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Publications (194)

Shaping the Future of Biomedical Applications
Bio-compatible electrostrictive materials will play a leading role in the future generation of medical micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
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Post-2020 common agricultural policy: turning point or greenwa...
EFFECT's researchers state their opinions on post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy
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Nano level microscopy goes into the field
Could your smartphone analyse the coronavirus on surfaces? European researchers are developing a new generation of optical microscopes for mobile phones whe re LEDs and tiny detectors in the camera can analyse very sm...
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Nanotechnologies to help in new cancer treatment strategy
A new project – ULISES – is set to develop an immunologic-based treatment strategy where cancer cells are reprogrammed to become “visible” to the patients’ immune system.
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Giving a glimpse of our future with the bioeconomy at the GBS ...
The BioMonitor project will play a major role at the virtual Global Bioeconomy Summit next week to discuss the role of the bioeconomy in a policy-based context
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Improving communication about Future and Emerging Technologies.
A two-day virtual workshop brought together innovators with experts from policy and media to discuss effective communication of high-risk research and innovation to diverse stakeholder groups
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Do you want to learn more about the BioMonitor project?
BioMonitor has recently published its latest video on the project, the challenges it wishes to address, as well as its impact, solutions and relevance to the people
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MARA: Using nanotechnology to fight antibiotic resistance
DNA nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionise disease therapy and open up a new area in molecular medicine
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How do we make sustainable bioeconomy work for everyone?
Last week the BioMonitor project explored the policies and strategies that govern the bioeconomy within Europe and beyond at the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020
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Empowering and Engaging European building users for energy eff...
Last eTEACHER paper presents findings on how ICT-based interventions can empower building energy end-users to reduce energy consumption. The report not only focuses on developing further knowledge of user engagement i...
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Optimising the design and operation of local energy communities
A new project – eNeuron – is set to optimise and test the design and operation of local energy communities (LECs) based on multi-carrier energy systems, as part of the EU's climate change mitigation efforts.
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Join our Survey and Help us build narratives of the future thr...
The BioMonitor project is setting up its storylines and narratives that can best reflect our bioeconomy futures. To meet the need of its users, the consortium is asking for your help by participating in a survey
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Lake Constance Foundation awarded at the European Solar Prize ...
An important acknowledgement for the German SocialRES partner
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Future and emerging technologies grow young talents
Current and former early-career scientists share their stories and tell how Europe has bet on them, making their high-risk research possible: from intelligent wireless sensors with vision abilities to RNA-based techni...
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Cutting Costs of Monoclonal Antibodies for Biological Drugs ag...
Proteins in biopharmaceutical productions are usually separated and purificated through the expensive chromatography technique. European researchers are developing an innovative membrane crystallization technology to ...
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Council climate bond: pioneering experiments from the SocialRE...
Residents and municipalities together for a decarbonized future
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Last mile delivery: a greener Santa Claus is coming to town
With the COVID-19 crisis and a booming e-commerce, parcel delivery services have become a challenge in terms of increased traffic and pollution in urban areas. Electric vehicles, drones and even four-legged robots are...
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Energy app to teach energy saving at home, school and work
eTEACHER is the app that teaches a different way to save energy, in your everyday places. It’s designed and developed 100% on users’ feedback to provide all functionalities you want in one single app.
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An Ecological Corridor to reunite the city and nature
The Turkish city of Izmir has inaugurated an Ecological Corridor and a natural area that implements Nature Based Solutions
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Another round of smart and sustainable innovation in Pamplona
The projects that will test-run smart city solutions for the 2nd edition of the “Smart Pamplona Lab” programme have been selected
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Meet ASTRABAT: a chat with Fraunhofer ISC
Catch a glimpse of the work carried out for ASTRABAT by Dr Guinevere Giffin and her team at Fraunhofer ISC. Their research is on anolyte polymers and formulations for polymer-based silicon anodes for solid-state batte...
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From blackwater and biowaste to clean energy
A study by CARTIF Technology Centre shows how to upgrade biogas production from blackwater and biowaste via membrane contactors. The work was performed as part of the EU project HOUSEFUL and can help make the building...
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Bio4Comp: next generation computing powered by muscle proteins
Computer processors powered by proteins found in muscle tissue could provide faster, more powerful and more energy efficient machines
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Probing the European bioeconomy’s development through its dr...
Partners from the BioMonitor project published its latest paper in the Sustainability journal on the drivers and indicators that will measure the development of the bioeconomy
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Comfort Enhancement and Energy Saving through Behavioral Chang...
This scientific paper analyses several European buildings such as schools, office buildings, healthcare centres and residential buildings to quantify the potential on comfort enhancement and energy saving through beha...
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Join the Survey for the BioMonitor study on bio-based products!
The BioMonitor project is investigating bio-based products connected to the forest industry and their role in the future bioeconomy. For this, the consortium is asking for your help by participating in a survey
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Rethinking cultural tourism in Europe
A new EU-funded project, TExTOUR, is set to design innovative and sustainable cultural tourism strategies to reinforce the socio-economic territorial development of less known areas in Europe and beyond.
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Hints and recommendations regarding Digital Tools for Sustaina...
One of the daily challenges of life is, "How do I get people – including myself – to do what I want?". It’s something the app industry has tried to tackle, and it was also one of the questions at the core of eTE...
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When Nature Goes Vertical
A green façade has been installed on an El Corte Inglés department store in Valladolid (Spain). The intervention is part of the EU project URBAN GreenUP and makes Valladolid the first Spanish city with a vertical ga...
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Breast cancer: innovative 3D device to boost research on metas...
European researchers are working on a novel hybrid device to better understand the metastatic process of cancer cells travelling from breast to bone and fast screen new drugs against it
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Tampere keeps pursuing its 2030 carbon neutral dream
On January 2021, STARDUST partners from the Lighthouse city of Tampere participated and organised a handful of sessions during its virtual Tampere Smart City Week
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Shifting to 800-volt systems: Why boosting motor power could b...
The latest results from research on 800-volt battery-driven vehicles show that this could lead to smaller, lighter, and more environmentally friendly motors. Cars using these powertrains could also be charged faster a...
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Electric cars - Making the move from niche to mainstream
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are gaining in popularity among Europe’s car buyers, but their high cost is holding them back from wider acceptance. However, developments in technology, particularly in the area of ...
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Brexit and the UK’s decarbonisation efforts: a hit or a miss?
Post-Brexit is a challenging era for the United Kingdom's climate and environmental policy. Some experts believe that the new situation will speed up the country’s plans while others worry it will thwart them
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CellViewer: seeing inside stem cells
A new super-resolution system microscopy can assess the pluripotency and differentiation of live stem cells, spearheading a new era in stem-cell research and systems biology. This technology can help in cancer researc...
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Touching the air may be possible with new research on haptics
The sense of touch has been mostly neglected so far in technology. However, research in haptics applied to virtual and augmented realities is opening up new possibilities in endless fields, from surgery to gaming. Wit...
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Rapid tests for coronavirus and their accuracy
Even with the advent of vaccines, strategies for rapid and affordable testing for COVID-19 are still paramount. The lack of evidence that the current vaccines can completely stop people from being infected and the eme...
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What Tools Do We Need to Make More Sustainable Choices for the...
The BioMonitor project released its first info-pack on its Model Toolbox. This will serve as an explanatory guide for policy makers and industries to better analyse and implement bioeconomy strategies within Europe
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Nature on the roof
A green roof has been installed on the El Campillo municipal market in Valladolid (Spain). The intervention is one of the nature-based solutions implemented by the EU project URBAN GreenUP
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Why reducing drivetrain size can make electric cars even greener
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) already go some way to reducing air pollution in Europe. The latest developments in electric drivetrain technology, however, are helping to take that one step further
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Hydrotermia in Navarra’s Water Treatment Plant with the Help...
Last month STARDUST partner MCP inaugurated a new thermic and renewable energy system in the Water Treatment Plant located in Navarra-Spain
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Bioeconomy? Easy as can be with AllThings.Bio
Bioeconomy can transform our day-to-day lives in a multitude of aspects: from the way we pack our food, to the clothes we decide to buy and wear.
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Repairing the brain through new technological approaches in ne...
Two FET projects – HERMES and STARDUST – aim to improve the treatment of widespread brain disorders such as Parkinson’s and epilepsy by developing and adopting the latest neurotechnology techniques: “biohybrid...
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What is the state of the bioeconomies in Central and Eastern E...
On March 3, the BioMonitor project showcased its initial results on the state of the bioeconomy and its development over time during POWER4BIO’s Bioeconomy Innovation Week
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The energy transition is underway
How can industries navigate the energy transition? The current paper shows the crucial role of energy flexibility and the key function of variable renewable energy to both stabilize the grid and fulfil the decarbonisa...
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Sun carport off at De Meent car park
Instead of only sustainable sports, athletes can now also park sustainably at De Meent Sport Complex in Alkmaar. Within the POCITYF project, 858 solar panels have been placed above the parking lot on the south side of...
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Peer-to-peer platforms – Shaping a democratic energy model t...
Prosumers are people who both produce and consume renewable energy. New peer-to-peer platforms allow them to share, sell or donate their power surplus to other citizens. This system is becoming crucial for residents o...
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Passports to defend the rights of the building materials
The construction industry is a major source of pollution and building materials should not be wasted but recycled. Architect Thomas Rau even proposed a UN Declaration of Material Rights in this respect. New material p...
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Silicon carbide (SiC) devices for the next-generation of elect...
Before electric cars become a familiar sight on Europe’s roads, the technology behind them needs to evolve to improve the size and efficiency of their drivetrains, the speed that they can be charged and the range th...
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How will the Bioeconomy of the Future look like?
The BioMonitor project released two policy briefs that focused on future-oriented scenarios developed for the analysis with the BioMonitor Model Toolbox. These scenarios present possible future development pathways fo...
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Using topology to build computing devices that resemble our br...
FET project SKYTOP will develop a different set of skyrmionic devices that will ramp up our current computing performance through the help of topological insulators and Weyl semimetals
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Tribolysis as tool for environmental health
Horizon 2020 FET-OPEN project triboREMEDY is building two tribology-based prototypes that aim to decompose hazardous waste safely, and to detoxify contaminated waters from harmful pathogens
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Youth Action against Energy Waste
As part of the STARDUST project, the city of Pamplona launched on February a game-based project that encourages primary school students to create Action Groups against Energy Waste
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Tampere’s IoT Platform Gaining Recognition as one of Finland...
The procurement of Tampere’s IoT platform has been nominated as a finalist for this year’s most skilful procurement competition in Finland
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Non-invasive neuromodulation techniques - A new era for the tr...
From optogenetics to sonogenetics to magnetognetics, scientists around the world are investigating new techniques to treat Parkinson’s disease without the need for invasive surgery
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Using magnates to create new medicines
By controlling polymorphism in pharmaceutical compounds through the use of magnetic fields, the MagnaPharm project opens up new possibilities in the production of drugs
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The cultural heritage challenges a sustainable future
Several heritage organisations reacted to the fact that protected sites don’t play an important role in the EU Green Deal’s strategy against climate change, even though historic buildings represent a significant s...
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A brand new set of factsheets to learn more about the bioeconomy
The four mission themes bio-based food packaging, sustainable fashion and textiles, bio-based products for kids and schools and jobs and careers in the bioeconomy, are the focus of the Allthings.bioPRO project and are...
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The steel industry’s quest for an emissions-free future
As the effects of global warming continue to capture headlines around Europe, many of the region’s major industries from steelmaking to chemical production are responding to the European Union’s call to radically ...
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How Can Forests Help us meet the Carbon Neutrality Goal in Eur...
Last week BioMonitor project partner European Forest Institute highlighted the vital role of forests and wood products in mitigating climate change
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A study identifies the top 50 life and biological sciences and...
Brussels, 21 April 2021 - The study “Life and Biological Sciences and Technologies as Engines for Bio-based Innovation”, funded by the European Commission, DG Research and Innovation has been published and is no...
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What is the bioeconomy’s worth when it comes to agri-food sy...
This June the BioMonitor project will be joining one of the panel discussions at the IAMO Forum on extracting and creating value in the bioeconomy
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Lunch at SocialRES goes live
In the coming months SocialRES will be hosting a series of short live webinars at lunch hour to talk about energy democracy and its importance in meeting Europe’s decarbonisation goals
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New biomaterial implants for spinal cord neuronal regeneration
The NeuroStimSpinal project is developing new a graphene-based and decellularised biomaterial that can foster neuronal regeneration, laying down the foundation for innovative approaches in spinal cord injury treatment
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EU study identifies life and biological sciences and technolog...
EU study identifies life and biological sciences and technologies in support to the EU research and innovation policy for a circular and bio-based economy.
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Measuring the size of the European Bioeconomy using an Input-O...
Researchers from the BioMonitor project proposed a novel approach that provides a comparative analysis of the bioeconomy’s development across different Member States and selected bio-based industries
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A post for bees
Join #Flowers4Bees and help spread the word about one of the most dangerous environmental threats: the progressive extinction of pollinator insects.
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Producing human platelets with a 3D bioprinted bone marrow
The SilkFusion project mimics the bone marrow physiology (using silk) for platelet production with breakthrough applications for transfusions, personalised medicine and drug testing
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Meet ASTRABAT: a chat with Warsaw University of Technology
Read about the role of Warsaw University of Technology in ASTRABAT and discover the work carried out by Prof. Leszek Niedzicki and Dr. Marta Kasprzyk on the synthetization of salts and additives for new generation of ...
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EU study: “Life and Biological Sciences and Technologies as ...
EU study: “Life and Biological Sciences and Technologies as Engines for Bio-based Innovation”: developments and innovation needs for a successful transition towards sustainable bio-based sectors
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Leading the fight against climate change
The URBAN GreenUP city of Valladolid has won the III Edition of the "Climate Leaders Awards" in the category of "Local Administration" for its leadership in the fight against climate change.
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Pollinators play role in renaturing our cities
Bees and other pollinators are under threat from climate change and pollution. Helping them to survive means ensuring food security and maintaining biodiversity. Liverpool, Valladolid and Izmir are among the cities th...
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Bioeconomy: the key driver for sustainable development?
The BioMonitor project organised a webinar, in time for the EU Green Week 2021, to initiate a discussion on how the bioeconomy affects our lives, including our human well-being
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E-Infrastructures to support scientists and supercomputing dev...
With technological developments drastically changing the nature of computing, high-performance computing (HPC) can ease navigation of complex systems for researchers
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Are we able to detect all coronavirus variants?
Variants can affect the sensitivity of tests for SARS-CoV2. To make sure that current tests will still work we need to play hide-and-seek with an evolving virus
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3D printing stem cells to transform neuroscience
The MESO-BRAIN project used human-induced pluripotent stem cells placed on nanoscale 3D-laser-printed structures to replicate the brain’s neural networks
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Using gravity to explore volcanoes
A new gravity imager monitored Etna Volcano in Sicily to develop early-warning systems and better face volcanic eruptions
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FETFX Recommendations Paper: Advising High-Risk Research Proje...
Basic, use inspired research holds the key to solving many of society’s grand challenges - but to win support, strategic outreach, engagement and two-way dialogue are key
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Slashers: the new frontier of the independent workforce
Driven by passion or financial needs, over 10 million Europeans have multiple jobs in various domains. Though highly educated and skilled, they often suffer from poor working conditions and represent a major challen...
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Non wood forest products (NWFPs): hobby or sine qua non?
Researchers from EFI conducted a study on the collection and consumption of non-wood forest products in Europe.
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Capturing fuel from the sun
Artificial leaves and soap bubbles could unleash a new era of “solar fuels” to address increasing energy demand and climate change
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Empowering Rural Communities
“Our goasl is to improve the economic conditions in rural areas, while making it easier for the inhabitants to access the services they need and want” (Jorge Gonzalez Olalla, TICBioMed).
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Doubling lithium battery energy density – A chat with Nobel ...
In 2019 M. Stanley Whittingham won a Nobel Prize for discovering lithium intercalation into electrodes. Now, he forecasts how battery architectures will exploit this phenomenon better, and how the industry can improve...
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An intelligent app to teach people energy efficiency
European researchers have developed a user-friendly smart app to help people improve their energy-saving behaviours
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Designing dynamic metamaterials that imitate nature’s strategies
FET project Boheme will introduce metamaterials that resemble spider webs and woodpeckers, which will help us fix some unresolved issues on transportation, health, and energy
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A smart pacemaker to prevent heart failure and revolutionise b...
The CResPace project is developing a new pacemaker that works in conjunction with small artificial neural networks to better adapt to the demands of the body – replicating a healthy heart
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Two new technologies that could change cancer treatment
By studying the biomechanics of cancer in the breast and bladder, the Mechanocontrol and Edit projects are developing new ways of cancer identification and treatment that could open up new avenues in cancer research
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Monitoring the bioeconomy: an introduction to the Biomonitor p...
The BioMonitor project organized a webinar on June 10th on “Monitoring the bioeconomy: an introduction to the Biomonitor project” to give deep dive into some focal points raised in our policy briefs #1, #2, #3 and...
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Towards Energy Communities
Two weeks ago STARDUST Tampere participated in a webinar on energy communities. The virtual event clarified the concept of energy communities through practical examples. The topic was clearly of interest, as more than...
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Capturing time and predicting human movement
The EnTimeMent project proposes a radically new motion analysis technology with the capacity to predict human movement and use it in areas as diverse as healthcare, the performing arts, sports, video games and films
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New digital tools to change our behaviours and save energy
How do I get people to change their habits? This is one of the challenges faced by developers of apps and ICT solutions aimed at boosting energy savings in our buildings. European researchers embraced this mission
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The FETFX story and the future of emerging deep-techs in Europe
A new video and an interactive storytelling on revolutionary and disruptive innovations to celebrate the conclusion of FETFX
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Environment office measures heat load of day-care centres and ...
Kick-off for the development of the Dresden climate adaptation concept
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Meet ASTRABAT: a chat with Daikin Chemical Europe GmbH
Catch a glimpse of Daikin’s work carried out for ASTRABAT by Dr Alex Friesen and his team. They're developing a suitable polymer electrolyte for the application in the cathode, and on suitable processes to manufactu...
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Discovering sustainable tourism and its opportunities in Europ...
There is a new way to explore Europe and its beauties while promoting social and economic developments of local communities. Find out how in the TExTOUR’s new video.
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New tech recycles domestic wastewater and kitchen waste
In the last few weeks the permit for the small-scale anaerobic digestion (biogas) was approved in Austria. Now it is possible to start implementing the HOUSEFUL solutions in Cambium Leben in Gemeinschaft, where one of...
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Incentivising biodiversity net gain with an offset market
A new policy has been put forward in the fight to preserve biodiversity, calling on the private sector and borrowing from market economics.
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How citizens can become co-creators of sustainable food packaging
The Covid-19 pandemic has driven consumers to order more takeaway food during lockdowns, resulting in increased single-use plastics waste. While momentum is growing among some businesses and governments to tackle the ...
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Agriculture goes green – New bio-fertilisers to make farming...
The European Union has updated its rules on fertilisers, which almost exclusively covered mined or chemically produced materials. While new organic fertilisers will now be able to enter the EU market in 2022, research...
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Nature Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation – Paying Farme...
Streams and rivers break their banks more and more often due to climate change, endangering the people who live in flood risk areas. A system of scheduled flooding of the fields around towns in these areas may be a so...
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Integrated methodology to assess the energy flexibility potent...
Over the last decades, the energy mix has included increasingly more renewable energy, whose sources offer many long-term advantages. However, these energy sources are highly volatile. Wind or solar energy can produce...
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Methodology for integrated modelling and impact assessment of ...
As the largest consumers of energy, cities are set to play a key role in the transition towards a greener and healthier future. And with the global population expected to become 70% urban in the future, the challenge ...
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Habitat and host specificity of epiphytic lichens in a rural l...
The green desert created by the timber forest management is a threat for epiphytes biodiversity that may be partially overcome by exploiting cultural heritage habitats in rural landscapes
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Watch nature reshaping European cities
A set of short explainer videos has been released showing how Nature-Based Solutions can help cities tackle the effects of climate change – examples from the EU-funded URBAN GreenUP project.
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The HOUSEFUL project forges ahead in the building sector
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the HOUSEFUL project pushes on towards the emergence of a circular economy in the building sector.
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Fair and inclusive citizen engagement towards a new city visio...
The projects POCITYF, SPARCS, RESPONSE present the online workshop to be held on the 13th of October, 11:30-13:00, as a partner event of the European Week of Region and Cities
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BioMonitor SMEs and Industry exchange
An interactive event that will take place on October 7 and will focus on the contribution of SMEs and industries in the chemical sector towards the bioeconomy.
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Training programmes to bring together industry and the enviro...
Practical workshops and online seminars starting in October 2021 to improve the energy efficiency and flexibility of heavy industries. For professionals, university researchers and organisations.
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Meet ASTRABAT: a chat with LOMARTOV S.L
Read about the work carried out for ASTRABAT by Dr Herraiz Cardona and Mr Alberola Borràs from LOMARTOV, focused on evaluating and optimising the sustainability of ASTRABAT’s new solid-state battery prototype.
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BioMonitor attended the International Conference of Agricultur...
BioMonitor has participated in the online ICAE conference, that took place from the 17th to the 31st of August 2021 with a dedicated session.
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Long-term effect of different management regimes on the surviv...
Challenges and opportunities of coastal meadow restoration in a long-term, multi- target approach
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Sharing power to foster renewables: the cooperatives model
In the EU there are about 3,400 renewable energy cooperatives owned by citizens. These socially innovative players of the market have overturned the top-down approach of utility companies to spread the culture of ener...
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Sustainable fashion: Young people have the power for change
As the spotlight once again falls on global emissions at this year’s COP26 UN climate change conference, attention is focusing on pollution produced by the fashion and textiles industries and the role that the young...
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How nature-based solutions could help Vienna grow vegetables f...
A paper published by alchemia-nova quantifies the recoverable nutrient budget contained in household wastewater and municipal source-separated organic waste and food that could be produced from these secondary nutrien...
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Bauhaus coming full-circle: sustainable buildings in a resourc...
One hundred years on, the influential building, art and design movement is born again amid Europe’s push to reduce emissions in the carbon-heavy housing sector. Like its forerunner of the 1920s, the New European Bau...
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Filling the gender gap in agriculture: viable opportunities fo...
Country life may be romantic, but regional development counts too. Digitalisation can help boost gender equality and curb rural poverty
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Today's direct current microgrid landscape explained in re...
A review paper by Greek research and technology institute – CERTH – highlights the advantages and challenges of low and medium voltage direct current microgrids.
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Pioneering building integrated photovoltaic solutions to suppo...
A study carried out in the historical center of Évora shows building-integrated photovoltaic solutions that will reduce the energy consumption of historical buildings while respecting their aesthetic features
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The International Day making the voice of rural women heard
“International days are occasions to educate the general public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity .”
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A chat with Cristina Fillat (IDIBAPS)
Cristina Fillat is a Catalan biomedicine scientist. She specialises in the study of pancreatic cancer and in the development of gene therapy strategies. Since October 2020, she has been the coordinator of the ULISES p...
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Standardized response signatures of functional traits pinpoint...
Developing a new set of quantitative metrics to effectively measure the functionality of green lines as dispersal corridors for forest-dwelling plant species
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Monitoring the health of a city by its soundscape
Traffic, sirens, horns, building work: this is the daily soundtrack of our cities. We have got used to it, but such noise may point to severe pollution.
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A game to make daily habits more sustainable
Allthings.bio calls on its followers to get involved through co-design workshops. They will have their say about bio-based products and help design and test the Allthings.bio serious game
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SUPER-i new investment solution to boost energy efficiency in ...
Most of the European social housing stock were built between the 1940s and 1970s, when energy efficiency was not a priority. As a result, nowadays the low rental prices of social housing are offset by the high heating...
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Outcomes of an EU Regions Week workshop: inclusion as a key el...
During a workshop at the European Week of Regions and Cities, the projects POCITYF, SPARCS and RESPONSE presented citizen engagement strategies to support the energy transition in cities. The discussion that followed ...
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Microplastic from textiles and how to avoid it
Why are microplastics so dangerous? And what options do we have to prevent more microplastic from entering our environment?
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How to bring circularity principles to life in a residential b...
An online workshop was organised in late September to plan how to implement three co-creation ideas for the HOUSEFUL demo building Quirze del Valles, near Barcelona. Organised by project partners Agencia l’habitage ...
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The demo building "El bloc dels Mestres" is becoming m...
We're continuing to refurbish the El bloc des Mestres, a HOUSEFUL demo building near Barcelona (Spain). The refurbishment is based on the principles of the circular economy.
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Meet ASTRABAT: a chat with IRCER, the ceramics research instit...
Learn more about the work carried out for ASTRABAT by Dr Fabrice Rossignol and his team at IRCER: the development of inks and processes for inkjet printing of the various components of the ASTRABAT battery.
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Optimized waste heat utilization in the steel industry with in...
The research project by Anton Beck and his colleagues at the Austrian Institute of Technology aimed at assessing how feasible, both technically and economically, the use of such waste heat sources would be in the stee...
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Building regional networks and ecosystems: key to ensuring dRu...
Going local and face to face for the first time – dRural partners explore and build ecosystems in their respective rural communities.
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Fourth Smart Heritage Cities working group: outcomes
The fourth meeting took place in Valencia and focused on challenges and strategies to engage citizen in the energy transition of historical cities
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SME and Industry exchange Biomonitor
On the 18th of November the Biomonitor project organized an interactive event for Industries and SMEs. The event focused on the benefits of improving and re-structuring data and modelling frameworks related to the bio...
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Life cycle assessments reveal electric vehicle roll out hazards
During COP26, Volvo admitted increased production emissions in its C40 Recharge model, underlining the need for life cycle assessments (LCAs) to help battery development. Extending LCAs beyond greenhouse gas emissions...
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On the 17th and 18th of November the TExTOUR consortium gather...
Almost one year has passed since we kicked off TExTOUR in January 2021, and finally some of us had the chance to meet in person for the first general assembly which took place in Katowice (Poland).
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Setting the scene for ASTRABAT’s new Lithium battery
The ASTRABAT project has completed the first overview of the Li-ion cells certifications and standards to be applied to the project’s battery prototype
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Two years of POCITYF: interview with Carlos Pinto de Sá, Évo...
Évora's Mayor, Carlos Pinto de Sá, reflects on the expectations, challenges and vision for Évora in its path towards the energy transition
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Framing heritage and linking it with heritage- based tourism
On the 24th of November an online expert’s workshop on cultural tourism took place. Organised by the research group of Planning and Regeneration from the University of Bologna, Italy, to gather experts worldwide to ...
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Measuring the bioeconomy: why closing data gaps is key to a gr...
The push to establish an EU-wide bioeconomy is gaining momentum through key initiatives such as the European Union’s Green Deal. But it faces obstacles, not least the need to update the way data is processed and s...
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Enhancing Spatial Coordination in Payment for Ecosystem Servic...
Are monetary incentives the best way to achieve land spatial coordination in ecosystem services? A new experiment measures the impact of non- pecuniary motives in land owners’ decisions.
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ASTRABAT’s latest achievements on components and cell specif...
The ASTRABAT project has published its first reports defining the external geometry of the cell that will be developed during the project, the test specification protocols and the analysis of battery requirements for ...
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InVesta Foundation joins POCITYF
Investa's expertise centre will be one of the most sustainable in Alkmaar
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Shifting ground: the changing face of construction and buildings
Earth is not only our precious planet, but a building material that can guide one of the planet’s most emissions-heavy sectors towards a carbon-neutral, sustainable future
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Li-ion battery innovation - ASTRABAT project releases video
The EU project ASTRABAT has published a short web video showing how it is developing a new solid-state lithium-ion battery for future electric vehicles.
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Learning from experience: POCITYF’s cities share lessons lea...
On the 20th of December 2021, the POCITYF project organised an internal knowledge transfer workshop. During the event representatives of Alkmaar and Évora, the lighthouse cities, shared insights on the lessons they l...
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How the Houseful project contributes to the definition of a ne...
In order to reduce the impact of human activities on the environment and fight against climate change, it is necessary to take priority action on buildings, which are responsible for 40% of global greenhouse gas emiss...
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Powering the future: energy partnerships for sustainable smart...
The vertical relationship between energy utilities and their customers is giving way to partnership and innovation, as citizens take an increasingly prominent role in the leadership of the energy transition
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From 100% renewable energy to greenwashing: 50 shades of green
The growing demand for renewables expands the offers on the electricity market. But not all solutions have the same ecological impact and this may mislead energy-conscious consumers. How to choose? And how green are g...
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The new BioMonitor Page Flow on case studies
The BioMonitor project is happy to share the new storytelling page flow to report the work of six case studies carried out within the project, led by WP8, the Catholic University of Milan.
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Guidelines for successful social innovations in the energy sector
Launching a social innovation project in the energy sector is a challenge: lack of funding, passivity in society, administrative and bureaucratic barriers, absence of legal framework, lack of access to information nee...
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Taking the heat: how innovation could slash emissions from oil...
New refinements to old technology could drastically reduce the electricity consumption of refinery processes by maximising the potential of waste heat to make emissions-free power
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Joining forces to finance renewables: the investment platform ...
About 75% of the EU building stock is not energy efficient. Four pilot regions are testing new solutions to leverage more citizen funding and spread the culture of energy transition
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A framework for analysing the impacts of social innovations in...
Social innovations in the energy sector such as renewable energy communities, energy aggregators and crowdfunding projects have the potential to play an important role in the energy transition and in reaching the goal...
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The power of youth: Educating young people in the move to a su...
Demands for Europe to move towards a more sustainable economy are increasingly being led by the continent’s younger citizens as they seek to take charge of their own future.
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HOUSEFUL goes ahead with activities in its Demo Buildings
The last months of 2021 were characterised by numerous activities in the Demo Buildings in El Mestres, San Quirze del Valles and Cambium.The contribution of the HOUSEFUL project to the circular economy in the building...
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Local communities focus group - Anfeh
Six local guesthouse and restaurant owners attended TExTOUR’s focus group in Anfeh to talk about sustainable tourism, business strategy, heritage valorisation and tourism data collection and exploitation.
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Four key questions on virus evolution and variants
A video-interview with a renowned expert from the CORONADX project answers common questions about virus variants and evolution.
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Forest ecosystem services in Romania: Orchestrating regulatory...
Forest ecosystems provide numerous material and immaterial services to landowners and users. Their management is a key issue to be addressed by environmental governance. Even if the scientific community pay little att...
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Meet TExTOUR: Justyna Gorgoń
Enjoy the second interview of the meet TExTOUR series and discover more about this project from the voices of the people that are directly involved in its realisation.
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Women are more willing than males to opt for a energy project ...
These are the findings of a survey conducted by Trinity College Dublin for the European SocialRES project
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Discover the Master course that looks deep into the needs of d...
From February 11 until March 16 2022, the University of Twente provides a ten weeks master course Global Strategy and Business development with 70+ students participating.
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New advice to make your city green and resilient through Natur...
The EU project URBAN GreenUP has published a kit with good practices and recommendations to help city administrations, urbanists, city planners and architects implement Nature-based solutions (NBS) in their cities
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It’s time to pal up with the bioeconomy
The bioeconomy concept is becoming ever more popular but remains unclear for many people. The Allthings.bio podcast series will help listeners get a handle on the concept and its future.
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Meet TExTOUR: Grzegorz Rudnicki
Discover TExtOUR through the experiences of the people who are working to co-create it: enjoy Tarnowskie Góry in the third interview of the "Meet TExTOUR" series.
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PATHPOD: a portable point of care device for the rapid detecti...
A video-interview with a senior researcher from the CORONADX project explains what PATHPOD is and discusses the advantages, use and perspectives of this device.
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Pelješac Bridge boosting regional development
The Pelješac Bridge in Dubrovnik-Neretva County will be open to traffic from June 2022. It will connect two areas of Dubrovnik-Neretva County and also Croatia.
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Cultural heritage and smart specialisation in RURITAGE's n...
Cultural and natural heritage is part of our everyday life but is not truly part of policy protocol. However, the connection between cultural and natural heritage and policy needs to be further explored since it can b...
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Meet ASTRABAT: a chat with LEITAT
Learn more about the work carried out for ASTRABAT by Dr Etienne Knipping and his team at LEITAT, focused on the electrochemical characterization of the materials and the final testing of the batteries to evaluate the...
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Communication in a pandemic – navigating between true and false.
A video-interview with a communication expert discusses the crucial role of media in the COVID-19 crisis.
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Nature savings cities
Watch the URBAN GreenUP Video News Release to discover how the city of Izmir is welcoming nature back in its urban areas
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Viruses continuously and naturally evolve. To track coronavirus variants, we need to think like Darwin.
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dRural services growing and materializing at the project meeti...
dRural's many services will soon be available to improve the quality of life and digitalization in the four rural regions
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Report shows need for holistic approach to local energy commun...
The European project eNeuron has mapped today's local energy community (LEC) landscape, analysing the regulations and policies in force across Europe.
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New policy instruments for greater coherence: The case of the ...
Improving the food system sustainability is one of the biggest challenges of our time. It is closely related to other issues such as biodiversity loss, climate change, food security, malnutrition and soil degradation....
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Why should a smart city invest in the agricultural sector?
The new video on the smart city of Antalya tells us about solar power plant for agricultural irrigation
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Changing attitudes to change energy
From solar power and house sensors to adaptive lighting and district heating, MAtchUP cities are changing how energy is produced, used, and transported.
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Coordination meeting among projects on sustainable cultural to...
Seven projects involved in developing strategies to foster sustainable cultural tourism met on the 11th of March to strengthen the projects collaboration and set strategies for the post-project life of their initiatives.
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Finding inspiration: TExTOUR’s Action Cards for cultural tourism
Finding innovative and sustainable solutions for heritage-based tourism can be challenging. TExTOUR’s Action Cards are a tool designed to show good cultural tourism practices and inspire the project pilots’ work.
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Narva’s cultural tourism development strategy
In January 2022, the City of Narva developed a cultural tourism strategy and an action plan that are going to last until 2027. The first action, a workshop involving the local stakeholders, took place in February 2022...
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Meet TExTOUR in Trebinje: World Tourism Day event
On September 27th 2021, for the World Tourism Day, the Center for Spatial Resarch in collaboration with Museum of Herzegovina organised an event on cultural heritage and sustainable tourism.
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Life on the energy grid: the case of Dillenburgustraat in Alkm...
Sustainability is one of the main priority in Alkmaar city: let's follow Mascha, business vlogger, in her discovery of Dillenburgstraat houses energy sustainable solution.
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Debunking myths about COVID-19 diagnostic tests
The EU project CORONADX has published a leaflet with a collection of common misconceptions on COVID-19 diagnostic tests to help citizens navigate between truth and falsehoods.
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Becoming sustainable together with residents- participation an...
Successful energy transition is linked to the ability to engage different stakeholders in improving house sustainability.
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A new set of key indicators redefines the goals of circular ec...
The private and public sectors are starting to set ambitious circularity targets as the ecological transition steps up. But businesses and organisations need ways to accurately measure this circularity and its impacts...
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Back to nature: how green solutions are reshaping city landscapes
Some cities in Europe are embracing nature-based solutions to make life for residents more pleasant and sustainable – and these innovative approaches serve as a model for urban environments elsewhere
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Spatial Coordination Incentives for landscape-scale environmen...
Agri-environment schemes (AES) are incentive mechanisms that provide funding for farmers and land managers so that they adopt measures that help support biodiversity, preserve landscapes and improve quality of water.
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Meet ASTRABAT: a chat with NANOMAKERS
Discover about the work carried out for ASTRABAT by Dr Yohan Oudart and his team at NANOMAKERS, focused on the development of a silicon-based material to boost the density of ASTRABAT’s new solid-state battery.
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Learning by watching, improving by replicating
Innovating in urban energy and transport is complex and risky, but the successes and failures of others can help cities navigate their own way to becoming smart and sustainable.
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Digitalising for repopulating: a virtual marketplace to revive...
The Covid pandemic planted the seeds of a new mindset and pushed lots of EU citizens to telecommute from rural areas. However, most of these still record a shrinking population and fewer opportunities than urban zones...
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Working as a researcher in a time of pandemic
A video-interview with a post-doc from the CORONADX project features the experience of working as a scientist at the frontline of COVID-19 research
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The potential of market schemes in nitrogen trading
Nitrogen is vital to agriculture and, generally, to our lives, but its use comes at a price. The paper explores a ‘Smart Market’ approach as a possible means to limit its negative impact on the environment.
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Waste valorisation in process industries
The valorisation of waste in the energy stream of intensive manufacturing can boost sustainability. The last paper produced by BAMBOO project explores the waste valorisation of Blast Furnace Gas (BFG) in the steel ind...
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ASTRABAT & i-HeCoBatt towards a Greener Value Chain
ASTRABAT will take part in the Innovation and Networking days on Battery Technologies & E-Vehicles in Valencia. Then, the project consortium and its industrial partners will co-create the Life-Cycle Inventory of the n...
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The dialogue with stakeholders continues in Demo Building “E...
In April, HOUSEFUL partners AHC, LEITAT and WE&B organised a meeting with key stakeholders of the “El bloc del Mestres” in Sabadell, Barcelona – the Campoamor Neighbourhood association and the Sabadell City Council.
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Videos (5)

health ULISES presentation video
ULISES presentation video
28 May 2021
ULISES
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culture Meet TExTOUR: Daniel Basulto
Meet TExTOUR: Daniel Basulto
11 Jan 2022
TExTOUR project
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renewable Changing attitudes to change energy
Changing attitudes to change energy
30 Mar 2022
MAtchUP Project
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urban Sustainable mobility for sustainable cities
Sustainable mobility for sustainable cities
6 Apr 2022
MAtchUP Project
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energy Learning by watching, doing by replicating
Learning by watching, doing by replicating
20 Apr 2022
MAtchUP Project
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Past Events (10)

Conference Circular@WUR: Living within planetary boundaries
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Call for experts: framing heritage and linking it with heritage- based tourism
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BioMonitor SMEs and Industry Exchange
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Lunch at SocialRES: Energy democracy – policy framework
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Monitoring the bioeconomy: an introduction to the Biomonitor project
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ICONS presents the event EU’s zero pollution ambition Best practice in science communication
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Lunch at SocialRES: Behavioural aspects of energy democracy
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Lunch at SocialRES: Business models for energy democracy
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Webinar: Bioeconomy as an approach towards sustainable development
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FETFX Webinar on Funding Opportunities for Emerging Technology
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