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Yield forecasts for winter crops – published today in the May issue of the JRC MARS crop monitoring Bulletin for Europe - were revised downwards by 2...
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A new study has assessed and provided management recommendations for the main corridors linking the few remaining jaguar populations in northern...
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JRC takes part in the revision and development of International Standards for equipment to enhance nuclear security and to increase the...
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JRC scientists identified a set of unique wheat-gluten peptides, proposed as wheat specific markers, using a comprehensive proteomic approach. These...
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In a recently published article, JRC scientists describe a new model framework that extends a large-scale soil survey to include nitrous oxide (N2O)...
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JRC scientists developed a novel method capable to identify the species of fish present in an unknown sample. This work will support enforcement...
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Education and employment authorities, organisations, companies and citizens from EU Member States count today with specific tools to improve and...
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It was estimated that, in 2012, nearly 140,000 patients in Europe were newly diagnosed with cancer of the stomach, and 107,000 Europeans died from...
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JRC scientists contributed to the development of an advanced data analysis method enabling the retrieval of thermodynamic and structural parameters of...
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JRC scientists, in collaboration with the EU FP7 funded project NanoMile, developed a flexible method to prepare size controlled and surface modified...
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Under JRC's leadership and in the frame of the EU-funded FP7 flagship project NANoREG, a team of experts in different fields (physicochemical...
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The JRC's European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) has published its recommendation on the use of non...
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A recently published Global Observations of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) sourcebook aims to support the efforts of the United Nations...
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According to the April issue of the JRC MARS crop monitoring bulletin for Europe published today, conditions of winter cereals are good, but more rain...
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In modern economies, critical infrastructures provide many essential goods and services (electrical power, telecommunications, water, etc.). But...
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JRC scientists developed and patented a new method for the rapid characterisation of surface hydrophobicity of nanomaterials. This is important for...
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On 5th April JRC-Ispra hosted a delegation from EFSA to discuss specific topics of common interest in the area of risk assessment related to chemicals...
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The JRC produced a fish reference material certified for its content of two priority substances, hexachlorobenzene and hexacachlorobutadiene. A novel...
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The JRC contributed to a research study on ultra-thin Cd1-xZnxS/CdTe solar cells which evaluated the cell performance as a function of zinc content...
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The JRC in its role as European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for Mycotoxins developed quick method of analysis for multiple mycotoxins. This work...