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Leading historians will discuss Europe’s ‘forgotten union’ between Poland and Lithuania at a special event in Edinburgh

A panel of leading historians will discuss Europe’s ‘forgotten union’ at a special event to launch a new book by an Aberdeen academic. ABERDEEN, 25-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Robert Frost’s work, The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union 1385-1569, is the … Read the full press release

DVCon Europe 2015 announces its Preliminary Technical Program

Registration discount through October 1st, 2015 GRENOBLE, 24-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — WHO/WHAT: The Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) & Exhibition Europe is the leading European event covering the application of languages, tools and intellectual property for the design and verification … Read the full press release

University of Oxford to lead the design and build of the HARMONI spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope

University of Oxford researchers will lead the design and build of the HARMONI spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), as part of a contract signed today by the European Southern Observatory. OXFORD, 24-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The HARMONI … Read the full press release

Oxford University, Karlsruhe, Munster and Exeter developed the world’s first entirely light-based memory chip to store data permanently

OXFORD, 24-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The world’s first entirely light-based memory chip to store data permanently has been developed by material scientists at Oxford University in collaboration with scientists at Karlsruhe, Munster and Exeter. The device, which makes use of … Read the full press release

University of Oxford doctors and scientists tested a tissue oxygen monitor in microgravity for the first time

OXFORD, 24-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A team of doctors and scientists from the University of Oxford have tested a tissue oxygen monitor in microgravity for the first time. Dr Thomas Smith, who leads Oxford’s Aerospace Medicine Research Group and led … Read the full press release

Lloyds Banking Group to launch new construction skills fund with initial budget of £1m

Building skills for London LONDON, 23-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of Lloyds Banking Group’s commitment to helping Britain prosper, António Horta-Osório, Chief Executive of Lloyds Banking Group, will today (23 September) announce that it is launching a new construction … Read the full press release

University of Leeds and UCL led researchers suggest that the movements involved in fidgeting may counteract the adverse health impacts of sitting for long periods

LEEDS, 23-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — New research suggests that the movements involved in fidgeting may counteract the adverse health impacts of sitting for long periods. In a study published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a team of … Read the full press release

Europe’s leading low-fares coach operator megabus.com doubles the number of its employees in France

17 new domestic journey options, including first services from Marseille and Toulon €2.7m fleet of 10 new coaches to run new services from 30 September More than 75 employees now located at megabus.com base near Lyon Tickets from €1 now … Read the full press release

Munich Re selected SAS® Analytics software to achieve its big data strategy

Marlow, UK, 22-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Munich Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, has selected SAS® Analytics software to achieve its big data strategy. A wide range of Munich Re business units and specialist departments will use the global … Read the full press release

UK and French universities research challenges the link between unemployment and rising crime

The assumption that rising unemployment, leads to rising crime, is being challenged by new research from the UK universities of Southampton and Sheffield and the French university SciencesPo. Southampton, 22-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Their study has found that the relationship … Read the full press release

University of Twente’s HTSR, Luxembourg Institute of Health, University of York enter into EUR 1,7M personalized medicine research collaboration

Enschede, Netherlands, 21-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The HTSR research group of the research institute MIRA (University of Twente), the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) and the University of York have just signed an international research collaboration investigating the clinical and economic … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool partners with computing innovation centre Hartree

LIVERPOOL, 21-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Liverpool has launched a partnership with computing innovation centre, Hartree, to continue to build on research with Liverpool’s Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC). The Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC), which is based in Daresbury, was established … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool scientists show how E.coli bacteria resist stomach acid so they can infect people more easily

LIVERPOOL, 21-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists from the University of Liverpool have shown that a virus which turns E.coli bacteria toxic also enables them to resist stomach acid so they can infect people more easily. Although most types of E. … Read the full press release

CCWater report: Welsh Water amongst the best in the industry in terms of the customer service

WALES, 18-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — An independent report from the water industry’s consumer body, CCWater, has confirmed that Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water saw its written customer complaints fall by nearly by nearly 19 per cent in 2014/15. The company is … Read the full press release

British Safety Council at the Health & Safety North exhibition at the USN Bolton Arena on 7-8 October 2015

LONDON, 18-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Businesses will get an opportunity to learn about some recent important changes to UK health and safety law and its enforcement and effective ways of protecting their staff from the risk of suffering work-related injury … Read the full press release

Stars of sound and screen unite for Peace One Day with the Peace Day Playlist that showcases ‘One’ the Peace Day Anthem by Coke Studio Africa

PRESS RELEASE UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 20 SEPTEMBER 2015 AT 12:00 BST Peace One Day supporters Olly Murs, Bonnie Wright, Michael Caine, Yoko Ono, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Snow Patrol, Eddie Izzard, Richard E Grant, UB40, Basement Jaxx, The Libertines, Stephen Merchant, James … Read the full press release

Professor Martha Clokie to deliver Frank May Prize Lecture on Monday 21 September at the University of Leicester

LEICESTER, 17-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Pioneering research into bacteriophage therapy as an alternative to antibiotics will be discussed at this year’s Frank May Prize Lecture on Monday 21 September from 5.30 – 6.30pm in the Frank and Katherine May Lecture Theatre, … Read the full press release

Eximius one of UK’s leading 500 recruiters ranked by turnover

LONDON, 17-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Eximius is delighted to announce its inclusion in the Recruitment International Top 500 report. The Report details the UK’s leading 500 recruiters ranked by turnover, with £5 million being the threshold. The Top 500 Report … Read the full press release

University of Bristol students develop unique unmanned airborne system (UAS) to monitor live volcano in Latin America

Engineering students from the University of Bristol are developing a unique unmanned airborne system (UAS) that will be used to monitor the activity of a live volcano in Latin America. BRISTOL, 14-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of a Boeing-funded … Read the full press release

ABB intends to drive $1 billion in white-collar cost savings, free up $2 billion in cash and become more active in value-creating acquisitions

Unlocking additional value through realignment of unique power & automation offering New Power Grids division brings No. 1 power & automation offering to utilities, strategic portfolio review of this division initiated New Electrification Products division combines leading low- and medium-voltage … Read the full press release