With the aim of awakening scientific vocations among young people, the University of Almeria has inaugurated a new edition of this activity in which 41 secondary schools and vocational training centers throughout the province are participating. This year 79 activities will be developed. From November 7 to 11 the largest event of social communication of […]
New call for displaced researchers from Ukraine
The MSCA4Ukraine scheme, funded by the Commission under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, has published its call for applications to support displaced researchers from Ukraine. With a total budget of €25 million, MSCA4Ukraine will provide fellowships for doctoral candidates and post-doctoral researchers. Interested host organisations and researchers can already start preparing their applications and access the scheme’s […]
Looking at how language became so complex
Using a combination of individual experiments and computational modelling, researchers uncover some big ideas in evolutionary linguistics. When it comes to language, one could say ‘you speak as you learn’. “The fundamental structural features of language are a consequence of how a language is learned,” explains Kenny Smith, a professor at the University of Edinburgh. […]
New pan-European partnership on Culture and Creativity
Today, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) announced its Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) on Culture and Creativity, adding to the already existing eight Communities, which address a pressing societal challenge: climate, digital, energy, health, raw materials, food, manufacturing, urban mobility. The EIT launched a call for proposals for the new KIC in October 2021, inviting applicants […]
EU sets up €20 million support for Ukrainian start-ups
The European Commission has launched an ambitious €20 million action to support the Ukrainian innovation community. Through a targeted amendment of the 2022 European Innovation Council (EIC) work programme, the new initiative will support at least 200 Ukrainian deep tech start-ups with up to €60,000 each. In addition, the EIC will offer non-financial support, such as business […]
All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Forum 2022
The All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Forum 2022 took place in Brasilia from 31st May – 2nd June 2022, in the framework of the All Atlantic Ocean Research & Innovation Alliance. Ignacio Ybáñez, Ambassador of the European Union to Brazil, emphasized the strategic importance of EU and Brazil cooperation in marine research. The scope of the […]
Speech by Von der Leyen at the European Hydrogen Energy Conference 2022
Your Majesty, Vice Prime Minister Ribera, Dear friends of the Spanish Hydrogen Association and Hydrogen Europe, Distinguished guests, For years, science has been telling us that we must end our reliance on fossil fuels to save our planet. Now the Kremlin’s attack on Ukraine has given us yet another reason. That is to secure […]
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 […]
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 […]