http://ec.europa.eu//research/energy/eu/index_en.cfm en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:08:17 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=rss For more RSS news feeds click the link above. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:08:17 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=rss http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_06_10_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=30313 Exercise has been proved to make farmed fish happier and healthier, in turn providing consumers with better-quality food. Now, a team of European researchers have applied the fitness model to reproduction studies in fish in a bid to speed up their sexual maturity and increase stocks. The research has already shown increases in rates of growth in zebrafish.]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-06-10:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_06_10_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=30313 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_06_07_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=30293 More than 160 researchers across 10 European countries joined together, in what is being hailed as the first international project to focus on ocean acidification and its consequences. ]]> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-06-07:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_06_07_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=30293 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_05_28_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=30153 Drought is one of the biggest worries for a farmer, sometimes threatening entire harvests, but a European Union (EU)-funded project is using the latest gene science to see whether the worst effects of water shortages could be averted with drought-tolerant plants.]]> Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-05-28:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_05_28_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=30153 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-devco-rdi&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=30074 It's a phenomenon known locally as the "black cloud", and it plagues Egypt every autumn after the rice harvest: an estimated 4 million tonnes of rice straw is burnt every season, spewing some 80,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the skies. It leaves a choking, toxic layer of thick smog hanging just 25 meters above over the entire Nile valley for weeks, and adds to the already polluted air over the Cairo megalopolis. ]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-05-21:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-devco-rdi&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=30074 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-autospar&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=29935 As a food, asparagus can trace an illustrious lineage back 20,000 years to Egypt; it features in the world's oldest surviving cook book, Apicius's third century 'De re coquinaria'; it is packed with vitamins, and a very good source of dietary fibre. No wonder the asparagus is such a prized food. But its reputation as the ultimate gourmet vegetable is also reflected in its delicate cultivation, with white asparagus in particular requiring labour intensive hilling. And in Europe, this dedicated nurturing is threatening the crop as farmers struggle to find the manpower needed to harvest asparagus. ]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-05-10:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-autospar&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=29935 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=326&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=29554 Known as the tiger of the sea, the bluefin tuna or Thunnus thynnus, can grow to more than half a tonne, glide at speeds of up to 70km/hour, and migrate over thousands of kilometres. But for many people, the bluefin’s majesty and grace in the water count for far less than the delicious taste of its rich, creamy red flesh: in January 2012, a 269kg bluefin tuna fetched a record 56.49 million yen (€564,000) at a Tsukiji market auction in Tokyo. Demand for the lucrative fish is driving it to extinction: despite global initiatives to limit the hunting, bluefin tuna populations have fallen an estimated 80% since 1970. ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-04-03:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=326&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=29554 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_02_27_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=29314 A groundbreaking European Union (EU)-funded research project has shown that eating high quantities of common foods such as fried potatoes - or even toast – during pregnancy can lead to significant health problems for the new-born child. ]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-02-27:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_02_27_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=29314 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_02_12_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=29193 In nature, all life depends on one simple thing: the ability of organisms to carry out a ceaseless flow of highly varied and specialised chemical reactions. At the heart of all these reactions sits nature’s ‘secret weapon’ - enzymes. These are proteins which act as catalysts, allowing the reactions to take place at a rate which is simply unachievable with ‘classical’ chemical methods.]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-02-12:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_02_12_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=29193 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_02_07_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=29153 Tomato ketchup may have been commonly used in low-budget movies to simulate blood, but the two substances actually have more in common than might first appear. Both are fundamentally affected in the way they behave by the actions of complex sugar molecules. That link may seem technical and obscure, but it points the way to a potentially vast range of benefits for human society - if only science could better understand and harness the capabilities of these molecules. ]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-02-07:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_02_07_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=29153 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_01_29_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=29117 Healthy, sustainable forests are vital to Europe’s economic and environmental well-being, and it is regions that must play a leading role in developing new management strategies, a new EU-funded project reveals. ]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2013-01-29:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_13_01_29_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=29117 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-food4me&calledby=infocentre&item=All&artid=28293&caller=SuccessStories Health, Food, Transport, Environment and Industrial technologies are the subjects of some of our latest Success Stories! • EUROPRISE – Groundbreaking inter-disciplinary collaboration advances HIV prevention • FOOD4ME – A genetic approach to personalised nutrition • INTERACT – Making Arctic research accessible to all • REALMARS – Breakthrough antenna research to boost wireless transmission • COMET – Do you have the nerve? • CITYMOBIL – Future road travel: no petrol, no drivers, less polution• PEGASOS – Bringing a breath of fresh air to climate research]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-11-26:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-food4me&calledby=infocentre&item=All&artid=28293&caller=SuccessStories http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-conanx&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25493 Food safety and security are high priority issues for the European Union at present and are at the core of current concerns of citizens, media and academics. With few exceptions, academic research on food has been fragmented, with too little interaction between food scientists, health researchers and social scientists.]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-06-27:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-conanx&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25493 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-baccara&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25433&numart=25433 Forests are a key resource for the planet. They play an important role in preserving biodiversity, they are a source of natural, renewable materials, and by absorbing carbon dioxide they play a crucial role in combating the greenhouse effect.]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-06-22:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-baccara&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25433&numart=25433 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-chill-on&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25333 Few would dispute that the emergence of chilled and frozen food technologies in the last century was a major advance for modern society, transforming all our lives and bringing convenience and choice. In Europe today, consumption of chilled and frozen foods is rising by more than 10% a year.]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-06-19:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-chill-on&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25333 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-pharma-planta&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25293 In June 2011, medical regulators gave the go-ahead for trials in humans of a potential new anti-HIV drug. The drug was produced in genetically modified tobacco leaves. It was the first ever clinical trial of a drug of this type that had been derived from GM plants.]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-06-18:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-pharma-planta&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25293 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-bluefin_tuna&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25253&numart=25253 The bluefin tuna is one of the world’s great voyagers. It must continuously swim in order to ventilate, generating enough heat to maintain its vital organs and elevate its body temperature above that of the water. Travelling 100km a day at speeds of up to 70km/hour, it is capable of crossing oceans in epic wanderings, but always returning to where it was born for spawning.]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-06-15:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=ss-bluefin_tuna&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25253&numart=25253 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a24&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=24833 It’s a new kind of robot, designed for some of the most delicate operations a surgeon can perform. It’s accurate to just a few hundred microns, and is far steadier than a surgeon’s hand. ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-05-18:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a24&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=24833 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=70&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=24553 There is a electrifying new way to squeeze more from an ancient resource - olives. The idea is to shock the olives with an electrical pulse before squeezing them. The brief pulses of a strong electrical field enlarge the pores in the cellular membranes, simplifying the extraction of oil.]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-04-13:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=70&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=24553 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a23&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=24453 European scientists are sharing a sweet new solution to one of the bitter enemies of chocolate making. Getting the recipe just right to produce the perfect praline is a tricky process. All kinds of chemical, physical and structural problems can occur inside chocolate, including what is known as fat bloom.]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-04-06:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a23&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=24453 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a22&item=Infocentre&artid=24214 Water is a precious commodity, especially in regions where rainfall is scarce. For farmers, smart irrigation means better crops for less outlay.]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-16:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a22&item=Infocentre&artid=24214 http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=testimonials&video=none Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-09:/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=testimonials&video=none http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=press#other Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-01-31:/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=press/other http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=69&item=Infocentre&artid=23654 Dalvik, in the north of Iceland, is a fishing port which supplies fish to destinations all over Europe including France. We follow a batch of cod which was caught well above the Arctic Circle. ]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-01-19:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=69&item=Infocentre&artid=23654 http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/eu/index_en.cfm For more information on Success stories - Agriculture and food, click the link above, which will take you to the EU Energy web site. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:08:17 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/eu/index_en.cfm