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Siberian engineers worked with a Dutch technological university to create a more efficient filtration system for industrial lubricants. Developed through the EU project MAGFIS, the new method uses magnets to cut costs.

Engineers based at the Siberian engineering school Tomsk Polytechnic University in Russia helped a fellow at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands develop a new magnetic filtration system that can cut costs by at least 20 %.

A team of mathematicians and scientists teamed up to make sense of the proteins inside all living organisms. Their groundbreaking analysis on EU project EVO-COUPLINGS could make developing medicines easier.

After water, proteins are the most abundant molecules in our bodies, making up muscles and other body tissues such as our hair. They are an essential component of all living organisms and scientists will be able to better understand them and develop medicines, thanks to new computational analysis lead by Marie Curie fellow Dr Lucy Colwell.

An Irish historian has accessed newly declassified documents in the United States and Britain in a new approach to the ‘Second Cold War’. His research on EU project INTERMESTIC is the first in-depth look at the role British and U.S. deputies played on their countries’ foreign policy and the ‘special relationship’.

Concrete production currently contributes significantly to CO2 emissions and climate change. Thanks to new eco-friendly materials, EU-funded scientists have found a way to reduce the carbon footprint of the construction sector.

Consumption of concrete is approximately 10 billion tonnes per year, making it the most widely used man-made material on Earth. Only water consumption is higher. Manufacturing all that concrete contributes 5 % of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

As semiconductor devices increase in complexity while decreasing in cost, manufacturers are becoming more reliant on metrological-led optimisation, from lab to fabrication. METRO4-3D puts three promising options through their paces.

An Italian-led consortium turned to rhubarb to develop an organic battery on EU project GREENERNET. The innovation is helping the partners grow revenues and compete in a growing market.

Rhubarb usually used in cooking may be gaining another role. An Italian-led consortium believes it could also hold the key to producing organic batteries. Green Energy Storage developed a 2.5 kW/10 kWh battery made from quinones – molecules produced during photosynthesis in plants like rhubarb – and successfully tested four of them in a grid system on project GREENERNET.

As robotic systems tackle more complex tasks in outer space, the sensors which provide the information to enable them to act autonomously need to be integrated for swifter feedback and more efficient control.

In practice, at the moment only a few smart grids (SGs), based on automated operations and smart metering, are up and running in Europe. The diversity of users and renewable energy resources present a very real challenge to the economic model. By focusing on consumer remuneration strategies, one EU project hopes to make SGs more attractive.

Optimised feeding strategies are crucial for sustainable fish farming. EU-funded researchers addressed the fragmented knowledge on aquafeeds’ impact on digestive function via experiments and simulation models to improve feeding strategies.

Fish farms are set to become the main producers of seafood, overtaking traditional capture fishery. They have the potential to relieve the pressure on dwindling fish stocks, but the feed used (aquafeed) is often based on smaller, wild species.

All over the world, the military have sought to cut the links between the population and guerrilla movements through the displacement and forced regrouping of rural and indigenous populations. EU-funded research has been looking into the use of ‘strategic villages’ and has uncovered interesting dichotomies.

It takes 10-15 years for a new drug to reach patients, involving costs as high as EUR 2.3 billion per drug. An EU-funded project has a solution that will reduce both drug delivery time to market and development costs.

The high cost of drug development is due to an inefficient drug selection process – only 1 out of 7 drugs that enter clinical trials are approved. Currently available technologies have not succeeded in reducing this high failure rate.

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The QuCC project has successfully recreated chemical reactions at interstellar space temperature, by using a new setup for collisional experiments.

One of the biggest challenges facing molecular science researchers is the observation of chemical reactions at low temperature. This amounts to recreating interstellar space-like conditions – where reactions take place at several Kelvin – and it is indeed essential to describing the processes taking place within a deep quantum regime.

The ‘one size fits all’ approach to medicine is slowly being put on the back burner. In the field of haemato-oncology, the move towards personalised treatments can already be seen in both cell and chemotherapy. But the BioBlood project is taking these new approaches to the next level.

EU researchers have turned the Doñana National Park into a real-life natural laboratory to evaluate the conditions needed to make fossils.

The fossil record is the main window for studying the past biodiversity of our planet and faunal and floral changes associated with previous environmental shifts. However, there is a need to look beyond face value when reconstructing the past. The EU-funded LiveDeadFossil project undertaken with the support of the Marie Curie programme turned to taphonomy, or the study of how fossil bones come to exist, to supply the answers.

The EU-funded AERFOR project helped advance an innovative software product that allows Europe’s busy airports to optimise passenger flows better.

A philosopher at the University of Leeds in Britain is carving out a more realistic picture of what our degrees of belief are and how they impact our decision-making. His EU-funded project calls into question what we thought we knew about doubt.

Today, children grow up surrounded by a multitude of digital devices. While this is the case, many parents and educators find the limited and expensive high-quality educational apps available in the market concerning. An EU-funded project offers an innovative solution.

Don’t throw away that plastic straw, it will kill sea creatures. Instead, get one you can eat.

Plastic waste from food or drink containers is lightweight, easily blowing or washing away. Every year, over 8 million tonnes accumulate in the world’s oceans, yet do not biodegrade. This figure is dramatically increasing.

EU-funded scientists have helped us see the tropical forest for the trees. First-ever in vivo observations of the response of palm trees to drought will have important implications for modelling climate change.

Forests, particularly tropical forests, play a critical role in modulating climate. In turn, they are significantly affected by it due to their integral role in the carbon and water cycles. However, current climate models do not take into account individual plant species.

Our knowledge of the processes linking Arctic warming (or Arctic amplification) to mid-latitude weather and climate is incomplete. However, a comprehensive understanding is crucial for accurate predictions of climate change, including extreme events.