Society

An EU-funded project is proposing a new and interesting approach to tackling gender stereotypes in research and innovation: a board game whose aim is to win the Nobel Prize.

An EU-backed study has shown how easy it is for children to bypass the mechanisms that the most popular apps use to verify their age: all they have to do is lie.

An EU-backed company has developed a novel heart pump that can work in synchrony with the heart without the aid of sensors for over 30 days. This is the first time that a miniaturised pericardial pump has achieved this synchronisation.

We feature the GEARING ROLES project as our Project of the Month due to its intrepid work in the field of gender roles and gender equality in the research and innovation sectors. In particular, we’re highlighting their wonderful board game, ‘Nobel Run’, which tasks players with winning a Nobel Prize – with some help along the way from some of Europe (and the world’s) most prominent female scientists!

A significant body of evidence has highlighted that inequalities between European regions are growing rather than converging and this has increased since the end of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. The EU-funded IMAJINE project has set out to address these challenges through an interdisciplinary approach integrating numerous perspectives, from economics to human geography, political science and sociology.

An EU-funded project has reported 49 % growth in Europeans’ consumption of plant-based foods in 2 years.

A recent EU-funded study investigates the genetic factors common amongst people with both attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs).

Italian Institute of Technology senior scientist Arash Ajoudani has received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS) Early Career Award 2021. He’s the first researcher in Italy to win this award.

EU-funded researchers have published a comprehensive guide on the production and processing of graphene and related materials to promote their use in novel applications.

EU-funded researchers looked into how much people know about drones, and especially their use in emergency situations. The answer? Not much.

Knowledge exchange and practice sharing are by now well-recognised and active routes to affecting change, and even more so when it comes to sustainability and environmental protection. A global programme is charting its own impactful course in this domain, empowering local governments and urban nature pioneers to lift barriers on the path to a resilient and sustainable urban future.

After three decades of successful CORDIS operations, this past year of 2020 has shown it has never been more important to invest in science and knowledge and to share and promote trustworthy information as widely as possible.

Twelve-thousand-year-old rock art found in the Colombian Amazon is providing EU-funded researchers with insight into early human colonisation in South America and how it shaped the continent’s diverse culture and environment.

An EU-funded study looked into the scenario framework’s successes so far and the issues that need to be tackled, providing recommendations on how to address them.

A new study has shown that green infrastructure, and especially trees, can help reduce the much warmer temperatures in urban areas.

An EU-funded project is developing a digital twin of FC Barcelona’s home stadium. The goal: a better and safer experience for Barça fans.

An EU-funded project team is helping citizen scientists collect neighbourhood traffic data. Their hope is that it will assist local communities to campaign for local policy changes resulting in effective traffic solutions.

How can we prevent disease at older ages? An EU-backed trial has investigated the effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and home exercise on the health of senior citizens.

An EU-funded project demonstrates the potential of sustainable bio-based composite applications in the aerospace, acoustics and automotive sectors.

Given wings by an Angolan dance troupe, the South African Jerusalema song is giving people worldwide a much-needed sense of community during the isolating COVID-19 pandemic.