The project’s focus has been to collect virus isolates from several different host-pathogen systems across Europe, utilise them to increase knowledge on transmission, prevention and control of viral diseases in ...

A key to understanding the processes operating in the outer ‘rigid’ part of the Earth, the lithosphere, is to look at metamorphic rocks exhumed to the Earth’s surface. If properly interpreted, fabrics and microst...

The main research focus of the Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) research and development line is on modelling, organisation and management of industrial and services systems and technology. Research addresses...

Bioinformatics is moving from individual tools to integrated infrastructures in order to handle Big Data. The genetic information in DNA is transcribed into RNA, a large fraction of this is translated into proteins, and ...

Research projects with short funding periods, as well as policy making in political environments, often face challenges in sustaining the continuity of development tasks. To overcome this, the REPOPA project (Research in...

Possible Answer S.A. writes about its ambitions, technology, strategies and products in impact protection technology. Possible Answer S.A. is specialised in the development and production of dilatant fluids for impact pr...

The number of European citizens suffering from type 2 diabetes and morbid obesity has exploded and the need for new and better treatment strategies has never been greater. We propose that a new educational initiative: Ma...

Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski is the oldest and largest university in Bulgaria with a strong influence on the country’s economy, politics and culture.  Established in 1888, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski...

By cleaning the air we could save human lives, but simultaneously accelerate climate change. The unpleasant conflict stems from complex feedback mechanisms of the atmosphere, many of which are still unknown . Do we have ...

Many active ingredients, such as hydrophobic drugs, are poorly soluble in water. This limits their bioavailability and therefore their effectiveness as medication. The bioavailability of these materials significantly inc...

As usual, the implementation of a new framework programme comes with its onset of regulation. Horizon 2020 did too and, although simplification has been taken into account, the actual implementation can be anything but s...