MusselsAlive, an EU-funded project managed by the REA, is testing innovative technologies that could cut waste in mussel production, improve the taste of mussels and preserve marine ecosystems. The project's achievements were featured on Euronews.

 

The OPTIX consortium successfully develops and tests a portable laser technology for the stand-off detection of explosives at distances of less than 20 metres. The new technology, capable of scanning the molecular structure of potential explosive artefacts attached to vehicles and pieces of luggage is being tested by the Spanish Police Corps.

 

EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has praised the work carried out by the ACEOLE and the ENTERVISION research teams at CERN, in Geneva, today. The teams, funded by the EU, are behind the Higgs boson discovery and a new 3D imaging technique which is expected to improve cancer treatments.

 

The ESS project, a security research project managed by the REA, is to coordinate a mock rescue operation in the framework of an air crash field test planned for next week in Sospel, a town close to Nice. The accident is to 'start' a forest fire in France, and to 'launch' a toxic cloud over Vescavo, a village in Italy.