ESF names Professor Ceulemans as the Chair of the Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences Standing Committee

The European Science Foundation (ESF) has named Professor Reinhart Ceulemans as the new chair of the Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences Standing Committee (LESC). The announcement came after the Governing Council of the ESF voiced its endorsement for Professor Ceulemans to replace Professor...

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Europe rallies behind nanotechnology to wean world from fossil fuels

Nanotechnologies can be used to develop sustainable energy systems while reducing the harmful effects of fossil fuels as they are gradually phased out over the next century. This optimistic scenario is coming closer to reality as new technologies such as biomimetics and Dye Sensitised solar Cells...

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Marine Board-ESF welcomes the new European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research

The Marine Board-ESF welcomes the European Commission’s European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research: A coherent European Research Area framework in support of a sustainable use of oceans and seas (September 2008). The strategy is one of 65 key actions designed to support the implementation...

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Marine Board–EuroGOOS Vision Document on the European Marine Observations and Data Network (EMODNET)

A panel of European experts on marine observation and data collection and management was convened by the Marine Board to prepare a visionary paper addressing what an integrated interoperable marine monitoring and observation system might look like in the next 5-10 years. “There is an unprecedented...

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Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals - A Research Strategy

Marine Board-ESF publishes Position Paper 13

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Quantum measurements, precisely

ESF’s EUROCORES programme EuroQUASAR kicks-off

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Technologies bring new era for RNA research

EUROCORES RNAQuality meeting held in Granada

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European research effort FUMINOMICS tackles dangerous mould

Ubiquitous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus poses an increasing threat to patients with compromised immune systems

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Stakeholders and researchers gather to discuss the future of Humanities research in Europe

4th HERA Annual Conference - “European diversities – European identities” and the 1st European Conference for Collaborative Humanities Research (ECCHR)

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ESF study helps stop drugs slipping through safety net

Recent advances in genetic screening will lead to safer pharmaceutical drugs, with reduced adverse side effects, if the methods are incorporated in clinical development. A rallying call to bring key scientists into this growing field of pharmacogenics, the application of genetics to drug...

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