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A summary of several unique experimental studies carried out by Joint Research Centre scientists on blockchain solutions for energy systems showing the potential blockchain has to revolutionise the energy market. Considerations and recommendations for policymakers are gathered in 5 clusters.
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JRC contributed to a chapter of the “Handbook of Cultural Heritage” published by Springer International Publishing.
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The February edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment reports reductions in food production in parts of Southern, Eastern and Northern Africa due to drought.
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The Commission’s expert panels on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices will be handed over to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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The JRC has released a new version of the Central Metadata Repository, a tool that facilitates the integration of data from rare disease registries across Europe
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The February issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe and the February edition of the JRC MARS Bulletin global outlook series on North Africa report a dry winter in much of Europe and North Africa.
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Best practice for measuring gamma-rays established in a revised IEC standard with JRC input.
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The January edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available on ASAP assessment website.
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According to the January 2022 issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe, which was published today, winter crops in most parts of...
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The JRC released a Certified Reference Material (CRM) ERM-AD484k for the detection of poultry (chicken and turkey) constituents in feed.In 2001, a...
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Investments in environmentally harmful activities are becoming more and more risky from a financial perspective. European Commission Strategy for...
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The Joint Research Centre recentlylaunched an online portal where laboratories, academia and industry can meet and exchange knowledge and experience...
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A new JRC study, Blending hydrogen from electrolysis into the European gas grid, investigates the implications for gas systems of blending hydrogen...
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A recent Nature Communications article finds that remote areas are not safe havens for biodiversity as generally thought, and that ecosystems may...
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With continued global warming induced by enhanced greenhouse gas concentrations, extreme weather and climate related risks are becoming increasingly...
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In the context of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy, the JRC is launching the IN-PACT questionnaire to assess to what extent...
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Artificial Intelligence may help to differentiate COVID-19 pneumonia from other forms of pneumonia when used in high-prevalence and symptomatic...
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A new paper, Drawing policy insights from social innovation cases in the energy field, co-authored by scientists from the European Commission's Joint...
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Eutrophication is a plague for aquatic ecosystems and affects human welfare through multiple effects on ecosystem services. Setting nutrient...
JRC has just launched a set of interactive dashboards containing detailed results on the macroeconomic impact assessment of the 2014-2020 Cohesion...