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<title><![CDATA[New materials remove emerging organic pollutants from water]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Emerging pollutants are chemicals that are difficult to remove from effluents during waste-water treatment. An EU-funded project has developed novel materials for use in innovative integrated water treatments to remove these pollutants, leading to cleaner and safer water.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Accelerating antimatter research]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An EU-funded project is probing antimatter, one of nature's great mysteries. In doing so, it is advancing technical developments in this research area, contributing to Europe's fundamental scientific knowledge and helping us understand the origins of the universe.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Assessing risks to limit damage from climate change]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Extreme weather events due to climate change cause damage to people, assets and property. EU-funded project H2020_INSURANCE is combining climate services with destruction information to create an open-source computer programme which estimates and reduces the losses caused by such disasters.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Building a united front to tackle climate change]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An EU-funded project to promote and support the coordination of efforts to respond to climate change and reduce the risk of natural disasters could better protect Europe and its citizens.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Making healthcare better connected]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Wearable sensors for at-home rehabilitation or detection of an irregular heartbeat... An EU-funded project is training students to transform healthcare in today's hyperconnected world, helping them harness the power of technology to keep patients out of hospital, cut costs and even save lives.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greater open access to scientific research in Europe]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An EU-funded project aims to further the work of the OpenAIRE platform in supporting open access to scientific knowledge. The project is also contributing to the development of the EU's European Open Science Cloud, which provides unlimited access to publicly funded research output in Europe.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ports prepare for cyber-storms, too]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Critical infrastructure, like ports, face growing threats - both physical and cybernetic. In response, EU-funded researchers have developed novel 'hybrid' situation-awareness tools, including visualisation techniques for detecting, preventing, and mitigating the impacts of potential attacks.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Creating more responsive, intuitive prosthetics]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Using advances in electronics and software, a team of EU-funded researchers is developing new ways to control upper limb prosthetics. Their goal is to improve and facilitate the everyday lives of amputees.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drug therapy tailored to your genes]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Your response to a drug depends, in part, on your genetic make-up. An EU-funded project is developing a system to help doctors take into account a patient's genotype when prescribing treatment, for safer and more effective therapy.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Advancing African water management]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[EU-funded researchers are using mathematical models to improve water management in Africa. Their aim is to balance the water, energy and food needs of communities in a sustainable way while allowing for economic development.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A smart, energy-efficient log forwarder for the forestry sector]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The heavy vehicles used in forestry operations could become more energy efficient and kinder to the environment, thanks to technical innovations being developed by the EU-funded Forwarder2020 project. The innovations could also boost the forestry industry's global competitiveness.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New magnetic liquids to convert waste heat into energy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[EU-funded researchers are developing new liquid magnetic materials that convert waste heat into electricity. The long-term aim for these materials, which are both affordable and environmentally friendly, is to use them to harness waste thermal energy to reduce energy consumption and help tackle the global energy crisis.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greater resource efficiency for consumer goods]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An EU-funded project aims to boost resource efficiency in the electrical and electronic sector by developing, testing and transferring new circular economy business models based on systemic eco-innovative services. This should save money, create jobs and cut emissions.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Advanced molecular technique boosts cancer research]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[After cardiovascular diseases, cancer is the second leading cause of death and morbidity in European countries and is one of the most significant health challenges worldwide. An EU-funded project is developing new tools for diagnosing cancer and for understanding the role of proteins in this and other major diseases.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Camelina, crambe and prized fatty acids: food for thought]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Special fatty acids from tropical crops are used in many chemical products derived from vegetable oils. As a result, EU manufacturers are exposed to import price fluctuations. We could source these acids from home-grown crops instead, say EU-funded researchers whose work could help boost competitiveness.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar fuel turns to plants for inspiration]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An 'artificial leaf' being developed by EU-funded researchers to produce fuel from sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, could tackle soaring global energy demands, the growing impact of climate change, and dwindling supplies of fossil fuels.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Better support when it gets harder to see, hear or think]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Your hearing's shot, your memory is playing up, and your eyesight isn't what it used to be... Many of us will develop two or more of these impairments as we age. Their combined effect on older persons' ability to cope is greater than the sum of its parts, say EU-funded researchers who are working on ways to attenuate this joint impact.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Therapeutic robots to help autistic children communicate]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An EU-funded project is developing software, based on artificial intelligence, that enables robots to more effectively interact with autistic children in human-led therapy sessions, helping to improve their social and communication skills.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Probing the causes of ecosystem change]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Satellite data has great potential for detecting changes in ecosystems. An EU-funded project is combining space and ground data to develop an innovative method of monitoring ecosystems, to give early warnings of ecosystem change and biodiversity loss.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dial a bus: personalised urban public transport]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[No timetables. No fixed stops. No waiting ages in the rain. EU-funded researchers are running world-first trials of a public transport concept involving autonomous electric buses that may soon collect users on demand. Such fleets could be a less costly, greener option for areas where conventional services might not be viable.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Supporting a reliable citation standard for the internet]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[With the rise of the internet as a source of information, researchers have struggled with citation standards for referencing source documents. An EU-funded project is developing a solution for European and global e-research infrastructures to enable more open science.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Promoting gender equality in science]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[European science is missing out on talent as leadership positions remain predominantly occupied by men. To challenge this gender imbalance, an EU-funded project is helping research institutes support female staff in their research career and encouraging work-life balance.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Advancing gender equality in research and innovation]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An EU-funded project has set up a network of national policymakers and civil servants to advance gender equality in science, technology and innovation in the European Research Area (ERA). Europe will benefit as more women have the opportunity to contribute their skills to research and innovation.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Support for patients with respiratory diseases]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An EU and industry-funded project has developed new patient-centred tools and approaches to help people with chronic obstructive respiratory disease (CODP) get more personalised treatments - a means to boost their activity levels, health and well-being.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cleaning up oil in a cold climate]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Exploration and production of oil and gas are entering ever more extreme environments. An EU-funded project is examining the best ways to respond to accidental oil spills in the icy waters of the Arctic.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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