EU findings open door to better drugs for fight against heart attacks and strokes

Researchers partially funded by the EU have made discoveries that could open the door to the development of new and better-targeted drugs for patients at risk of strokes or heart attacks. Writing this week in the journal Cell, the results are the …

Innovation workshop on novel food packaging, Brno, Czech Republic

An innovation workshop on novel food packaging will be held on 4 March 2010 in Brno, Czech Republic. The innovation workshop will consist of two sessions: lectures on novel technologies and consumer acceptance in the morning and a brokerage event …

European XFEL users’ meeting, Hamburg, Germany

The fourth European XFEL (x-ray free electron laser) users' meeting will take place from 27 to 29 January 2010 in Hamburg, Germany. The annual event is an opportunity to strengthen the interaction between the European XFEL area and the …

Poland moves forward with electric cars

A German-Polish partnership has got the first charging point for electric vehicles in Poland up and running. This EU-funded research project between the German integrated energy company RWE, the Polish group Green Stream Polska and the City of …

Researchers develop mammalian cell cycle model

The cell division process plays an important role for single-cell and multi-cell organisms, especially for transforming fertilised eggs into mature organisms. Failure to control the cell cycle can result in tumour proliferation and cancer …