Health

Fast, accurate and affordable food safety testing is now possible. Thanks to a portable scanner, farmers, food manufacturers and retailers can now do their own tests in the field, eliminating costly and time-consuming lab tests.

A new study has shown that the placenta also plays a role in fetal penis development by producing a second hormone outside the testes.

Scientists prove that two drugs are better than one in the battle to treat people infected with both a potentially deadly parasitic disease and HIV.

Scientists have placed a device in the arm of a below-elbow amputee to connect an artificial hand to the nerves and muscles. This will provide tactile sensations and better control of movements.

Scientists have come one step closer to introducing a preventive vaccine against pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) to the market.

In the battle against cancer, researchers have found two pathways that cells use to mend cancer-causing DNA damage.

An EU initiative has developed a hand-held scanner that can detect the early signs of cardiovascular diseases.

By identifying the most important genes for controlling immune cells, researchers may have opened the way to new treatments against tumours and infections.

Researchers with the EU-funded ExItALS project gain new insight on how Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) disease spreads so quickly – an important step towards being able to stop it.

Imagine a humanoid robot able to help industry workers carry heavy objects around or to assist doctors in their physiotherapy sessions. Such versatile robots will soon be a reality thanks to work under the EU-funded CogIMon project.

A new study has revealed that a lack in folate causes problems with cell division and DNA replication. What’s worse, the consequences are much more serious than previously thought.

Pollution is a serious issue in many parts of the world, especially in urban areas. Using novel graphene-based materials, researchers from the Graphene Flagship Functional Foams and Coatings Work Package have provided solutions to tackle environmental contamination, among other applications.

Integrating graphene sheets into silicon photonics could form the basis for next-generation data communications. Researchers from the Graphene Flagship initiative have pushed the technology closer to application by demonstrating the world’s first high-speed graphene-based data communication at a data rate of 50 Gb/s.

Experts have identified and assessed the standards for effective, personalised care of children in several EU countries.

Study shows people who undergo colectomy have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Graphene Flagship researchers produced graphene-based spintronics devices that utilise both electron charge and spin at room temperature. Demonstrating the spin’s feasibility for bridging distances of up to several micrometres, results open up new possibilities for integrating information-processing and storage in a single chip.

The world''s first two-dimensional material, graphene, possesses unique and outstanding properties. A major EU-funded initiative has developed the material and its application in a myriad of new technologies.

Graphene’s unique combination of properties paves the way for a wide variety of applications, from energy and electronics to biomedical devices and aircraft. To meet these increasing demands, researchers have to scale up graphene production to industrial scale.

In an ingenious set of experiments, European teams have tested graphene under microgravity conditions for the first time. The exciting results provide a valuable foundation for developing graphene devices for use in space.

An artificial pancreas could transform the management of type 1 diabetes in children aged 1 to 7, researchers say.