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A new JRC report reflects the changes that have occurred in R&I efforts at EU level in the area of smart grids since the publication of the first...
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A new JRC study– EU challenges of reducing fossil fuels in buildings – concludes that to meet EU decarbonisation goals, building renovations must not...
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The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published todaya report presenting the journey of implementing a mobility Living Lab in Ispra...
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A new JRC-led article shows how focussing either on the short- or long-term warming effects of methane can affect the effectiveness of climate...
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According to the December issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe, which was published today, continued fair autumn weather in most...
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To be more effective at encouraging the adoption of energy efficiency measures by citizens, policy should integrate behavioural and social aspects by...
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The November edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment is now available at:Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural...
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A recent JRC article describes a new model to help identify the origin of coastal litter, and applies this to the Mediterranean basin. It finds that...
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First successful transport for the TN®LAB, a new multimodal package dedicated to Hot Labs transports, from Germany to Belgium! On mid-November it has...
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Today isInternational Day of People with Disabilities. The JRC publishes a set of Public Health Indicators for better monitoring of healthcare needs...
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The FAO and the JRC were given a joint mandate to develop a Guidance Note on monitoring the sustainability of the bioeconomy under the auspices of the...
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A new paper in The Lancet Planetary Health finds that an extra 1 billion people experience water stress at least 1 month per year under high (3.2...
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While the popularity of international mobility programs has been increasing, debate continues over what students actually gain from this experience.
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The JRC publishes today a new brief on Dementia prevention in its Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Gateway on the occasion of the...
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A recently published JRC report summarises the presentations and discussions from the workshop on the decarbonisation of heavy-duty road transport...
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The new TRIMIS website, the European Commission's one-stop-shop for transport research and innovation,has been designed from scratch to provide direct...
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The series of IRMM-1027 Large-Sized Dried (LSD) spikes is prepared by the JRC to meet the existing requirements for reliable isotope reference...
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According to the November issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin - Crop monitoring in Europe, which was published today, continued fair autumn weather in most...
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More harmonisation of analytical methods for microplastic quantification in water is needed to obtain reliable and comparable data, according to an...
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Activities related to Artificial Intelligence in the JRC (EURATOM) started already in the late 1980’s when an “Expert System” was developed to...