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Charlina Vitcheva from the JRC and Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia, signing a memorandum of understanding on behalf of the JRC and the municipality of Sofia.
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On 29 March 2019 Charlina Vitcheva, Deputy Director General of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Yordanka Fandakova, Mayor of...

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Governments that have a higher female representation are more impartial, more efficient and less corrupt
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Increasing women’s voice and participation in politics has clear positive impacts on the quality of governance, transparency and accountability.This...

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Women continue to be under-represented in science-related jobs.
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Observed since the early 1900s, the International Women's Day calls for gender equality and celebrates women's achievements.But after over 100 years...

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The new test method has the advantage of speed and simplicity.
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New, simple test developed to quickly trace the origin of smoking tobacco

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A new reference document will help competent authorities in the EU to ensure safety and lower the environmental impact from the management of waste from extractive industries
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A new reference document will help competent authorities in the EU to ensure safety and lower the environmental impact from the management of waste...

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Nanomaterials contain particles that are smaller than 100 millionths of a millimetre
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The JRC just released a report clarifying the key concepts and terms used in the European Commission's nanomaterial definition. This will support...

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Maurice Whelan and Valérie Zuang of the European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM).
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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).

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Commissioner Navracsics speaking at the opening of exhibition at Science meets Parliaments event
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Policy-makers and scientists are meeting in Brussels at the annual event promoting evidence-based policy-making.

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The study urges to limit global warmingand to foster rapid socioeconomic development  especially in sub-Saharan Africa where the most vulnerable populations are located
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Developing countries will be the worst hit by heatwaves caused by global warming. Heatwave risk and socioeconomic impacts will be significantly...

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