06.10.08 Eat your way to health with functional food

Functional foods are foods which can provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition. They include fruits and vegetables, whole grains and fortified or enhanced foods and beverages. Rapid advances in science and technology and a...

06.10.08 EU funds research into genetic disorders

Small changes to a piece of DNA, the genetic code, can result in a range of medical disorders. But now, exciting new developments in scientific research have helped to unravel the effects of variations in our genes. It has been...

06.10.08 SmartCell plants to grow pharmaceuticals

Plants provide us with food, fuel and shelter and take up carbon dioxide to give oxygen. But they also have another vital use, providing valuable drugs and materials that can be incorporated in modern medicine. The EU is...

04.09.08 CASCADE Open Forum gives food for thought

Everyone wants to know what their food contains. So too does the CASCADE Network of Excellence, which identifies and studies the chemicals in Europe's food and drinking water. Financed by the European Commission, the network...

04.09.08 EU pioneers new approach to nano-medicine

A new research project in the field of medical technologies will allow for collaboration between researchers in the European Union, Latin America, the Western Balkans and North Africa. The Action-Grid project is an EU funded...

04.09.08 How fresh is your juice?

A glass of orange juice first thing in the morning has become an essential part of many people's breakfast. The refreshing drink provides an excellent source of vitamin C, in the form of ascorbic acid, and potassium. It is also...

04.09.08 BASF Plant Science and VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) boost cooperation

New cooperation project involves expertise of 60 researchers of VIB and Ghent University

Main focus on prediction of gene functions through novel bioinfor-matics tools

Target is to find yield enhancing genes for corn and...

27.08.08 Process started to establish Norwegian Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research

A new Norwegian scheme “Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research” (CEER) seeks to develop expertise and promote innovation through focus on long-term research in selected areas of environment-friendly energy, transport...

26.08.08 Seeking public participation to develop new technologies

The new work programme for the research programme on Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of New Technologies (the ELSA programme) will focus on biotechnology, nanotechnology and neurotechnology, placing special emphasis on public...

26.08.08 New large-scale initiative on stem cell research

The Research Council of Norway has established a new Stem Cell Research Programme with the aim of finding treatment for seriously and chronically ill patients.