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The EU-funded project SHARE ('Survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe') has shown, among other things, that women live longer than men, especially in southern European countries, and that men are not sick as often as women, …

Norwegian, Belgian and British scientists are embarking on a new project to determine whether or not cod are able to feel pain. Although fish show many signs of being able to experience the sensation, very little is known about how their brains …

Scientists from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science in the UK travelled to Chile to determine how huge swathes of cloud hanging over the southeast Pacific are impacting climate and weather on Earth. The team believed their work would help …

The International Space University (ISU) is organising its 13th annual international symposium under the title 'Space for a Safe and Secure World' from 18 to 20 February 2009 in Strasbourg, France. The symposium is intended as an …

The International Conference on Computer-Supported Education (CSEDU 2009) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 23 to 26 March 2009. The Internet is a popular medium for distance learning, and CSEDU 2009 is being planned to give an overview of …

Europe's Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNE-TP), launched in September 2007, has presented its strategic research agenda (SRA) outlining science and technology research and development (R&D) priorities for the next 10 …

Europe's space ministers are backing a range of new and existing initiatives that give Europe the opportunity to enhance its role in space and use space applications to respond more effectively to global challenges such as climate change and …

The world of artificial cognitive systems and machine learning is moving at a fast pace and is becoming a major international research challenge. New techniques are being developed in this field that will transform many aspects of our day-to-day …

A conference on 'The role of third-sector organisations in changing welfare systems in Central and Eastern European countries' will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 5 and 6 February 2009. It is organised by the EU-funded CINEFOGO …

A European Conference on Synthetic Biology (ECSB) will be held in Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, from 29 March to 3 April 2009. The event dedicated to the 'Design, programming and optimisation of biological systems' is jointly organised …

Italian researchers have bred mice that exhibit similar deficits to those experienced by people with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a prion disease similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The EU-funded study, published in the journal Neuron, …

An international team of oceanographers investigating the Southern Ocean has discovered that currents of the Southern Ocean are impacting those of the Atlantic Ocean. Their findings are published online in the journal Geophysical Research …

German and Japanese scientists have discovered that lakes located in the planet's warmer and colder regions will fall victim to climate change. Their data showed higher temperatures in the deep water layers of lakes in the south of Japan, …

A European seminar entitled '2012 MarineTargets: European marine strategy and issues in the high seas' will take place in Brest, France, from 9 to 11 December. On the basis of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Member States …

The EU-funded CINEFOGO ('Civil society and new forms of governance in Europe: the making of European citizenship') Network of Excellence is organising a workshop on the methodological challenges in cross-national participation research …

The EU's ASTRONET project ('Coordinating strategic planning for European astronomy') presented its infrastructure roadmap for the future of European astronomy this week. The roadmap sets out research priorities over the next 20 …

A new EU-funded project has been launched to produce state-of-the-art knowledge on food labelling for nutritional advice. FLABEL ('Food labelling to advance better education for life') is the first EU-funded research project on …

Do your muscles ache after clicking your mouse and staring at your computer screen for hours on end? Experts tell us that we must take short breaks throughout the day, but many of us often ignore the advice, at the risk of causing repetitive …

A researcher from Hungary has developed a mathematical model that accurately reflects the collective landing of starling flocks. The study was part of the EU-funded STARFLAG project ('Starlings in flight: understanding patterns of animal …

The group of the European People's Party and European Democrats (EPP-ED) in the European Parliament will hold a hearing on European values, regional identity and intercultural dialogue on 11 December in Brussels, Belgium. The hearing is …