Horizon 2020 Projects

In a new study part-funded by the European Research Council, scientists have identified two new players in the struggle between the plant and microbial worlds.

Researchers have demonstrated that large grazers and browsers of the past created a mosaic of varied landscapes consisting of closed and semi-closed forests and parkland.

A new EU regulation on smart tachographs, which allow for better enforcement of driving and resting times, has been approved.

Three research groups from Portugal’s Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência have revealed how E. coli, one of the first species to colonise the human gut at birth, adapts and evolves in the mouse intestine.

German biopharmaceutical company CureVac GmbH has won the EU’s first ever innovation inducement prize.

European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Maria Damanaki and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras have opened a high level conference on maritime and coastal tourism.

An extensive data network has been developed to collect data on sewer capacity in urban areas.

Information on the 2nd Conference of the Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life Joint Programming Initiative (JPI HDHL) has been announced.

A study of one of the Europe’s most important Early Mesolithic sites – Star Carr, England – has won Research Project of the Year in the national Current Archaeology Awards 2014.

The Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) in Ireland is leading a €2m research project, known as ‘CODEMISUSED’, delving into codeine use, misuse and dependence in Ireland, the UK and South Africa.

Radical ideas with the potential to revolutionise the approach to long term care are being funded by the UK’s innovation agency the Technology Strategy Board.

Scientists have made a step towards better understanding the relationship between vegetation and climate by detecting an extremely low volatility organic compounds produced by plants.

Immune system defences against dangerous bacteria in the gut can be breached by turning off a single molecular switch that governs production of the protective mucus lining our intestinal walls.

Funding is available now for cyber security under Horizon 2020 to develop trustworthy ICT solutions guaranteeing a secure and reliable digital environment in Europe.

BioVersys, a spinoff company from ETH Zurich, and Swedish firm SARomics have combined their expertise to tackle antimicrobial resistance in an international project supported by Eurostars.

A research team led by ERC grantee Professor Reinhart Ceulemans has found that poplars and willows produce six times more energy than they consume and reduce CO2 emissions.

Studies of old rubbish dumps and dirty dishes have revealed that ancient Britons gave up their passion for fish to begin a love affair with milk.

Professor Mary Ritter, chief executive of Climate-KIC, has been presented with an OBE for services to scientific research and innovation by the Prince of Wales.

The ‘EU industrial structure report 2013: Competing in Global Value Chains’ has indicated that the pharmaceuticals sector has experienced sustained growth since the start of the financial crisis.

European Health Commissioner Tonio Borg is set to discuss with Máire Geoghegan-Quinn the possibility of funding of research narcolepsy.