EU Earmarks €1.2 Billion for Groundbreaking ICT Research in 2011
The European Commission published calls for proposals that will result in projects worth €1.2 billion to be launched in 2011. These projects will help mobilise the necessary resources around key ICT research challenges and objectives.
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Europe's Biggest Ever Investment in Research and Innovation
Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn announces nearly € 6.4 billion of European Commission investment in research and innovation. The package, the biggest ever, covers a vast range of scientific disciplines, public policy areas and commercial sectors.
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Getting Ready for the Holidays - Have You Got Your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)?
Whether in another Member State for a business trip, short break or studying abroad, the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) can help save time, hassle and money if you fall ill or suffer an injury while abroad. To help holiday planning, here are some facts, figures and information on the European Health Insurance Card.
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Development of the Information Society in Russia
At the meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of the Information Society in Russia dedicated to assessing interim results and prospects of employing information and communication technologies, Dmitry Medvedev noted that their development and implementation have special relevance in a country like Russia, given its enormous distances.
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Complete Female 3D Human Skeleton Model Available on PhysiomeSpace
Ortopedico Rizzoli in Bologna (Italy) announced the release of the first dataset that composes the Living Human Digital Library (LHDL) multiscale musculoskeletal data collection. The data represent the three-dimensional skeletal anatomy of the cadaver of a 78 years old woman with normal morphology (height: 171 cm, weight: 64 kg, from now on referred to as "LHDL_Donor1").
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Share Biomedical Data in a Free and Easy Way
Super Computing Solutions (SCS) today announces the release of an interactive digital library service, called PhysiomeSpace, designed to manage and share a large collection of heterogeneous biomedical data, such as medical imaging, motion capture, biomedical instrumentation signals, finite element models, etc.
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Half of Europeans Would Like More Information from the EU on Electromagnetic Fields
The European Commission published the results of the second Eurobarometer survey on Electromagnetic Fields (EMF). This survey was commissioned following a significant research effort over the last few years and in light of the high level of public concern and media interest on this issue.
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