Today marks the start of European Youth Week 2026 across Europe, an initiative running until 1 May that will bring together young people, organisations and institutions for a week dedicated to celebrating youth participation, as part of the European Commission’s commitment to incorporating young people’s voices into EU policy-making. Around 1,000 young people will take […]
Smart farming applications for more sustainable and efficient agriculture
The EU-funded SQAT project is developing a mapping service to tackle soil quality and sustainability issues in the agricultural industry. There has been a large uptake of precision agriculture applications in the past two decades. However, the way most farmers collect information about their soils remains mostly the same. Better data on soil properties would […]
Commission approves changes to Spain’s regional aid map 2022-2027
The European Commission has approved the revision of Spain’s regional aid map for the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2027 under the Regional Aid Guidelines, in accordance with EU state aid rules. On March 17, 2022, the Commission approved the regional aid map 2022-2027 for Spain and on December 20, 2022, the […]
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Geography in the UK
The Role The Department of Geography at Durham University seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate for 33 months to work on the research project ‘Occupation Debris: Participatory Practices and Decolonisation of Archaeology in Palestine-Israel’. Occupation Debris is led by Dr Noam Leshem and funded under the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and runs […]
Music aids language-learning in autistic children
Acknowledging the special role of music in autism, EU researchers designed an effective intervention programme to improve speech in autistic children. Research shows that autistic individuals are more likely to have perfect pitch and prefer music to language, while language delay in autism tends to co-occur with better musical skills. Moreover, neuroimaging studies suggest that […]
European Atlas of Natural Radiation: new maps show levels of natural radioactivity where you live
The European Atlas of Natural Radiation provides harmonised data on levels of natural radiation across the EU and aims to raise awareness among Europeans of living with natural radioactivity. The human population is continuously exposed to ionising radiation from several natural sources that can be classified into two broad categories: high-energy cosmic rays and radioactive […]