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A new version of the Invasive Alien Species in Europe app has been published for Android and iOS.Since this update, the app is now available in 11...
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The European Commission holds its 3rd Annual Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival from 6-12 December, 2020.The Festival is an open...
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The JRC, with the support of its partners GAF, SIRS and the Wageningen University, organised a series of online workshops with five different tropical...
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Two editions of the JRC MARS Bulletin global outlook series were published today, on Russia and Kazakhstan.Reasonable yields expected in RussiaAfter a...
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A potential protective effect of smoking against symptomatic COVID-19 cannot be verified, according to a new JRC study.Soon after the pandemic started...
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On September 28, 2020 the first beam-time at the MONNET (MONo energetic Neutron Tower) Research Infrastructure started in the frame of the JRC...
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While laboratory studies have shown that environmental conditions influence the spread of COVID-19, a significant impact of outdoor air pollution on...
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The September edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available at:Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural...
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The European branch of Westinghouse Electric Company has recently signed a contract with the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company (NNEGC...
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An extensive photovoltaic (PV) measurement comparison, carried out as part of an EU-funded FP7 project, demonstrates the ongoing need to share good...
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Materials play a key role as enablers of new technologies and thisnew edition of Comprehensive Nuclear Materials, with the JRC scientist Rudy Konings...
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A team of international scientists has devised a new monitoring and reporting framework to help protect World Heritage Sites from invasive alien...
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The EU’s Soil Health and Food Mission Board presented its proposal for a mission on soil, entitled "Caring for Soil is Caring for Life", at the...
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Tracing the radioactive fallouts back to global nuclear weapon testing and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, an international group of...
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The new list-mode data format standard IEC 63047 has been successfully implemented on a mobile robot carrying a radiation detector.The format supports...
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This media surveillance collects articles reported through publicly available web sites.It is created with the Europe Media Monitor (EMM).The...
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A new JRC study describes almost 300 non-animal models used for research on respiratory diseases and the development of new drugs and therapies...