http://ec.europa.eu//research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm en Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:12:59 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=rss For more RSS news feeds click the link above. Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:12:59 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=rss http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_12_03_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=28493 Running helps individuals improve their health and well-being, but runners do sustain injuries from time to time. Researchers say that of the 80 million runners in Europe, more than 37 million suffered a running injury during practice in the last year. A team of scientists in Spain are working on lowering the risk of such injury by designing a new running shoe that integrates a measuring device to provide control and prevent injuries during running. The research is supported by the RUNSAFER ('Development of a running shoe with embedded electronics providing real time biomechanical feedback to reduce injury risk and enhance motivation, and a web portal allowing real training management') project, which is funded under the 'Research for the benefit of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)' Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), to the tune of EUR 1.06 million.]]> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-12-03:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_12_03_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=28493 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_11_28_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=28393 A smile can say more than a thousand words, the saying goes. Orthodontics can help improve the appearance and position of people's teeth and jawbones, for better functioning teeth and more attractive smiles. In recent years, dental correction orthodontics have used braces made from clear plastic polymer to good effect, but now they are hoping to improve on this with help from nanotechnology. A Spanish university has patented a breakthrough new process, producing smiles all round.]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-11-28:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_11_28_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=28393 http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&lg=en&year=2012&na=na-251012 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-10-25:/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&lg=en&year=2012&na=na-251012 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_09_27_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=27153 Researchers and engineers at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom have developed intelligent self-repairing clothing and sensors that can emit warnings that an epileptic seizure is going to start. This latest creation, along with a number of other innovative tools and solutions, was showcased at the recent launch of Northumbria's new P3i research group at the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom in September. A design research initiative, P3i seeks to speed up the development of 'printable, paintable and programmable' intelligent (P3i) materials that could then help make intelligent products, services and experiences a reality.]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-09-27:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_09_27_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=27153 http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&lg=en&year=2012&na=na-170912 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-09-17:/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&lg=en&year=2012&na=na-170912 http://ec.europa.eu/research/industrial_technologies/publications-reports_en.html Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-09-07:/industrial_technologies/publications-reports_en.html http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_08_30_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=26573 The Dutch tyre company Apollo Vredestein has successfully produced the first prototypes of tyres obtained from natural latex from guayule and Russian dandelion plants. An outcome of the EU-PEARLS ('EU-based production and exploitation of alternative rubber and latex sources') project, the prototypes will be tested before their production is initiated. The researchers say these tyres could find a solid niche in the global market, helping Europe compete against Asian rubber manufacturers. EU-PEARLS received almost EUR 5.9 million under the 'Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology' Theme of the FP7.]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-08-30:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_08_30_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=26573 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_08_08_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=26353 Researchers in the United Kingdom have developed a novel nanodevice that could revolutionise the way electrical current is defined today. Presented in the journal Nature Communications, the study demonstrates how using specially designed gale drive waveforms can increase the accuracy of a semiconductor quantum-dot pump.]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-08-08:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_08_08_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=26353 http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?pg=social-incubators Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-07-19:/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?pg=social-incubators http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a25&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25473 Protecting maritime and land borders is a daily challenge for Europe. Researchers have been examining how to use lasers, gamma rays and neutron beams to address that challenge. ]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-06-26:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a25&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=25473 http://ec.europa.eu/research/erab/publications_en.html Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-06-07:/erab/publications_en.html http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_05_24_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24913 Europe has long been the source for many technological innovations but many challenges need to be overcome so as to bridge the gap from research to industry, and from there to market. The growth industry of nanotechnology is no different. In particular, the development of new applications based on nanoimprinting techniques is evolving at a rapid pace. This is where the NAPANIL ('Nanopatterning, production and applications based on nanoimprinting lithography') project comes in. The recent NAPANIL Industrial Day addressed these issues and found solutions.]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-05-24:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_05_24_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24913 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/headlines/news/article_12_04_25_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24713 Europeans are strong innovators, and the latest example of their hard work is a robotic hand able to hold and grasp bottles and cups. The novel 'helping hand' is an outcome of the DEXMART ('Dexterous and autonomous dual-arm/hand robotic manipulation with smart sensory-motor skills: a bridge from natural to artificial cognition') project, which was backed with EUR 6.3 million under the 'Information and communication technologies' Theme of the FP7.]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-04-25:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_04_25_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24713 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_04_24_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24693 Science fiction fans are one step closer to having their dreams realised thanks to Slovak and Spanish electrical engineers who have developed a prototype invisibility field. The researchers used simple materials, such as a superconductor, and ferromagnetic materials that are freely available on the market to create an invisibility field that can effectively hide contents from the prying eyes of magnetic fields. The results of the study were presented in the journal Science.]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-04-24:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_04_24_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24693 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/headlines/news/article_12_03_29_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24373 Researchers in Europe have succeeded in presenting an integrated tuneable transmitter on silicon — the first time this has ever happened. This results are an outcome of the HELIOS ('Photonics electronics functional integration on complementary metal oxide-semiconductor, CMOS') project, which is backed under the 'Information and communication technologies' (ICT) Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to the tune of EUR 8.5 million. The team presented the results at the recent Optical Fiber Communication conference in Los Angeles, United States.]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-29:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_03_29_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24373 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=59&item=Infocentre&artid=24355 You wait and wait and then three come at once, so the old joke about buses goes. But the bus has been getting a makeover. Umberto Guida, the co-ordinator of the European Bus of the Future (EBSF) project said: "Half of public transportation in Europe is done with buses. But buses are still widely considered as the least efficient and least attractive transport system. So our idea was to bring about the renaissance of the bus."]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-28:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=59&item=Infocentre&artid=24355 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_03_26_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24314 Smarter computing systems can help give our lives a big boost - in education, healthcare, transportation, security and even the environment. But these computing systems need to be adjusted constantly, to help meet the changes that emerge every year. The HIPEAC ('High performance and embedded architecture and compilation') project is driving innovative computing systems, effectively making our lives much easier. HIPEAC is backed with EUR 3.8 million under the 'Information and communication technologies' Theme of the FP7.]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-26:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_03_26_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24314 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_03_23_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24294 People can now access millions of scientific data resources about our planet thanks to the EUROGEOSS project. EUROGEOSS ('European approach to the global earth observation system of systems'), backed under the Environment Theme of the FP7 to the tune of EUR 6.1 million, has developed an innovative way to search thousands of Earth observation catalogues. This has increased the number of datasets and products publicly available for scientific research, from a few hundred in 2011, to more than 28 million in 2012.]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-23:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_03_23_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24294 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/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a21&item=Infocentre&artid=24193 Several European engineering firms are collaborating on new technology that would allow cars to drive you, rather than the other way round.]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-12:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a21&item=Infocentre&artid=24193 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/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a20&item=Infocentre&artid=24174 A December 2006 training flight above the Moscow region nearly ended in tragedy. "The trainee made a mistake. That caused the plane to enter a very steep stall. The plane got into a spin, and started to dive. It was a very difficult situation, completely unexpected. But we managed to use our experience to recover the plane," says test pilot at the Gromov Flight Research Institute Vladimir V. Biryukov.]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-09:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=a20&item=Infocentre&artid=24174 http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_03_07_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24134 Researchers from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom have designed an innovative technique to study the underground world of plants. Presented in the journal Plant Physiology, the results of this study will lead to improved breeding techniques for crop varieties, as well as better yields.]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT tag:ch,2012-03-07:/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_03_07_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=24134 http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm For more information on Science and business - Innovation, click the link above, which will take you to the Innovation Union web site. Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:12:59 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm