After the European Parliament, the Council 16th may approved a new law to promote the availability of data and build a trustworthy environment to facilitate their use for research and the creation of innovative new services and products. The Data Governance Act (DGA) will set up robust mechanisms to facilitate the reuse of certain categories of protected public-sector […]
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Commission boosts Horizon Europe budget to support green, health and digital innovations and displaced researchers of Ukraine
Today, the Commission has adopted the amendment to the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-2022, increasing the budget by nearly €562 million to further support EU Missions towards innovative solutions to green, health and digital challenges and more actions to boost the European innovation ecosystem. The programme’s budget for 2021 and 2022 now reaches a total of nearly €16 billion. […]
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Digital Services Act: Council and European Parliament reach deal
An important step has been taken with the provisional political agreement reached on the Digital Services Act (DSA) between the Council and the European Parliament. In terms of ambition, the nature of the actors regulated and the innovative aspect of the supervision involved, the DSA is a world first in the field of digital regulation. The […]
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Can insects get fat?
Insects don’t have time to laze about – that’s probably why we say someone is “as busy as a bee”. But would an overfed and underactive bug find itself putting on weight like we do? We put this question to insect expert Erlend Sild. The short answer is a hypothetical yes, explains Sild, CEO and […]
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The Giant Geode of Pulpí is 165,000 years old, according to UAL scientists.
The Research Group ‘Water Resources and Environmental Geology’ of the University of Almeria determines that only rainwater, not seawater, was involved in the origin of this archaeological jewel in a study published in Geosciences. The giant gypsum geode of Pulpí has attracted the interest of the scientific community since it was discovered in 1999. Research […]
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UAL participates in a project to improve and control tuberculosis in Almería province
The University of Almeria recalled on World Tuberculosis Day that tuberculosis is the most deadly infectious disease after HIV/AIDS, killing more than 4,000 people worldwide every day, and announced the creation of a working group to try to break its chains of transmission, knowing that it leads to a high number of cases among vulnerable […]
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Investing in GNSS is key to European competitiveness
Through investment opportunities, market intelligence and business support, EUSPA plays an important role in ensuring Europe keeps its competitive position in the fast-growing, global GNSS downstream market. The GNSS downstream market includes any application, device or service where GNSS based positioning, navigation and/or timing is a significant enabler or key to the application’s functionality. While the location based services (LBS) and road segments dominate […]
Read MoreEurope and Spain bet on space development
After a series of meetings in Toulouse (France), European leaders confirmed their ambitious plans to boost Europe’s position as one of the world leaders in space. Under these plans, the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU and its member states are coming together to ensure that Europe fully exploits its enormous untapped space potential to […]
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New satellite connectivity system and space traffic management measures
February 15, the EU is acting on its space ambitions by tabling two initiatives – a proposal for a Regulation on a space-based secure connectivity and a Joint Communication on an EU approach on Space Traffic Management (STM). Space technology is essential for facilitating our daily lives, contributing to a more digital, green and resilient future for […]
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