41% of total employment in science and engineering accounted for 6.9 million women scientists and engineers in the EU in 2021, 369 800 more than in 2020 Women are under-represented by industry in all sectors of the EU statistical classification of economic activities, although the services sector has a more balanced gender balance (46% of […]
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 […]
HORIZON EUROPE: Strengthen the bilateral cooperation on research infrastructures with Latin America
Expected Outcome Project results are expected to contribute to several of the following expected outcomes: contribution to the EU-CELAC Strategic roadmap, in particular its ‘Research Infrastructures’ pillar; strengthening EU-LAC bi-regional scientific collaboration; enhanced EU-LAC cooperation on research infrastructures in strategic areas; enhanced research capacities in the LAC region and in the EU. Scope Actions under […]
Extremadura boosts the building materials of the future with European support
Life ReNatural, the project with European funding, whose main objective is the rehabilitation of buildings with sustainable materials. 75 % of the European Union’s building stock is energy inefficient. That is, every day, the buildings in which we live, work and spend most of the time, waste a lot of energy. Given the current context, […]
Commission is launching the European Cancer Imaging Initiative
The Commission is launching the European Cancer Imaging Initiative to support healthcare providers, research institutes and innovators in making the best use of innovative data-driven solutions for cancer treatment and care. The initiative, a flagship action under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, will work towards creating a digital infrastructure linking up resources and databases of cancer […]
HORIZON EUROPE: Planning, tracking, and assessing scientific knowledge production
Expected Outcome Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: Data Management Plans (DMPs) are standardised across disciplines to the extent possible. Their machine-actionability is supported by their integration in pertinent automated workflows, and by a pervasive and comprehensive use of Persistent Identifiers for a wide array of digital objects (e.g., […]
Research Associates Position in Computer Vision in Luxembourg
SnT is a leading international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. We play an instrumental role in Luxembourg by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent. We’re looking for people driven by excellence, excited about innovation, and looking to […]
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 […]
The University of Almeria analyses world research on the Neanderthals
A topic of growing interest that, according to researchers, will receive more attention in the future. So much so that the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Svante Pääbo, has focused much of his research on the study of the DNA of these hominids. Under the title ‘Worldwide research trends on Neanderthals’, published in the ‘Journal […]