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New study to assess the impact of tyre particles on the marine environment
A three-year project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council aims to assess the impact of tyre particles on the marine environment.
The project –...
4.3m to develop an energy system for capturing and storing solar energy
A Horizon 2020 project, led by from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has been granted €4.3m from the EU for the team to develop...
Member States commit to €998m investment in energy infrastructure
EU Member States have committed to investing €998m in key European energy infrastructure projects under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
The largest portion of the...
Astrobiologists believe Jupiter may have changed the habitability of Venus
The habitability of Venus was significantly reduced when Jupiter altered its orbit pattern around the Sun during the early stages of its development.
Due to...
Additive manufacturing to create highly sensitive sensors
Researchers led by the University of Cambridge (UoC), UK, have used additive manufacturing techniques to create ultra-thin electronic fibres which can be used to...
Scientists develop biophysical tools to test cell adhesion
Scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, have developed several biophysical tools to test the strength of cell adhesion, furthering our understanding...
European Research Area to further climate neutrality and digital leadership
The European Commission has announced its new European Research Area which will support the Union’s transition towards climate neutrality and digital leadership whilst strengthening...
The Circle of Health – exploring health promotion frameworks
Patsy Beattie-Huggan, founder and principal consultant at The Quaich, discusses the Circle of Health the impact of health promotion.
In 1986 the Ottawa Charter for...
Astronomers find six galaxies trapped in a web around a supermassive black hole
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered that when the Universe was less than a billion years old six galaxies were trapped in...
Timing the decay of antimatter improves medical imaging technologies
Atomic physicists and nuclear medicine experts at the University of Tokyo and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) have devised a simple way...