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New concepts and guidance for assessing the commutability of reference materials for the use as calibrators in clinical measurements were developed by...
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Food production and water provision are are two urgent socio-economic and environmental issues in the Mediterranean region. Because these aspects are...
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New report summarises the outcome of a workshop organised by the Joint Research Centre's EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing...
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The European Solar Test Installation (ESTI) has been successfully audited for accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025, a quality management system for test and...
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JRC scientists find in a recently published paper that significant changes in north-western Mediterranean productivity are likely due to climate...
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A recent paper illustrates how the effects of climate change threaten biodiversity, local economies, and social and cultural systems in the Arctic...
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The JRC's EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) has launched a study to review alternative methods and models being...
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According to the April issue of the JRC MARS Crop monitoring in Europe Bulletin (Vol. 26 No 4), which was published today, in many parts of Europe...
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The Short-term outlook for EU agricultural markets in 2018 and 2019, which presents the outlook for 2018-2019 for arable crops and meat and dairy...
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Ecosystems deliver essential goods such as food, energy, raw materials, air and water. They also regulate our climate and provide habitats for...
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JRC scientists developed a rapid analytical method for the identification and quantification of more than 100 liquid smoke components. The work is...
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The JRC has released ERM‑CA403 - a new Certified Reference Material (CRM) based on seawater that was certified for the mass concentrations of eight...
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The JRC released a new set of certified reference materials (CRMs) for genetically modified maize. These GMO CRMs will enable control laboratories to...
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The world's first comprehensive evidence-based assessment of land degradation and restoration highlights some sobering facts regarding how worsening...
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The latest edition of the monthly Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) Global Overview, which reports on agricultural production of...
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The JRC has developed and released ERM-BD512,a new reference material based on dark chocolate and certified for four trace elements: cadmium, copper...
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2018 is the European Year of Cultural Heritage. To mark the occasion, the Joint Research Centre, together with Universita’ La Sapienza in Rome and the...
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The JRC released ERM®-CC537a, a new freshwater sediment Certified Reference Material (CRM) for the analysis of flame retardants (polybrominated...
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The JRC has recently published a Science-for-Policy report that quantitatively assesses biomass production, supply, uses and flows in the European...
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The future of food safety and nutritional quality of diets often seems to be taken for granted. But should it? JRC in close collaboration with the...