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Week 7

Tuesday, 09 February 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • Europeans push the envelope in software development
      An EU-funded team of researchers has created a new paradigm for software development. The AMPLE ('Aspect-oriented, model-driven, product line engineering') project offers a software product line (SPL) development methodology that provides better variation modularisation, holistic treatment across the software lifecycle and maintenance of their traceability during SPL development. AMPLE received nearly EUR 3.8 million under the 'Information society technologies' Thematic area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).

Monday, 08 February 2010

  • Evaluation and Monitoring
    • Find new documents more easily
      Now you can choose to display only new documents. Use the "radio button" in the selection form and click on "Submit". This works even with no specific selection, in which case you will get a list of all new documents.

  • Research Headlines
    • Scientists shed light on insulin activity
      A British-Czech team of scientists has discovered how insulin interacts with cells in the human body. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), the findings could give a major boost to researchers hoping to develop viable treatments to fight type I diabetes.

Week 6

Friday, 05 February 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • SynBIOsis promotes solid European research ties
      Synergies that fuel the European Research Area (ERA) also promote the scientific development of regions across the EU. Enter the SynBIOsis ('Maximising synergies for central European biotech research infrastructures') project that has brought together two research-driven clusters (RDCs) — Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy) and South Moravia (Czech Republic) — that are active in diverse research fields including bioinformatics, computational biology and biomedicine.

Thursday, 04 February 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • Scientists tackle and trace infection prevention and control
      An international team of scientists has developed an innovative way to track the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a single hospital setting. Presented in the journal Science, the findings demonstrate how this unique method can 'zoom' from large-scale inter-continental transmission events to the much finer detail of person-to-person infection of MRSA in just one hospital.

Wednesday, 03 February 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • EU and India launch biotechnology and health NPP
      India and EU Member States have launched NEW INDIGO, a Networking Pilot Programme (NPP) on biotechnology and health. Their objective is to establish a joint infrastructure for advanced research in this growing and significant field. NEW INDIGO ('Initiative for the development and integration of Indian and European research') has received almost EUR 2.5 million under the 'Horizontal actions and measures in support of international cooperation' (INCO) priority of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

  • What's New
    • FAQ search problem fixed
      FAQ searches are once again case insensitive. Even "reGionS", for example, will find those FAQs containing either "Regions" or "regions". Please note that to find all words beginning with "region" (as an example) you must add a "%": "region%". This will find such words as region, regions and regional.

Tuesday, 02 February 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • Slime mould finds niche in human engineering
      Researchers from Japan and the UK have discovered that slime mould can be used to give varied technological systems a boost. Published in the journal Science, the research is part of the MMCOMNET ('Measuring and modelling complex networks across domains') project, which received EUR 1.5 million under the 'New and emerging science and technology' (NEST) activity of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).

Monday, 01 February 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • New take on depression and schizophrenia research
      Academia and industry have joined forces to investigate and find novel methods for the development of drugs for depression and schizophrenia. The NEWMEDS ('Novel methods leading to new medications in depression and schizophrenia') project is funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a public-private partnership between the pharmaceutical industry (represented by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)) and the EU, under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Support totals EUR 1 billion which will be matched in kind from the EFPIA member companies.

Week 5

Friday, 29 January 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • Czechs clinch EU funding to study pollution-health link
      The European Union has granted over EUR 24 million in funding to researchers in the Czech Republic to investigate the link between the state of the environment and of the population's health. Masaryk University (MU), the Veterinary Research Institute and the Institute of Scientific Instruments will use the funding to construct a new research centre and purchase equipment. The doors of the new centre are expected to open in 2012.

Thursday, 28 January 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • Scientists reveal geographical link to MRSA
      Researchers have long wondered about the geographic distribution of microbial pathogens, particularly because understanding their distribution would fuel development of strategies to reduce their transmission. Published in the PLoS (Public Library of Science) Medicine journal, new EU-funded research shows that the pathogen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) makes its presence known in distinct geographical clusters across Europe.

  • SME Techweb
    • Guide to the Successful Use & Dissemination of Research Results
      The Strategic Objective of the USEandDIFFUSE project is to enhance the dissemination and exploitation of research results and facilitate the exchange of best practices in this area. They have produced a guide packed with helpful information advice, quotes and real-life examples from SMEs that participated in 24 Best Practice projects.

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • The fast way to fight the flu
      What is the best way to fight influenza? Quickly, say health experts. Enter the EU-funded PORTFASTFLU ('Portable automated test for fast detection and surveillance of influenza') project, which targets the development and validation of a rapid diagnostic test for influenza. Supported under the Health Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) with almost EUR 3 million, PORTFASTFLU will use this diagnostic test as point-of-care (POC) systems in developed and developing countries.

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • Estonians put ROBOSWARM technology to the test
      Invent Baltics, an Estonian research and development (R&D) consultancy group, has successfully tested the swarm coordination technology demonstrator that was designed and developed by the EU-funded ROBOSWARM ('Knowledge environment for interacting robot swarms') project. ROBOSWARM received almost EUR 1.7 million under the 'Information society technologies' Thematic area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).

Monday, 25 January 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • Watering plants midday triggers sunburn, research shows
      Gardeners have long contended that the watering of plants and flowers at high noon only leads to sunburn. Now new research from a joint Hungarian-German study validates their position. Published in the journal New Phytologist, the results of the study into sunlit water droplets sheds light on a question that has perplexed many scientists.

Week 4

Friday, 22 January 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • Cleaner fish dish out punishment
      Who would have thought that fish punish other fish when it comes to food? An international team of researchers has discovered that the male Labroides dimidiatus, a species of fish commonly called the bluestreak cleaner wrasse, has no qualms about chasing fellow fish that resort to sneaky food tactics. The results of the study, published in the journal Science, may help shed light on how humans developed their own complex system of punishment.

Thursday, 21 January 2010

  • Marie Curie Actions
    • New publications page
      The Marie Curie Actions site now has a page for publications, the most recent being "Marie Curie Actions - Inspiring Researchers". The projects featured in this book show that scientific excellence depends on nurturing the human factor and tells the inspiring stories behind the researchers funded over the years by the EU Marie Curie programme.

  • Research Headlines
    • Key gene helps plants adapt to climate change
      A group of researchers from the UK has discovered through genetic experiments how plants control their development through their response to changing temperatures. The research team, which received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) and the John Innes Centre, studied genes from the Arabidopsis plant to ascertain which genes regulate temperature response and how they can be adapted to increasing temperatures due to climate change.

  • What's New
    • New page: Syndicated News
      This new Syndicated News page contains articles for the last 30 days from a variety of news feeds related to European research. It is updated continually throughout the day.

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

  • Research Headlines
    • Link found between golden ratio and atomic symmetry
      Researchers in Germany and the UK have discovered symmetry hidden in solid state matter at very small scales. The findings, published in the journal Science, indicate that symmetry involves the golden ratio famous from art and architecture. The research was supported in part by the NMI3 ('Integrated infrastructure initiative for neutron scattering and muon spectroscopy') project, which was funded under the 'Coordination of research activities' Thematic area of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) to the tune of EUR 21 million.

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