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RSS![immigration building](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/fotolia-jonny-lye-immigration.png?itok=DAbFwi59)
This study analyses immigrants’ employment trends in Member States to help build a knowledge base for policies designed to maximise integration in the...
![The report analyses the potential impact of different policy approaches to a future CAP](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/science_for_an_evolved_common_agricultural_policy.jpg?itok=ss3ul4hA)
A positive future for food and farming with a strong EU agri-food sector also depends on an effective Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).Scientists have...
![The JRC has defined the data elements considered to be essential to enable further research into rare diseases.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/rare-disease-adobestock_65638294.jpeg?itok=0rUv2lYc)
The Commission has defined a uniform standard for the collection of data on rare diseases in Europe. This is a first step towards ensuring that the...
![soil erosion](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/lucag-g-stock-adobe-water-erosion.jpg?itok=blCkkgWW)
According to a new study, almost 36 billion tons of soil is lost every year due to water, and deforestation and other changes in land use make the...
![The JRC and INERIS signed a Memorandum of Understanding on future collaboration on 14 December 2017.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/industrial-environment-risk-jrc-ineris-img_6870.jpg?itok=VUrGw3sx)
Today the JRC signed an agreement with the French Institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques (INERIS) to reinforce cooperation in...
![Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, remains largely underdiagnosed. Therefore, reliable markers are necessary.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/alzheimer-barabasattila-adobestock_68278917.jpeg?itok=AUlOcnvf)
The JRC released a new scientific yardstick, in the form of a certified reference material, to help early detection of Alzheimer's disease.
![JRC fisheries experts will continue to support the process to enable sustainable fisheries in the Arctic in the future](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/fishing-ban-adobestock_176820692.jpeg?itok=NBPJBBwH)
The European Union and nine nations have reached an international agreement to prevent unregulated commercial fishing in the Arctic high seas.
![LVOCs have a key role in the manufacturing process of many of our everyday products.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/eu-standars-lvoc-adobestock_98868903small.jpg?itok=pWw6rYYp)
New emissions and efficiency standards will help national authorities to lower the environmental impact of Large Volume Organic Chemicals production.
![The JRC’s data helps policymakers understand the most cost-effective strategies](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/lighting-world-title-pic.jpg?itok=jn1IAW9O)
This study combines geospatial tools and energy system modelling to identify least-cost electrification strategies for 44 Sub-Saharan countries.
![The 2017 edition of the EU R&D Scoreboard (the Scoreboard) comprises the 2500 companies investing the largest sums in R&D in the world in 2016/17](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/european_companies_jack_up_investment_into_research_and_development.jpg?itok=_b9T3aQH)
European Union firms have significantly increased their investments in research and development (R&D), rising above the world's average growth rate.
![The new web portal provides up-to date information on topics related to the promotion of health and well-being, in particular the prevention of non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-12/a_gateway_to_knowledge_on_health.jpeg?itok=ozfOIs4n)
The European Commission has launched a Knowledge Gateway on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention to support the implementation of health policies...
![This Scientific Opinion will inform future EU policies to help increase the quantity of sustainable food coming from the ocean.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-11/sam-food-oceans-copyright-alessandromannini2017.jpg?itok=qgb7QdIS)
Today the High Level Group of the Commission's Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) published a Scientific Opinion on food from the oceans, to which the...
![Africa EUMETSAT, 2017](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-11/africa-title-pic.jpg?itok=Ug1tKL_e)
Over 30 years of JRC scientific collaboration with Africa have been compiled in one publication, "Science for the AU-EU Partnership - Building...
![Floodings](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-11/adobestock-85096058-floodings.jpg?itok=-ex6hKFF)
Damage to critical infrastructure caused by climate hazards could triple by the 2020s and multiply over ten-fold by the end of the century.Over the...
![This year's edition of "Science meets Parliaments" focuses on the role of science in a post-fact society.](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-11/science-meets-parliaments.jpg?itok=r_1v6xQY)
For the third time, Members of the European Parliament, policy-makers from EU institutions, Member States, national parliaments, regional authorities...
![The JRC provided input on key observations in the 3rd Energy Union report](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-11/energyunion-title-pic.png?itok=jC9Huh2n)
The JRC's scientific input formed the basis for key observations in the European Commission’s 3rd State of the Energy Union report, which tracks...
![JRC scientists used a range of models and scenarios to assess the potential impacts of climate change on global agriculture](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-11/climate-change-global-agriculture_title-pic.png?itok=KiFjMbwp)
A JRC analysis of potential climate change and mitigation impacts on global agriculture looks to 2050 and highlights the importance of careful policy...
![The JRC sent egg samples to 85 European laboratories](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-11/eggs-flickr-kevin-choi.jpg?itok=EnVbfSEv)
Almost all (79 out of 85) laboratories were able to quickly and accurately determine the amount of fipronil and its main degradation product, fipronil...
![The JRC’s data shows the greenhouse gas emissions savings of bioenergy and biofuel pathways](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2018-05/sustainable-bioenergy-biofuel-production_title_pic.jpg?itok=HFkEg5-N)
Some bioenergy and biofuel pathways have higher greenhouse gas savings than others, according to the latest data published by the JRC.
![Southern Poland hosts most of the cities with highest particulate pollution in Europe](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-11/sherpa-air-quality-adobestock_131246643_copyright_grzegorz_polak.jpeg?itok=2_efcL-h)
The European Commission published an Air Quality Atlas for Europe that maps the origins of fine particulate matter in Europe's largest cities.