The University of the Future

In a world where economies are increasingly dependent upon high-level knowledge, higher education is a key national resource. But a Forward Look initiated by the European Science Foundation (ESF) shows that we need to know more about how universities, and other higher education institutions, are...

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RNA emerges from DNA’s shadow

EUROCORES Programme RNAQuality holds first conference

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Multitasking nanotechnology

Tiny electronically active chemicals can be made to form ordered layers on a surface, thanks to research supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) through the EUROCORES programne SONS 2 (Self-Organised NanoStructures). These nanostructured layers may one day be used to build the...

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A better image for plastic solar cells

EUROCORES’ SONS 2 Programme demonstrates new nanostructure measurements

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Most European countries equipped to safeguard research integrity, ESF report finds

Instances of serious research misconduct such as the Hwang case in Korea are fortunately rare but the case does beg the bigger question of whether national research organisations in Europe have adequate policies and practises to safeguard research integrity. A report recently released by the...

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ESF joins forces with the European Commission in launching a European Research Infrastructures portal

As a  follow up to their successful collaboration, alongside EUROHORCs, in compiling the 2nd European Survey of Research Infrastructures during 2007, the ESF and the EC have launched a joint activity to increase the mapping of European-level RI to create a  resource for the benefit of...

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The Barcode of Life

EuroBioForum to showcase initiative to calibrate Europe’s biodiversity using DNA Barcodes

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Podcast: Professor Marja Makarow on the Millennium Technology Prize

The Chief Executive of the ESF (ESF) Professor Marja Makarow speaks about the Millennium Technology Prize that was held in Helsinki, Finland on 11 June 2008.  

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Unravelling the “Inconvenient Truth” of glacier movement

Predicting climate change depends on many factors not properly included in current forecasting models, such as how the major polar ice caps will move in the event of melting around their edges. This in turn requires greater understanding of the processes at work when ice is under stress,...

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Editorial: Road map with vision for the ERA

Please click here for an editorial written by ESF President Professor Ian Halliday on The ESF EUROHORCs Science Policy Briefing 33: The EUROHORCs and ESF Vision on a Globally Competitive ERA and their Road Map for Actions to Help Build it. For more details about the Action Plan – please go to...

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