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New frontiers of imaging the human body

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:25:56 +0200

Twice a year the De Gennaro family travels 600 kilometres to Rome from their hometown of Crotone in the south of Italy. They are not tourists.…

High-tech textiles for a material world

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:30:18 +0200

It took just a matter of seconds to flatten L'Aquila in Central Italy. The earthquake, magnitude 5.8, killed 308 people there and in the surrounding…

Dustchasers seek answer to the Aral

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:39:16 +0200

40 years ago the Aral sea was the biggest landlocked body of water in the world. Now it is one of the driest places in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.…

Digital fight against breast cancer

Mon, 25 May 2009 18:35:36 +0200

Nijemgen, The Netherlands, a woman arrives for a breast cancer screening. An appointment she wouldn't want to miss. Every two years in The…

EU studies CO2 capture in great carbon roundup

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:40:51 +0200

Volcanic areas produce it, and so do we, in vast quantities. Carbon dioxide. Understanding the most abundant of greenhouse gases will help in…

Bilharzia and the 'fluke' discovery

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:00:05 +0200

Scientists researching a parasitic tropical disease have discovered that the condition might have some unexpected benefits. Bilharzia afflicts…

Looking inside the Sun

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:15:54 +0200

The mysteries of the Sun are slowly being unravelled as scientists pioneer new techniques to look inside our star. European researchers are using…

Radio tags and invisible ink to rescue European forests

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:06:54 +0100

From the pine trees in southern Europe to the spruce forests near the Arctic Circle, about 25 million cubic meters of wood are wasted every year in…

Europeans pioneer ocean acidification research

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:15:45 +0100

European scientists are carrying out pioneering research into ocean acidification. As CO2 is released into the atmosphere it is absorbed by our seas,…

A new light on energy efficiency

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:11:01 +0100

Lighting accounts for a quarter of energy costs in Europe. Replacing outdated light bulbs with more advanced devices is an efficient way to cut our…

Malaria: tracking a serial-killer

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:30:01 +0100

Every year, there are approximately 500 million cases of malaria around the world. The disease kills one child every minute in Sub- Saharan Africa.…

A hi-tech future for ageing Europe

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:09:05 +0100

Europe's population is ageing rapidly. Increasingly, senior citizens expect to remain active and integrated members of the community. Seeking to…

Monitoring greenhouse gas exchange

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:28:05 +0100

From peat bogs to forests, the ecosystems around us as are constantly emitting and absorbing greenhouse gases. In Germany and Poland, scientists…

Worlds Apart - The Search for Exo-Planets

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:21:04 +0100

European astronomers are scouring the Universe, convinced it is littered with planets similar to those in our Solar System. They are searching for…

The hands-free future for transport

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:17:34 +0100

There is a new breed of transport being developed to relieve the congestion which is choking Europe's city-centres. Researchers are looking for…

The robot child

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:37:18 +0100

The iCub is a wide-eyed robot that wants to learn like a baby. European researchers are working with child psychologists and neuroscientists to build…

Providing mobility for all

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:07:36 +0100

Mobility impaired Europeans face plenty of hurdles when moving around towns and cities. Often daunting city centres undermine their freedom of…

Unlocking the secrets of the deep in 3D

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:13:02 +0200

European marine archaeologists have developed a complex new technique to study shipwrecks, too deep for divers to explore. By combining photography,…

European and Asian quest for better rice

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:08:14 +0200

European and Asian scientists are working together to produce more fragrant, more nutritional rice. Having revealed the grain's secrets researchers…

Getting the best from wine waste

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:24:54 +0200

As the grapes are harvested in Europe's vineyards, scientists are looking at ways of turning the toxic waste left from wine-making into…

Dye Another Way: The Secret Agents of Colour

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:06:15 +0200

Researchers around Europe and the Mediterranean are looking at new ways to preserve ancient icons and textiles. The plant and insect pigments used to…