The way things move has fascinated physicists from Newton to Einstein. But until now few physicists appreciated how widely the laws of movement apply. From understanding how cell membranes let in proteins to how elementary particles behave at the speed of light, scientists are realising... [more]

European supercomputing made a great leapt forward today after more than a dozen countries signed a pact to create a pan-European infrastructure for high performance computing. These countries which include Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain,... [more]
Robust statistical analysis methods capable of dealing with large complex data sets are required more than ever before in almost all branches of science. The European Science Foundation’s three-year SACD network, which was completed in December 2006, developed new methods for extracting key... [more]
Launch of Calls for Proposals for 2 new EUROCORES Programmes (FANAS and EuroQUASAR). [more]
The aim of the ESF European Collaborative Research (EUROCORES) Scheme is to help researchers on different European countries to develop collaboration and scientific synergy in topics of European and global importance, with an emphasis on leading-edge sciences in global context. The scheme provides... [more]
The emergence of nanotechnologies together with the maturity of other technologies (silicon for instance) will make possible new and potentially disruptive functionalities in the domain of data handling, storage and communication. [more]
The following Research Networking Programmes have formally been approved for launching and are expected to begin their activities shortly: [more]
Each year the European Science Foundation (ESF) supports approximately 50 Exploratory Workshops across all scientific domains. [more]
ESF is a member of Euro-Chemistry and is a co-organsing and co-sponsoring the upcoming Euro-Chemistry Summit, which will take place on 15 December 2011 in Strasbourg at the premises of Council of Europe. [more]
ESF is a member of Euro-Chemistry and is a co-organsing and co-sponsoring the upcoming Euro-Chemistry Summit, which will take place on 15 December 2011 in Strasbourg at the premises of Council of Europe. [more]