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 ...

Patrade A/S are making intellectual property rights the ‘shield’ and the ‘sword’ of your business. The realm of intellectual property is a constellation of associated rights whose business potential is still vagu...

Super-resolution optical microscopy is a superior tool for investigating living cells, and interdisciplinary efforts are required to proof its full potential in biomedical research. Efficient functioning of the human bo...

Professor Eberhard Fischer from the University of Koblenz-Landau highlights the importance of freshwater algae and bryophytes for monitoring water quality in the tropics. In the working group of Professor Fischer, differ...

The research of Dr Luis M Botana’s group has centred on marine toxins for the past 25 years, and has also explored the potential of these molecules as drug leads for therapeutic applications About 100 different microal...

Epileptic seizures may be rare events and they cannot be predicted. This unpredictability has psychological and social consequences. Patients suffering from frequent seizures feel a loss of control associated with their ...

During the last decade, our society has witnessed the emergence of innovative industrial applications in a wide range of technological fields such as biomedicine, consumer micro-electronics or aeronautics. More recently,...

There are already a diverse number of applications for graphene including surface coatings, fillers for plastics and electronics. Currently graphene sells for $50 to well over $10,000 (~€91,500) a gram but the market i...

Neutron scattering is a unique, major analytical technique. Since intense neutron beams are only available in central research facilities, European projects are essential to integrate these into an ecosystem which sustai...

The University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras hosts a vibrant multidisciplinary community of experts in nanoscale science and technology doing leading-edge materials research from energy to biomedical applications.  The ...

Bioenergy is a rapidly growing sector driven by government policies promoting the use of low carbon energy and waste recycling. Targets to increase the security of energy supply and reduce greenhouse gas emissions have b...