Clinical trials of a new prototype vaccine designed to selectively target and eradicate the early spread of cancer cells represent another step in the fight against cancer. While most cancer treatments focus on treating the primary tumour, the leading cause of cancer death is metastasis, the spread of cancer cells from the primary tumour to […]
Why is the new AI tool ChatGPT causing so much chaos?
Ever since ChatGPT was released on 30 November 2022, it has shown its potential to revolutionise how we work and play. The most impressive chatbot to date produces human-like text that is being put to all kinds of questionable uses. Let’s start with education. ChatGPT recently passed law and business exams from two universities in […]
Industrial investments in research and development in the EU again on the rise
The 2022 edition of the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, published by the Commission, shows that Europe’s industry is back on track in research and development investments with an increase of 8.9% in 2021 compared to the -2.2 % pandemic-related dip in 2020. The EU remains the global leader in R&D investments by the automotive sector, where the transformation […]
EP President Metsola on the ongoing investigations by Belgian authorities
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola delivered the following statement at the opening of the plenary session in Strasbourg on Monday. Dear colleagues, I think it would be no exaggeration to say that these have been among the longest days of my career. I must choose my words carefully, in a manner that does not jeopardise […]
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: €1.75 billion in new calls for researchers and institutions
The Commission announced new calls to support researchers’ training, skills and career development under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), the EU’s flagship funding programme under Horizon Europe for doctoral education and postdoctoral training. With a total budget of €6.6 billion over 2021-27, the MSCA support researchers from all over the world, at all stages of […]
New world-class European supercomputer opens in Italy
The Commission has inaugurated the latest European supercomputer model together with the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC Joint Undertaking), the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research and the CINECA consortium: LEONARDO, located at the Tecnopolo in Bologna (Italy). LEONARDO is a world-class supercomputing system developed and assembled in Europe. When fully operational, it […]
More than 1,800 students will meet at the XXII Science Week of the UAL
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. […]