The food industry will face significant challenges in the future. However, an EU-funded project has created an international research network capable of confronting environmental threats as well as consumer demand for traceable, ethical ingredients.
With some 210 million buildings in Europe, most of them energy inefficient, the scope for sustainability gains is huge. How would Europe deal with the cost of all those renovations? An EU-funded pilot scheme that already involves 65 banks is proposing incentivised mortgages as a way to leverage the necessary funds, fast.
EU-funded researchers behind a breakthrough solar-energy technology have also laid the material foundations for a new generation of digital displays that could surpass latest-generation OLED screens in brightness, colour range and energy efficiency.
Un proyecto financiado con fondos europeos ha sido pionero en idear nuevas técnicas para detectar y compartir información de brotes infecciosos. Estos métodos se utilizarán en el futuro para mejorar las respuestas de salud pública a una pandemia. En estos momentos, varias de esas herramientas se siguen desarrollando para abordar en concreto la propagación de la COVID-19.W ramach finansowanego ze środków UE projektu opracowywano innowacyjne techniki wykrywania i wymiany informacji o ogniskach chorób zakaźnych. Metody te będą stosowane w przyszłości w celu poprawy reakcji systemów opieki zdrowotnej na pandemie. Niektóre z narzędzi opracowanych w ramach projektu są dalej rozwijane, aby ograniczyć rozprzestrzenianie się COVID-19.Ein EU-finanziertes Projekt entwickelte neue Techniken zur Erkennung und gemeinsamen Nutzung von Daten über die Ausbrüche von Infektionskrankheiten. Diese Methoden werden künftig eingesetzt, um die Reaktionen der Gesundheitspolitik auf Pandemien zu verbessern. Schon jetzt werden einige der in dem Projekt erarbeiteten Instrumente weiterentwickelt, um sie gezielt im Kampf gegen COVID-19 einzusetzen.Un progetto finanziato all’UE introduce nuove tecniche per individuare e condividere informazioni sulle epidemie di malattie infettive. Questi metodi saranno impiegati in futuro per migliorare le risposte della sanità pubblica alle pandemie. Alcuni strumenti concepiti nel progetto sono già in via di ulteriore sviluppo per affrontare nello specifico la diffusione della Covid-19.Un projet financé par l’UE a développé de nouvelles techniques pour détecter les épidémies de maladies infectieuses et partager ces informations. Ces méthodes serviront à l’avenir pour améliorer les réponses de santé publique aux pandémies. Certains outils conçus dans le cadre de ce projet sont perfectionnés spécifiquement pour contrer la propagation de la COVID-19.An EU-funded project has pioneered new techniques to detect and share information about infectious disease outbreaks. These methods will be used in the future to improve public health responses to pandemics. Already, some of the tools devised in the project are being further developed to specifically tackle the spread of COVID-19.Et EU-finansieret projekt har fundet banebrydende nye teknikker til at finde og udveksle oplysninger om udbrud af smitsomme sygdomme. Disse metoder vil fremover blive brugt til at forbedre sundhedsberedskabet over for pandemier. Nogle af de værktøjer, der er udtænkt i dette projekt, er allerede under videreudvikling med henblik på specifikt at tackle spredningen af covid-19.
Plug-and-play smart cities? An open source platform jointly developed by Japanese and EU-funded researchers is facilitating the deployment of smart city technologies in urban centres worldwide to tackle urban challenges ranging from air quality and energy use to traffic congestion and infrastructure upkeep.
The intensification of human-driven activity in space over the past 60 years has led to a proliferation of debris orbiting the Earth. An EU-funded project is pioneering new technology that can clean up this problematic space junk.
Μάθετε για τον ρÏŒλο της ΕυρωπαÏŠκής Επιτροπής ÏŒσον αφορά την προÏŽθηση και την εφαρμογή των πολιτικÏŽν της ΕΕ. Το Îργο της Επιτροπής καθοδηγεί το ΣÏŽμα των ΕπιτρÏŒπων με επικεφαλής τον πρÏŒεδρÏŒ της. Οι επίτροποι εργάζονται για την υλοποίηση συγκεκριμÎνων πολιτικÏŽν προτεραιοτήτων τις οποίες καθορίζει ο πρÏŒεδρος της Επιτροπής.
Until recently, there was no treatment specific to alpha-mannosidosis, one of the many rare diseases that jointly affect some 30 million citizens in Europe alone. Today, there is as EU-funded research developed enzyme-replacement therapy to stop the illness in its tracks, and this medicine is on the market.
EU-funded researchers are using innovative genomic and microfluidic technologies to identify useful enzymes in nature which could reduce the need for toxic chemicals, save energy, and boost the overall sustainability of a range of industries, from agriculture to pharmaceuticals.
Enzymes could make many chemical conversions more efficient, more sustainable and more affordable - and marine microbes produce an abundant variety of these biological catalysts, say EU-funded researchers who set out to find new ones for use in industry. A vast collection, new knowledge, four patents and a start-up are the result.
Amid an urgent need to cut carbon emissions to combat climate change, EU-funded researchers have developed a new generation of highly efficient power plants for generating heat and electricity from biomass.
Getting people to wear bicycle helmets can be tricky. Many cyclists complain that helmets are just too hot. But EU-funded researchers are now making the headgear a lot cooler, creating an extra incentive to wear it while boosting safety.