • 2009 Regional Innovation Scoreboard: diversity across Europe
    [more information] The level of innovation in regions varies considerably across almost all EU countries. This is one of the main findings of the…

  • COOPCOM: European research on cooperative and opportunistic wireless communications
    [more information] Cooperation and opportunism are two concepts that have recently revolutionized the way engineers think about wireless system…

  • Technology Platform for Implementing Geological Disposal launched
    [more information] Today the Technology Platform for Implementing Geological Disposal (IGD-TP) of nuclear waste was launched in Brussels with the…

  • IMI’s new Executive Director: "My priority is to attract the best scientists"
    [more information] Earlier this year, Belgian immunology professor Michel Goldman was named as the new Executive Director of the Innovative…

  • EU's Research Executive Agency becomes autonomous
    [more information] On 15 June, the Research Executive Agency (REA) was officially granted its administrative and operational autonomy by the…

  • Europe to launch new global rankings
    [more information] A global university ranking exercise, rivalling those of China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Britain’s QS-Times Higher…

  • Over 6000 SMEs receive funding from 7th Framework Programme for Research in the first two years
    [more information] The European Commission Directorate General for Research will soon publish new figures about the participation of Small and…

  • Vast rise in student mobility
    [more information] More than 2.5 million university students are now estimated to be studying outside their own countries — a 70% increase in the…

  • Making the most of EU health research funding
    [more information] Knowledge-sharing and exploitation of the results of research activities took another huge step forward with the recent…

  • IRSES: European researchers cooperate with the “rest of the world” for reinforcing research capacities in topical issues
    [more information] Among the topics of the projects selected for funding in the frame of the first IRSES call, we can be point out the improvement…