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Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016, a dramatic...
The European Union Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM) is inviting public comments on its latest draft Recommendation...
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In February 2017 two JRC certified reference materials have been listed as higher-order reference materials in the database of the Joint Committee for...
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After 3 years of intense work, the review of the EU environment standards for waste treatment is reaching an end. The Final stakeholders' experts...
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A new JRC Technical Report explores the potential impact of the implementation of Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) on the environment.An Ecological Focus...
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The JRC contributed to the development of a low cost and highly efficient screening strategy to implement the European Commission's Recommendation for...
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JRC scientists investigated critical steps in the indirect gas chromatographic mass spectrometric determination of fatty acid esters of...
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Tidal stream and wave energy technologies have showed considerable technological progress in 2016, culminated with the creation of the first ocean...
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The JRC Wind Energy Status Report 2016 presents key data on global market developments, technology trends and EU support to wind energy. The EU...
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The latest JRC MARS Crop monitoring bulletins for Europe and the European neighbourhood (part of the global outlook 2017 series covering North Africa...