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Food
The first CULTIVATE Mobile Research Lab on food sharing in Bar...
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March 26, 2024
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Exploring Barcelona's food sharing ecosystem, the first CULTIVATE Mobile Research Lab embarked on a transformative journey from March 18th to 23rd, 2024.
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New genomic techniques project set to make food system more su...
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March 26, 2024
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The new EU-funded project DARWIN will co-develop new-generation NGT detection methods and new digital solutions to help create a fair, healthy, safe and environmentally friendly food system.
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“Reinventing the wheel” in the struggle to cut global wast...
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March 8, 2024
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Food waste is a large contributor to global warming. Increasing efforts are being made to “upcycle” ingredients that are not normally eaten, but “time is running out", says the International Food Waste Coalition...
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Meet the team: a chat with Alfredo Minguela Puras (Biomedical ...
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March 4, 2024
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In this interview, dr. Alfredo Minguela Puras, from the Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia, explains how his team is validating the ULISES therapy developed by the consortium through in vitro and in vivo (in huma...
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New project PAIR – set to pioneer two interactive tools as p...
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January 26, 2024
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PAIR is a new EU-funded project that aims to make radical improvements to Point-of-Care (POC) diagnostics and epidemiological modeling in the One Health approach through scientific research and innovation.
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EU project releases policy brief on urban food sharing governa...
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January 17, 2024
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Read the first CULTIVATE policy brief which summarizes food sharing initiatives key governance barriers and extracts a suite of high-level policy recommendations to address them.
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Meet FOOD 2030 Networks in our introduction video
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January 8, 2024
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Making the food system better for people and the environment: discover our goals and join us
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EU-funded projects reunited for advocating for stringent food ...
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December 7, 2023
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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROJECTS ALIGN WITH EC'S CALL FOR ACTION, URGING POLICY CONSISTENCY AND COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES TO ADDRESS FOOD WASTE CRISIS ACROSS EU MEMBER STATES
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From death to discrimination sentence: when surviving cancer e...
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December 6, 2023
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Being denied loans and adoptions, because of one’s medical records. The ‘return to life of many cancer survivors is a history of discrimination. European institutions and some member states are pushing for their �...
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Espigoladors leads successful 3rd Gleaning Marathon
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October 25, 2023
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Transforming leftovers into lifelines: over 8,730 kg of produce rescued, highlighting the environmental and social impact of food recovery.
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Meet Ulises: A chat with Ramón Martínez Máñez (UPV)
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October 5, 2023
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Ramón Martínez Máñez, professor at Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), explains in this interview how his company is contributing to the ULISES goals in the fight against cancer.
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Food sharing: From group kitchens to cutting waste, the drive ...
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September 29, 2023
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Locals and refugees cooking and eating together, “edible neighbourhoods” and surplus redistribution. How a digital compass will help people get oriented among food sharing schemes and issue a call to policy makers...
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Who takes care of healthcare? When being sick is not a right f...
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July 6, 2023
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In France, 9 million people struggle to access general practitioners. Worldwide, half of the population has fewer primary care resources than their urban counterparts. When living in rural areas turns into a nightmare...
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New project cultivates the change for a sustainable and resili...
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April 4, 2023
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The CULTIVATE EU-funded project aims to increase awareness and knowledge of Food Sharing Initiatives (FSIs), understand what drives or hampers their practice, and foster sustainability, inclusion, and resilience in ur...
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CLEVERFOOD: leading an urgent change in food systems for a bet...
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March 17, 2023
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Together with University of Copenhagen an EU project is helping Europeans to embrace a sustainable and circular food system.
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If you have long covid the pandemic is far from being over
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March 7, 2023
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A video interview with a patient advocate features the burden of long covid and how we can address it
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Fighting cancer: when survival depends on geography and education
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February 27, 2023
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If you’re just born in the wrong country, or social class, you may have 60% less chance of surviving cancer. On World Cancer Day, experts call to fight “inequities”: not a matter of chance, but of modifiable fac...
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Are we all equal in facing Covid-19?
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January 13, 2023
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A video interview with a researcher in molecular biology discusses the factors that affect each individual’s response to Covid-19 and the tool that can be used by public health officers to predict it
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Painting and writing to fight cancer: the importance of being ...
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December 23, 2022
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Developing art and creativity to improve the effectiveness and delivery of healthcare. From narrative medicine to the disclosure of one’s medical records on the net: how “open sourcing” feelings and fears can he...
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“In difficult times the bioeconomy is not a luxury, but a re...
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December 23, 2022
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The prices of fertilisers jumped by +116% in one year. While the Ukraine war and the energy crisis are stressing the urgency of ending Europe’s dependence on Russian imports, an EU-funded project aims at creating ne...
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From the laboratory to the market: innovation in COVID-19 diag...
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September 30, 2022
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A video-interview with the Chief Executive Officer of a company from the CORONADX project discusses about bringing new diagnostic tests to the market
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Early signs support revolutionary potential of EU clinical tri...
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June 1, 2022
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The EU Clinical Trials Regulation should help resolve problems caused by its predecessor directive and help meet needs arising from the pandemic. There will be challenges in doing so, but there is already strong evide...
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Living with covid-19 will need a testing transformation
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May 20, 2022
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Dealing with lower covid-19 levels will require improved understanding of what diagnostic tests are best used for. It will also need more accurate tests, but as testing demand will fall, delivering that needs incentiv...
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Working as a researcher in a time of pandemic
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April 28, 2022
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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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Debunking myths about COVID-19 diagnostic tests
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April 5, 2022
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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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Viruses continuously and naturally evolve. To track coronavirus variants, we need to think like Darwin.
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Communication in a pandemic – navigating between true and false.
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March 16, 2022
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A video-interview with a communication expert discusses the crucial role of media in the COVID-19 crisis.
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PATHPOD: a portable point of care device for the rapid detecti...
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February 24, 2022
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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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Four key questions on virus evolution and variants
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January 27, 2022
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A video-interview with a renowned expert from the CORONADX project answers common questions about virus variants and evolution.
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Local communities focus group - Anfeh
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January 27, 2022
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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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Two new technologies that could change cancer treatment
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June 28, 2021
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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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A smart pacemaker to prevent heart failure and revolutionise b...
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June 28, 2021
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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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Are we able to detect all coronavirus variants?
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May 20, 2021
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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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Rapid tests for coronavirus and their accuracy
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March 10, 2021
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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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Alzheimer Europe sets out future vision of EU dementia policy
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December 17, 2020
Alzheimer Europe
Luxembourg, 9 December 2020 – At an online European Parliament workshop hosted by Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP (Finland), Alzheimer Europe launched a new report “Dementia as a European Priority – A Policy Overview”...
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Alzheimer Europe launches new guide targeted at health and soc...
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December 17, 2020
Alzheimer Europe
Luxembourg, 17 December 2020 – Alzheimer Europe today launched two new publications: “Intercultural dementia care for health and social care providers: a guide” and “Policy briefing on intercultural care and s...
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PANBioRA: Share your expertise
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February 14, 2019
Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum
Are you an expert working in the field of "biomaterials", "implants", "medical devices", "risk analysis", "multiscale modelling", "policies & regulations" or related fields?
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Looking back at one year of PANBioRA
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December 11, 2018
Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum
The EU-funded project PANBioRA aims to develop a method that can be applied to the standardized evaluation of biomaterials in order to assess intervention risks on several levels. After the first year of the project i...
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Fresh Products: an essential theme for short food supply chains
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June 13, 2018
youris.com GEIE
Inspirational field trip among good practices in Belgium and The Netherlands
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Discovering inspiring short food supply chains practices from ...
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March 26, 2018
youris.com GEIE
The Short Supply Chain Knowledge and Innovation Network, SKIN, continued its discovery trip among local good practices and innovative short food chains stories by meeting the people behind the short food supply chain ...
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Do you speak DNA?
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January 22, 2018
youris.com GEIE
Scientists are trying to decipher the language hidden in our bodies
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Repairing the brain
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December 12, 2017
youris.com GEIE
European scientists are studying a new generation of neuro-prostheses. The target patients are people with motor disabilities due to brain injuries, such as stroke
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Discovering short food supply chains good practices in urban a...
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October 30, 2017
youris.com GEIE
The Short Supply Chain Knowledge and Innovation Network, SKIN, is where good practices and local stories of innovation in the short food chains domain are. This is the place where food plays an essential role in bring...
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Dawn of a new era for European Short Food Supply Chains
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May 4, 2017
youris.com GEIE
An ambitious initiative is taking its first steps towards setting up a European network on Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC), where food is conceived as a place for trust, where producers and society must meet for the e...
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Annual award ceremony to celebrate excellence in scientific wr...
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November 9, 2016
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Annual award ceremony to celebrate excellence in scientific writing on illicit drugs
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