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Researchers Develop Improved Perovskite Quantum Dots for Brighter Light Emission and Quantum Technologies

(IN BRIEF) Researchers at Empa and ETH Zurich have developed innovative methods to enhance the efficiency and brightness of perovskite quantum dots, which can emit light of specific colors and single photons, critical for quantum technologies and displays. They created … Read the full press release

TU/e Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Early Esophageal Cancer Detection Using AI

(IN BRIEF) Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have made a significant breakthrough in the early detection of esophageal cancer through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Over a decade of research led by Fons van der Sommen has … Read the full press release

University of Leeds Researchers Inspire Children with Robot Doctors and AI at Child Friendly Leeds Live Event

(IN BRIEF) University of Leeds researchers participated in the Child Friendly Leeds Live event held at Millennium Square. The researchers engaged with children and parents through interactive games and educational stalls, showcasing the potential of robot doctors in transforming healthcare … Read the full press release

TU/e Researchers Awarded NWO Veni Grants for Innovative Studies in Diverse Fields

(IN BRIEF) The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Veni grants to seven early-stage researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The recipients include researchers working on topics like creating fake sticky cells to study cell motion, developing security … Read the full press release

University of Twente Researchers Receive Prestigious Veni Grants for Innovative Studies

(IN BRIEF) The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Veni grants to four researchers at the University of Twente. The recipients include Rick Hogeboom, exploring ethical perspectives on water usage; Harijot Singh Bindra, designing electronics to run sensors without batteries; … Read the full press release

Liverpool Covid-19 Testing Pilot Researchers Receive Florence Nightingale Award for Healthcare Data Analytics

(IN BRIEF) Researchers behind the mass Covid-19 testing pilot in Liverpool have been honored with the 2023 Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Healthcare Data Analytics. The award recognizes their work in delivering better outcomes for patients through data analysis … Read the full press release

Bayer awards grants and mentorship to innovative agriculture researchers

(IN BRIEF) Bayer has announced the recipients of its 2023 Grants4Ag program, which will provide funding and mentorship to researchers working on sustainability and biotechnology in agriculture. The program will award grants ranging from €5,000 to €15,000 and connect researchers … Read the full press release

Researchers discover new approach to treating brain hemorrhage with protein therapy

(IN BRIEF) Researchers from the Brain Repair laboratory at the University of Helsinki have investigated whether a protein called cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF) has potential as a treatment for intracerebral haemorrhage, a condition where bleeding into brain tissue causes … Read the full press release

Safer Sleep Practices for Infants Need Personalized and Tailored Support, Say Researchers

(IN BRIEF) A new report from the universities of Oxford, UCL, Bristol and Newcastle suggests that changes are needed in the way safer sleep information is communicated to reduce risks to babies from unsafe sleeping practices. The report focuses on … Read the full press release

AXA renews the mandate of its AXA Research Fund for five more years, supporting the exploration of emerging risks and partnerships with academic experts around major societal issues

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 12-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — AXA (EPA: CS), a French multinational insurance and asset management firm, has announced that it has renewed the mandate of the AXA Research Fund for five years. The fund, one of the largest … Read the full press release

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to provide £75.6 million in support of UK’s digital entertainment sectors

(PRESS RELEASE) SWINDON, 12-Oct-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom that directs research and innovation funding, has announced that The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is … Read the full press release

An innovative non-invasive imaging technique unveiled by University of East Anglia researchers can create detailed 4D flow images of the heart

(PRESS RELEASE) NORWICH, 27-Jun-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of East Anglia, a public research university based in Norwich, England, has announced an innovative non-invasive imaging technique developed by its researchers that can create detailed 4D flow images of the heart. … Read the full press release

Eine innovative nicht-invasive Bildgebungstechnik, die von Forschern der University of East Anglia vorgestellt wurde, kann detaillierte 4D-Flussbilder des Herzens erstellen

(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) NORWICH, 27-Jun-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Die University of East Anglia, eine öffentliche Forschungsuniversität mit Sitz in Norwich, England, hat eine von ihr entwickelte innovative nicht-invasive Bildgebungstechnik angekündigt Forscher, die detaillierte 4D-Flussbilder des Herzens erstellen können. Die hochmoderne Bildgebungstechnologie kann … Read the full press release

Pint of Science festival returns to Liverpool between 9 and 11 May, 2022: Tickets now on sale

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 19-Apr-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Liverpool, a public research university, has announced that the Pint of Science festival, an annual science festival taking place in pubs, bars and cafés in 30 countries across the world, is … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool announces the return of Meet the Scientists family friendly events at the World Museum, Liverpool

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 14-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Liverpool, a public research university, has announced the launch of its 2022 season of interactive ‘Meet the Scientists’ events at Liverpool’s World Museum this weekend. Aimed at a family audience, with … Read the full press release

Cardiff University joins the Horizon 2020 Project CALIPER

(PRESS RELEASE) THESSALONIKI, 14-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The CALIPER consortium welcomes the Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub, hosted by Cardiff University. Founded in 1988, Academia Europaea (AE) has a thriving membership of almost 5,000 world-leading researchers, mainly from across Europe … Read the full press release

Researchers at Empa, the Swiss research institute, developed new diagnostic tool that can detect the first signs of neurodegenerative changes using a sensor belt

(PRESS RELEASE) DÜBENDORF, 3-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Empa, the Swiss research institute for applied materials sciences and technology, has announced that its researchers in collaboration with clinical partners (Cantonal Hospital and the Geriatric Clinic in St. Gallen) are working on … Read the full press release

Empa led research team works on the development of an ecological and solidarity-based business model to reduce the environmental impact of e-waste recycling in India

(PRESS RELEASE) DÜBENDORF, 1-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Empa, the Swiss research institute for applied materials sciences and technology, has announced that it leads an Inndo-Swiss research team of researchers that are working on the development of an ecological and solidarity-based … Read the full press release

Scientists at University of East Anglia to study how our memories change as we age

(PRESS RELEASE) NORFOLK, UK, 21-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of East Anglia, a public research university based in Norwich, England, has announced that researchers at its School of Psychology will embark on a new project aimed at investigating how our … Read the full press release

University of Helsinki and University Hospital Helsinki: Very positive start for the correction of genetic alterations in the cultured patient cells

(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 30-Nov-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Helsinki, the oldest and largest institution of academic education in Finland, and University Hospital Helsinki, Finland’s largest provider of healthcare services, have announced that their researchers have developed a method to … Read the full press release

“Without women, We are unable to solve the world’s greatest challenges” — She Loves Tech 12 Hot Finalists ready to get their chance at the Local Pitch in South Europe!

She Loves Tech, the world’s largest startup competition for women and technology, has selected the TOP 12 finalists from the South European region to compete in the Local Pitch Competition round on 13 October 2021 at 2PM! (PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, … Read the full press release

University of Cambridge researchers: classical physics can be used to understand prethermal discrete time crystals (DTCs)

(PRESS RELEASE) CAMBRIDGE, 27-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Cambridge, the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, has announced that its researchers used computer modelling to study potential new phases of matter known as prethermal discrete time crystals (DTCs). Until … Read the full press release

NIHR funded project that involves Universities of East Anglia, Leicester and Liverpool to help reduce the number of cases of flu in care homes

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 21-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Liverpool, one of the six original ‘red brick’ civic universities, has announced that its researchers are part of a new project to increase the number of care home staff that take … Read the full press release

Biogeobatteries, Additive Manufacturing, water systems, brain organoids projects at University of Bristol funded as part of UKRI flagship Future Leaders Fellowships scheme

(PRESS RELEASE) BRISTOL, 8-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Bristol, a red brick research university, has announced that four promising future science and research leaders at the university will be benefiting from a £4.5 million UK Government funding to convert … Read the full press release

NWO: Spinoza Prize / Stevin Prize, the highest distinction in Dutch Science, awarded to six outstanding researchers

(PRESS RELEASE) THE HAGUE, 19-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced that six researchers will receive the highest awards in science in the Netherlands. The Spinoza Prize, emphasised on the scientific work and fundamental questions, will … Read the full press release

Czech Republic: Atos supercomputers Anselm and Barbora made available to researchers in support of their fight against COVID-19 pandemic

Atos supercomputers Anselm and Barbora made available to researchers in support of their fight against COVID-19 pandemic

(PRESS RELEASE) PRAGUE, 7-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading digital transformation company Atos SE announced it has made two supercomputers at IT4Innovations, the national supercomputing center at the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, available to researchers and businesses conducting research that is … Read the full press release

The seventh BASF and Volkswagen “Science Award Electrochemistry” opens for submissions

(PRESS RELEASE) LUDWIGSHAFEN / WOLFSBURG, 15-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF and Volkswagen opens application for the seventh “Science Award Electrochemistry”. Scientists and researchers of excellence from all over the world may apply until June 30, 2019 online at www.science-award.com. Participation … Read the full press release

Researchers used game theory to enable robots to assist humans in a safe and versatile manner

(PRESS RELEASE) BRIGHTON, 08-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at the University of Sussex, Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have for the first time used game theory to enable robots to assist humans in a safe and versatile … Read the full press release

Siemens honors 12 particularly resourceful researchers as Inventors of the Year 2018

Inventors come from Germany, Austria, France, Norway, Poland, India, China, Mexico and the U.S. 33 inventions per day in fiscal 2018 MUNICH, 22-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens has honored 12 particularly resourceful researchers as Inventors of the Year 2018. Together, these … Read the full press release

Wellcome and WHO to bring together leading scientists and researchers to invigorate nutrition science

LONDON, 27-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Wellcome and the World Health Organization (WHO) are holding an expert meeting this autumn to bring together leading scientists and promising early-career researchers to invigorate nutrition science. ‘Transforming Nutrition Science for Better Health’ will be held … Read the full press release

ALPHA experiment: researchers observed the Lyman-alpha electronic transition in the antihydrogen atom, the antimatter counterpart of hydrogen, for the first time

GENEVA, 23-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the ALPHA collaboration reports that it has literally taken antimatter to a new level. The researchers have observed the Lyman-alpha electronic transition in the antihydrogen atom, the … Read the full press release

Young researchers can do their research at foreign research institutes thanks to a Rubicon grant from NWO

THE HAGUE, 17-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — 21 researchers who have recently received their PhDs can do their research at foreign research institutes thanks to a Rubicon grant from NWO. The Rubicon programme gives young, highly promising researchers the opportunity to gain … Read the full press release

EBN, InBIA announce the inaugural programme of the West Coast Hub of ENRICH in the USA

BRUSSELS, 17-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN) and the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) are pleased to announce the inaugural programme of the West Coast Hub of ENRICH in the USA (European Network of Research and Innovation Centers and Hubs). This … Read the full press release

Researchers: Noise from motorboats disrupts fish co-operation

DEVON, 02-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Noise from motorboats changes the behaviour of cleaner fish and the species they help. Cleaner fish are species which eat parasites from other fish – known as “clients” – in a relationship which benefits both. Researchers … Read the full press release

Researchers: Hsp70 protein can protect folded proteins by mechanically stabilizing them with moveable lid

New insight into how the chaperone protein Hsp70 works. AMSTERDAM, 28-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On October 26th Nature will publish a study that overturns the decades-old textbook model of action for a protein that is central for many processes in … Read the full press release

University of Twente’s MESA+researchers developed spiral ribbons made of molecules able to convert light into complex macroscopic motion

UT bio-inspired research leads to publication in Nature Chemistry Enschede, Netherlands, 17-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers of the University of Twente’s MESA+ research institute have developed spiral ribbons made of molecules, that are able to convert light into complex macroscopic motion. Therefore, … Read the full press release

University of East Anglia researchers shed light on primate eating habits

Norwich, UK, 10-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Findings published today in the journal Oikos show how some monkeys consume their ‘five a day’ within a single hour and consume as many as 50 portions of fruit in a single day. The research focuses … Read the full press release

University of Southampton’s scientist led study highlights fish communities potential in marine reserves to resist climate change

Southampton, UK, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A new study, led by a University of Southampton scientist, highlights the potential for fish communities in marine reserves to resist climate change impacts better than communities on fished coasts. The study, which is published in … Read the full press release

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation selected six researchers from abroad to receive Germany’s most valuable international research award

Six researchers from abroad – two women and four men – receive Germany’s most valuable international research award Bonn, Germany, 6-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — An environmental economist from Switzerland, a quantum physicist from Austria as well as three physicists and a mathematician … Read the full press release

EC presented its first comprehensive report on the progress of the European Research Area (ERA)

23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has today presented a first comprehensive analysis of the state of the ‘single market’ for research, or the European Research Area (ERA). The report provides a factual base for assessing progress in target areas like open and … Read the full press release