The Million Euro Nanoreactor

Jeroen Cornelissen of the Institute for Molecules and Materials at the Radboud University in the Netherlands has received €1million from EURYI (European Young Investigator Awards). The award will allow Cornelissen (35), an assistant professor at Radboud and a member of the scientific board of a...

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EUROCORES conference to gain new insights into European migration

Europe is a magnet for migrants, both legal and illegal. Europeans themselves are mobile, moving to all parts of the continent to make the most of job opportunities, to retire to the Sun or to enhance their education. Therefore migration issues are often hotly debated - their cultural impact, their...

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IPCC’s Nobel Peace Prize Win underlines International Collaboration spirit, ESF involvement

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has not only demonstrated a remarkable commitment to the dedication of the worldwide experts’ effort into climate change research it has also highlighted the spirit of collaboration that has been avidly...

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Improving Europe’s Image

The European Science Foundation calls for greater collaboration across Europe on research in medical imaging. New imaging technologies will result in improved and cost-effective healthcare, the ESF says, but there needs to be closer cooperation between doctors, scientists and industry if Europe...

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AN EYE FOR AN EYE: Using stem cells to treat damaged eyes and a rare skin disorder

Stem cells can be used to grow new corneal tissue and, together with gene therapy, treat a rare genetic skin disorder

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Stem Cell Research Marches On

Stem cell research proceeds apace, but many challenges lie ahead

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Unmasking the methane eaters

Soil bacteria that consume the powerful greenhouse gas methane could be important in fighting climate change. A team of European scientists is beginning to understand how communities of them work together in real soils. Methane is a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. It is...

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Making more hay – what farmers can learn from ecology

Farmers all over Europe could get higher yields and fewer weeds in their intensive grasslands, if they planted more species. A new European study has shown that this basic ecological pattern holds true for planted pastures. It is now well established in biodiversity science that when you lose...

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Nitrogen – the silent species eliminator

Nitrogen pollution from agriculture and fossil fuels is known to be seriously damaging grasslands in the UK. A new European study is starting to show that the effect is Europe-wide, confirming that current policies to protect ecosystems may need a re-think. When Carly Stevens finished her PhD in...

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Buying and selling habitats to help wildlife

Tradable permits are all the rage in environmental policy. They are already used internationally to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality. A group of economists and ecologists from the UK, the Netherlands and Germany, are working together to find out whether such schemes could work for...

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