A pioneering rehabilitation system has been developed, with the aim of improving the quality of life of those suffering from brain damage.

The WALKX project, was co-funded for two years by the European Commission through the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), and developed by the Biomechanics Institute of Valencia (IBV) in Spain.

The home rehabilitation system supports the patient from sitting to ...

The Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform has launched a public consultation on Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA).

This is the first time that the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform will update this strategic document. The Platform believes that the Agenda needed to be revised as the needs for nuclear research in Europe have evolved since 2009. With a strong commitment ...

Water is the most important component of a plant's growth, but researchers have discovered that some plants can survive with less. Researchers in Europe are now working on developing crops that can tolerate droughts, specifically for bioenergy and bioproducts. The WATBIO ('Development of improved perennial non-food biomass and bioproduct crops for water stressed environments') project is funded under the ...

A team of international researchers from 14 institutions have met this week to present and debate the results of a 3-year study on water, conflict and security in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Sahel region in Africa.

The debate is part of the CLICO project, which brings together for the first time some of the world's leading researchers in water resource, vulnerability, and peace and security studies. ...

The Final Conference on 'Long-term Performance of the Engineered Barrier System (PEBS)' will be held from 6 to 7 February 2014 in Hannover, Germany.

Nuclear energy generation results in long lived, highly radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. The ultimate management solution for this waste is disposal in deep geological formations. In several disposal concepts radioactive waste packages are protected ...

The Eighth European Conference on Euratom Research and Training in Reactor Systems (FISA 2013) will be held from 14 to 17 October 2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The development and safe operation of nuclear installations in Europe is of vital importance for the future of nuclear energy. Helping ensure the safe generation of nuclear power has always been one of the top priorities of the Euratom Framework ...

The Eighth European Commission Conference on the Management of Radioactive Waste will take place from 14 to 16 October 2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Radioactive waste is not only produced in those states that use nuclear power for electricity generation, but also by many other applications, be it radiotherapies or industrial tests. It's safe management is therefore a challenge for all Member States, irrespective ...

From the city's mean streets to Facebook, the police are responding to ever-changing developments and have expanded their beat from the streets outside our door to the virtual pathways of social media, and in so doing, making sure that people are kept safe and criminals apprehended. A new report discusses in detail how social media can be used to support police work - from compiling criminal profiles based ...

A West Nile virus outbreak in 2010 was responsible for the deaths of 35 people in Greece. Can wild or migratory birds influence the import and increase of West Nile virus? A Greek-British team of researchers led by the University of Thessaly in Greece investigated whether they can, finding evidence that wild birds could have permitted West Nile virus maintenance and amplification before and during the virus ...

An international consortium of scientists has launched the EMERALD global mental health project to improve mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs). The project is funded with EUR 5.8 million by the European Union, under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7 2007/2013).

EMERALD stands for 'emerging mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries'. The project is being ...