Ερευνητικά Αποτελέσματα Ελλήνων Ερευνητών - Europedirect

Atherosclerosis is a major cause of death in developed countries. To understand disease pathobiology and the underlying biological processes, a European study developed an integrated computational model framework.

The EU-funded OPTICO project has established an adaptive and integrated computational framework, consisting of multi-scale, multi-phase phenomena-based modelling technologies, and advanced process analytics tools and optimisation/control techniques for intensified chemical/biochemical plant design and operation.

Export quotas imposed recently by rare earth producers have resulted in shortages and a dramatic price increase of these strategic materials. This has stimulated the search for new non-rare earth containing magnets.

Exploration is driven not only by scientific interest, but also the needs of the electric car and wind energy industries, amongst others. The rare earth permanent magnet (PM) segment accounts for over 60 % of the total magnet market, or over USD 6 billion. The rest is largely ferrites and the aluminium nickel cobalt (AlNiCo) family of iron alloys.