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New, simple test developed to quickly trace the origin of smoking tobacco
A new reference document will help competent authorities in the EU to ensure safety and lower the environmental impact from the management of waste...
Today, marking Rare Disease Day, the European Commission is launching a new online knowledge-sharing platform to support better diagnosis and...
The JRC produces dataset of all geothermal power plants worldwide
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is currently looking for motivated staff, to mainly work in Seville, Petten, Ispra, Geel and...
The JRC just released a report clarifying the key concepts and terms used in the European Commission's nanomaterial definition. This will support...
Every year, hundreds of millions of people worldwide send or receive money through a money transfer system or by informal channels, generating some...
The JRC's status report on alternatives to animal testing is just out. We interviewed the lead author and head of the laboratory (EURL ECVAM).
Policy-makers and scientists are meeting in Brussels at the annual event promoting evidence-based policy-making.
Surface water protection is far below global targets in over half of the world’s countries.
This World Cancer Day, the JRC releases 17 new recommendations on breast cancer screening and diagnosis
Developing countries will be the worst hit by heatwaves caused by global warming. Heatwave risk and socioeconomic impacts will be significantly...
Researchers find considerable variability in access to green spaces across Europe’s cities
The JRC's new Urban Centres Database provides new open data for over 10 000 cities worldwide. Data analysis highlights very diverse development...
Global fossil fuel CO2 emissions rose by around 1 percentage point in 2017 after remaining at the same level for three consecutive years.
The JRC has signed a Research Framework Arrangement (RFA) with the University of Hohenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With this, both...
Worried about the effects of global warming, new data protection regulations and fake news, Santa Claus is taking advantage of JRC science to align...
There's a lot more going on in our guts than Christmas dinner, according to a new report from the JRC.
Launched in December 2017, the JRC's Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Gateway provides up-to-date, independent and reliable...
JRC scientists have started investigating how chemical substances migrate from cattle manure to water. The research aims at minimising contamination...