By Katrina Hutchins Conference on resource efficiency and sustainable consumption Copenhagen, 27 May 2021. Presentations and discussion: 9 am – 12 pm CET Networking/debate: 3 pm – 5 pm CET Programme and registration are available via i-REXFO Registration closes 21 May 2021 Unsustainable patterns of consumption are a primary cause of climate change, land degradation, resource…
Read the article “Rapid prototyping of soft bioelectronic implants for use as neuromuscular interfaces” from the journal “nature biomedical engineering” published in September 2020 here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-020-00615-7 Read the article “Printed elastic membranes for multimodal pacing and recording of human stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes” from the journal “npj: flexible electronics” published in July 2020 here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41528-020-0075-z?elqTrackId=a25d5a050e254713978145e7b7683f46 …
The INTEGRABRAIN Team Professor Ivan Minev Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering Professor of Intelligent Healthcare Technologies Bio: Ivan Minev studied Physics at Imperial College London graduating in 2008. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 2012. Working in the group of Stephanie Lacour, he was involved in developing stretchable…
Between light and matter Light-based information fluxes manipulated by robust topological soft matter structures State-of-the-art In our ever-growing digital world, finding fast and efficient ways of manipulating and transmitting information unlocks the possibility to implement more efficient business models (e.g. using big data, cloud computing, deep learning), as recognised by the European Commission’s Digital Single…
Belinda Pletzer and team have just launched a Frontiers research topic on the effects of hormonal contraceptives on the brain. The research overview can be found here: Effects of Hormonal Contraceptives on the Brain: Oral contraceptives just celebrated their 60th anniversary and are used by 150 million women worldwide. Their primary function is to downregulate the…
FOXES (an acronym for Fully Oxide-based Zero-Emission and Portable Energy Supply) wants to develop a novel stand-alone zero emission solid-state power generating and storage system. The FOXES project gained support under the Horizon 2020 – FET Proactive programme and it will run for 48 months, until September 2024. Within this timeframe, the researchers propose an…
Forensic Treatment of Young People as a Chance By Laura Kirschbacher Forensic treatment of young people is an area of conflict: Between rules and educational work, on the one hand and the opportunities for teenagers’ and adolescents’ personal development, on the other hand. Between reform and safeguarding, between educational missions and instructions for building up…
Innovative. Close to domicile. Human. by Elena Posth & Romina Männl Mental health is a major issue in Rhineland-Palatinate. For years, Pfalzklinikum, as a service provider for mental health, has been trying to make treatment and care more innovative. This year, Pfalzklinikum was able to start into a new era of treatment at all its…
Fifty-eight novel, high-impact technologies have been selected in the last round of investment from the European Innovation Council (EIC) ‘Pathfinder Open’ Pilot, funded under Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme. This last call of European Innovation Council (EIC) ‘Pathfinder Open’ Pilot has represented the highest-ever budget (€191 million), number of selected projects (58)…
The Commission is supporting 23 new research projects with a total of €128 million to address the continuing coronavirus pandemic and its effects. The 23 projects involve 344 research teams from 39 countries, including 32 participants from 15 countries outside of the EU. The funding will enable researchers to strengthen and adapt industrial capacity to…