Health

An EU project named in honour of the founder of modern nursing is developing a novel toolkit to help first responders as they go about saving lives.

Breathing uneasy: new lung cancer discovery rings alarm bells about the urgent need to improve air quality.

A hybrid model integrating two quantum simulators in two supercomputers paves the way for the post-exascale era.

With support from an EU-backed research team, Israeli scientist Prof. Ehud Pines has proven his theory about proton movement through water.

Drone flight demonstrations are underway in Norway to increase insight into urban air mobility (UAM) possibilities in emergency medical service delivery.

Researchers have discovered that tumours disrupt their metabolism in order to spread more aggressively, potentially opening up new avenues for cancer treatment.

A cutting-edge diagnostic system limits disease spread in modern animal production systems using photonics biosensors, promoting animal and food safety.

What really goes on in a photopolymerisation process? Scientists combined two chemical reaction monitoring methods based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology to find out.

Food sensitivities are on the rise around the world. But why do certain ingredients cause these reactions, and can anything help? Expert Araceli Díaz-Perales gives it to us in a nutshell.

Scientists have taken an important step towards developing novel treatments to combat HIV. Their new technology can be used to investigate key stages in the life cycle of variant HIV-1.

Are you at risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease (CVD)? Then you are more likely to become depressed, according to recent research.

Scientists are investigating to what extent adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with a higher risk of conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels.

What are Europeans’ views on the COVID-19 pandemic? And how do they feel about the scientists and governments involved in dealing with it? An EU-backed survey takes a look.

Suppose doctors could predict decades in advance if we are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) or cardiovascular disease (CVD). A new study on lipid profiling may have just found a way.

An EU-funded study looks at mortality in 2 rural areas in the United Kingdom during temperature extremes over a 38-year period.

EU-backed researchers make food safety training fun. Their online cooking game increases consumer awareness of safe food handling while training them to engage in risk-reducing behaviour.

Armed with digital technologies, the EU-funded HyperCOG project is helping to create the factories of the future. Its smart system promises to increase production performance and reduce emissions and energy use in Europe’s process industries.

Thanks to the launch of a new dashboard, anyone can use their smartphone to help scientists track mosquitoes – the deadliest animals on Earth.

Despite effective vaccines, the disease kills around 59 000 people a year. We asked medical anthropologist Deborah Nadal why rabies is still a threat.

The EU-funded SAFE-N-MEDTECH project is creating an open access platform to foster the development of next-generation nanotechnology-based medical devices.