European Business to Increase R&D Spending Despite Crisis
Top EU businesses expect their investments in research and development to grow by an average of 4% annually over the period 2012 to 2014, according to a Commission survey of some of Europe's companies that invest the most in R&D. The figures show the importance that these companies place on R&D as a key factor for their future growth and prosperity, despite the current economic difficulties.
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Launching a "Social Networking War" Against Cancer
Experts agree that, more than ever before, modern wars will be fought in the cyber zone, targeting an enemy's communications technology to cause untold damage. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher is suggesting that the same tactics should be employed in the battle against one of the body's deadliest enemies - cancer.
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Scientists Shed Light on Glowing Materials Inspired by Nature
Researchers at King's College London, in collaboration with European research institutes ICFO (Barcelona) and AMOLF (Amsterdam), have broken the limit of light resolution at the nanoscale and delivered a fundamental insight into how light and matter interact, which could lead to the development of enhanced bio-sensors for healthcare and more efficient solar cells and displays.
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WHO Supports Development of National eHealth Strategy in Republic of Moldova
A workshop dedicated to development of an eHealth strategy in the Republic of Moldova was organized on 8 - 9 August 2012 with WHO support. The primary objective of the workshop was to agree on the main eHealth actions needed in the short and long term and to define requirements and outcome measurements for development of the strategy.
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Supercomputers Solve Riddle of Congenital Heart Defects
About 25,000 Danes currently live with congenital heart defects. Both heredity and environment play a role for these malformations, but exactly how various risk factors influence the development of the heart during pregnancy has been a mystery until now.
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New UK eHealth Centres to Revolutionise Health Research
A consortium of 10 UK government and charity funders, led by the Medical Research Council (MRC), has made a historic £19 million investment to establish four eHealth research Centres of Excellence in London, Manchester, Dundee and Swansea. The funding awards were announced at the British Business Embassy's life sciences summit at Lancaster House by the Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts.
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New Scientific Method Unmasks Chronic Infections
With the aid of tiny silicon tubes and one of Europe's most sophisticated centres for microscopy, scientists have been able for the first time to observe directly bacteria in chronic infections. Researchers can now see precisely how bacteria and the immune system interact in living tissue.
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