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Thermoplastic materials used in biomedicine are typically hydrophobic, meaning they ‘dislike’ water. This property has presented significant challenges in terms of building more durable biomedical devices - until now.

One EU project’s work is making more efficient perovskite formulations, used in solar power generation, more readily available to us all.
Perovskite (a crystal made of three components) solar cells could give the photovoltaics energy sector the boost it needs. The benefit of solar cells is that they can be made semi-transparent, while displaying a much higher kWh/nominal power ratio when compared to traditional silicon solar cells.

Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), a leading independent biomedical research facility, is dedicated to determining the epigenetic, genetic, molecular and cellular origins of cancer, Parkinson’s and other diseases, and translating those findings into effective therapies. The Institute is home to more than 400 scientists and support staff that work in on-site laboratories and in collaborative partnerships that span the globe.

Around the world, scholars have long suffered harassment, detention, torture, and other forms of persecution as a result of their work. In the worst cases, scholars pay with their lives for their dedication to their academic work and freedom of thought. The Institute of International Education (IIE), an independent not-for-profit organization, has participated in the rescue of persecuted scholars since its founding in 1919. In 2002, IIE launched the Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) to formalize its commitment to protecting the lives, voices, and ideas of scholars around the globe.

One EU project’s work is making more efficient perovskite formulations, used in solar power generation, more readily available to us all.

Perovskite (a crystal made of three components) solar cells could give the photovoltaics energy sector the boost it needs. The benefit of solar cells is that they can be made semi-transparent, while displaying a much higher kWh/nominal power ratio when compared to traditional silicon solar cells.

An EU-funded project is using innovative technology to fight against food waste and loss.

One project proves the adage that for many millions of fans, football is much more than a game, by delivering an evidence-based health programme across European clubs.

The EuroFIT project harnessed the loyalty of football fans towards their clubs, to improve men’s health. The EU-supported project used state of the art behavioural science and social science to attract men to lifestyle change that would last a lifetime. Men worked together as a team to make improvements in their physical activity levels, diet, body mass index (BMI), well-being, vitality and health biomarkers.

Cement’s CO2 emissions can only be mitigated with carbon capture technologies. An EU team evaluated the options.

Climate change, also called global warming, is already starkly evident. The main cause is CO2 released into the atmosphere from human activity.

EU-funded research is shedding light on how European writers engaged with the subject of Elizabethan England.

As renewable energy gains a greater foothold in the energy mix, the focus on energy storage will increase correspondingly. Materials that increase efficiency of energy storage systems are urgently required.

Climate change is fuelling changes in fish behaviour and energy budgets. An EU-funded project has used fish ear stones to measure fluctuations in metabolic rate linked to adaptation in cod populations.

Fish keep track of their speed and orientation in the water while swimming using calcified structures called otoliths in their inner ear. Carbon, in the form of CO2 and calcium from the blood, makes up the calcium carbonate in these ear stones. Carbon in these otoliths is found in several forms – multiple isotopes – including the slightly heavy 13C and the lighter 12C.

Conversational artificial iintelligence (AI) such as chatbots, messaging apps and virtual assistants still has a way to go before enhancing user experience, creating operational efficiencies and reducing costs. An EU initiative developed Europe’s first voice and conversational AI platform to speed up this process.

Certain nanoparticles have been found to have a catalytic effect that reduces airborne pollutants. This process has been used to produce a non-toxic paint that also purifies the air.

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) found in traditional paint products can be as bad for human health as car emissions. Now the AIRLITE project has developed a natural paint product with the help of EU funds. Their paint uses nanoparticles instead of toxic chemicals that break down VOCs and airborne pollutants while also repelling bacteria, viruses and mould spores.

Στους παρακάτω συνδέσμους μπορείτε να ενημερωθείτε για υποτροφίες στο εξωτερικό. Οι θέσεις αυτές αποτελούν ένα μέρος των θέσεων που αναρτώνται καθημερινά σε διάφορους ιστότοπους και κατηγοριοποιούνται σε κύριες ομάδες ανάλογα με το αντικείμενο απασχόλησης.

Aνακοινώνεται ότι το Renmin Universityστην πόλη Suzhou της ανατολικής Κίνας προσφέρει πρόγραμμα σπουδών διετούς διάρκειας επιπέδου Master στο γνωστικό πεδίο των Σύγχρονων Κινεζικών Σπουδών στη Σχολή Silk Road School.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με το πρόγραμμα και τη διαδικασία υποβολής αιτήσεων μπορούν να βρουν οι ενδιαφερόμενοι στασυνημμένα (1 και 2) ενημερωτικά έγγραφα και φυλλάδια.

Οι αιτήσεις υποβάλλονται ηλεκτρονικά στο http://silkroad.school μέχρι την 30η Μαρτίου 2019.

The International Max Planck Research School in Chemical and Molecular Biology (IMPRS-CMB) is looking for talented and motivated PhD candidates of all nationalities with an interest in

BIOCHEMISTRY • BIOPHYSICS • CANCER BIOLOGY • CELL BIOLOGY • CHEMICAL BIOLOGY • DRUG DISCOVERY • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY • NETWORK BIOLOGY • STEM CELL BIOLOGY • STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY • SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY • SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

We expect excellent academic scores, prior research experience but most importantly commitment and enthusiasm to face the many challenges of a PhD project.

Mozilla is seeking technologists, activists, policy experts, and scientists who are building a more humane digital world.

Mozilla Fellows work on the front lines of internet health, at a time when the internet is entwined with everything from elections and free expression to justice and personal safety. Fellows ensure the internet remains a force for good — empowerment, equality, access — and also combat online ills, like abuse, exclusion, and closed systems.

The Turing Centre for Living Systems (CENTURI) wishes to attract talented postdoctoral fellows to the Luminy campus. To do so, CENTURI will fund up to 5 postdoctoral positions to start in 2019, for a maximum of two years. Postdocs will work in an interdisciplinary life science environment, and have backgrounds in any of the following fields: cell or developmental biology, immunology, neurobiology, biophysics, theoretical physics, computer science, bioinformatics, applied mathematics, engineering.

In the fields of history, art history, musicology, philosophy, German literature, architectural history, English, media studies, and Egyptology.

The eikones Graduate School at the Center for the Theory and History of the Image at the University of Basel invites applications for six doctoral fellowships on the theory and history of the image for three years beginning 1. September 2019.

The IWMF’s Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories, sponsored by The Secular Society, is a funding initiative supporting journalism produced by and about women. In an era of increased globalization, the need for varied coverage of gendered topics is critical to a free and representative press. These grants support reporting on untold stories surrounding issues that impact women and girls’ daily lives worldwide.