27.08.10 Ninth ScanBalt Forum, Tallinn, Estonia

The Ninth ScanBalt (Scandinavia-Baltic) Forum 2010 will be organised in Tallinn, Estonia from 22 to 24 September 2010. The event will centre on the theme of 'Healthy future', focusing on a variety of issues from lifestyle and...

07.07.10 Foster announces major R&D investment by medical device manufacturer

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster today announced a £1.5million R&D investment by TG Eakin, in Comber.

The medical device manufacturer, which produces skin protection products for use in stoma and wound care, is currently...

30.06.10 Swedish Species Information Center to lead SEK 45-million project - biological diversity available on the Internet

In three years it will be possible to freely retrieve information about the occurrence of species in Sweden directly from one and the same portal, LifeWatch.

Via LifeWatch, it will then be possible to analyze species’...

22.06.10 Closer cooperation on marine energy

Norway and France have long shared close ties when it comes to the exploitation of offshore petroleum resources. Now the two countries are looking to expand that cooperation to include research and development on renewable marine...

17.06.10 Foster announces funding for new Innovation Partnerships

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster today announced details of a £630,000 collaboration project which will help local companies to exploit opportunities in the global marine energy sector.

The Minister made the announcement at a...

03.06.10 EU approves Norwegian-initiated marine research

Norway, Spain and Belgium have been given the EU's go-ahead for a large-scale joint European marine research programme. The cooperative effort will produce new knowledge about environmental conditions, marine resources and...

20.05.10 'European research and business speed-dating', Turin, Italy.

A 'European research and business speed-dating' event will be held on 6 July 2010 in Turin, Italy.

The brokerage event will aim to facilitate companies, research centres and universities to meet potential partners for research...

19.05.10 Lockdown on malaria

A groundbreaking UK-US study may give researchers worldwide the tools they need to contain the spread of malaria, a disease that can have fatal consequences. Published in the journal Science, the research was funded in part by...

12.05.10 Diving into ocean innovation

Existing Mace Head Buoy of the SmartBay network

07.05.10 Europeans target better health services for sub-Saharan Africa

People living in sub-Saharan Africa continue to feel the pressure of increasing poverty and morbidity (incidence of specific diseases). Teenagers in particular are at risk of reproductive health problems, and now a new EU-funded...