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As many as one in five German plant species could be lost from certain parts of the country as a result of climate change, according to new research. Even a small increase in temperature and other ecological stresses could be disastrous to some …

An international team of scientists including both European institutes and an institute in South Africa has identified the strain of bluetongue that threatened European livestock in 2006-2007. The strain is believed to have originated in …

Over 75 years ago, Japanese innovator Kokichi Mikimoto shovelled 720,000 pearls into a burning furnace. His actions reverberated around the world and across time itself. By showing his willingness to destroy so many pearls, he made a commitment to …

The 12th European roundtable on sustainable consumption and production (erscp2008) will take place from 23 to 25 September in Berlin, Germany, as part of the Forum for Sustainability of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research …

The 14th Micro-optics conference (MOC '08) will be held in Brussels, Belgium, from 25 to 27 September. MOC '08 provides a central forum for state-of-the-art scientific and technical information covering a wide range of micro-optic topics …

A revolution is set to occur in the world of European energy delivery. The ADDRESS European project, funded to the tune of EUR 9 million by the EU, aims to provide European citizens with the next evolution in energy delivery through the …

The Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology will hold the third Life Science Symposium in Leipzig, Germany, on 24 and 25 October. This time, the symposium will be dedicated to ischaemia and regeneration with a focus on stroke, cardiac …

As part of its Regional Gateway service, CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has launched a Regional Research and Innovation Service for the Italian region of Liguria. The service highlights the research and …

The European Research Council (ERC) has released details of the first round of recipients of its Advanced Grants in the physical sciences and engineering fields. Some 105 of the almost 1,000 applicants from these disciplines have been allocated …

EU-funded scientists have brought to light the three dimensional structure of a protein that is vital in preventing cancer. The protein in question, Mps1, plays an important role in regulating the number of chromosomes during cell division, and it …

The third European Science Foundation (ESF) conference on functional genomics and disease is scheduled for 1 to 4 October in Innsbruck, Austria. Developments in functional genomics technologies together with the expanding concept of systems …

The EU-funded PHOREMOST ('Nanophotonics to realise molecular-scale technologies') Network of Excellence is organising a workshop on advances in nanophotonics on 30 and 31 October in Barcelona, Spain. The workshop will consist of plenary …

CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has launched a new service providing detailed information on the Article 169 Initiatives. These four initiatives, supported under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), aim to …

European researchers have long set their sights on tackling malaria, a potentially deadly disease whose spread has not been as yet stopped in developing countries. Now, new research has brought to light one of the tricks the disease uses to …

The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has taken the most detailed images ever of the Martian moon Phobos. The pictures, which ESA describes as 'the best images of Phobos ever', reveal previously unseen details of the …

Contrary to what the general public believes, the latest research shows a link between fertility and diabetes in men. Speaking at the recent European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference, Dr Con Mallidis from Queen's …

The Euro-Southeast Asia cooperation forum on information and communication technologies (ICT) will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 6 and 7 October. The event is organised with the support of the SEACOOP project, which is funded by the European …

The Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) will hold a workshop on pathobiology in Cluj, Romania, on 24 and 25 October. The main aim of the two-day event is to find out how pathology, molecular diagnosis and tumour banking can be …

The Institute for Energy at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has launched a call for tenders for a study on market opportunities of electricity storage in stationary applications in the EU. The aim of the study is to provide …

The European Commission has officially appointed the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), paving the way for the launch of the first Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) under the new initiative. The …