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JRC scientists, in collaboration with six Italian Institutions, demonstrated that vesicular nanocarriers such asniosomes, are able to entrap drugs for...
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The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) has developed a new Certified Reference Material (CRM) for nanoparticle size analysis...
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The Euratom Treaty, signed in 1957, laid the foundation for the peaceful use of nuclear materials and technologies in the European Community.In...
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Scientists from the JRC and US Environmental Protection Agency examined how and to what extent mathematical models of biological organisms are used in...
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At the JRC we collect and describe Best Practices in environmental management. Our goal is to provide inspiration and practical guidance to...
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A study on targeted alpha therapy of prostate cancer conducted by JRC Karlsruhe and University Hospital Heidelberg has won the 2017 Marie Curie Award...
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The JRC's Cancer Information team and the Steering Committee of the European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR) organised a Scientific Symposium on...
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The Joint Research Centre (JRC) teams up with Canadian partners to explore the role of scientists as conveners and as ambassadors for facts in a hyper...
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On 18 and 19 October 2017, the JRC hosted the first workshop with EU competent authorities on approaches and processes for signal detection and...
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In an article recently published in Ecology, JRC scientist Giovanni Strona, together with Professor Werner Ulrich (Nicolaus Copernicus University) and...
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A new set of GMO certified reference materials (CRMs) was developed by the JRC. This GMO is composed of five CRMs, certified for their mass fraction...
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JRC scientists investigated the influence of various purification processes onto the surface composition and chemistry of gold nanoparticles. This...
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A collaborative study, organised by JRC, investigated the comparability and reliability of particle size values measured by a commercial centrifugal...
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The October issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin Crop monitoring in Europe and the Kazakhstan issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin global outlook series were...
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Scientists from the JRC and the Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA, Belgium) have investigated the performance of a commercial...
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The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is developing the EU Platform on Rare Diseases Registration. An important component of the...
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In 2016 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published ISO 17034:2016 on the general requirements for the competence of...
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Eutrophication and its detrimental effects on coastal ecosystems is one of the biggest issues in many regions of the world. Human activities and...
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EU-NETVAL is a large network of highly qualified test facilities across Europe, coordinated by the Joint Research Centre to support the in vitro...
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International experts, including JRC scientists, recommend as outcome of special workshop the deletion or replacement of specific animal tests for the...