Russia has demonstrated that it is an unreliable supplier of energy to Europe through unjustified and unacceptable actions such as cutting off electricity and natural gas to Finland, halting natural gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria, and threatening similar actions against other European nations. The European Commission and the United States condemn Russia’s use of […]
Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative (YTILI) 2022
Deadline open until March 15! Are you an entrepreneur between 25 and 35 years old? YTILI is the U.S. State Department’s program for young European entrepreneurs. In this edition, it will bring together 60 entrepreneurs from all over Europe for virtual and face-to-face activities from summer 2022 to spring 2023. Those selected will take an […]
Bivalve mollusk market resumes in the EU and USA
As from the end of this month, trade of molluscan shellfish – such as mussels, clams, oysters and scallops – will resume between the EU and the US. Two EU Member States (Spain and the Netherlands) will be allowed to export molluscan shellfish to the US, whilst two American states (Massachusetts and Washington) can do […]
Foreign Affairs Council Main Results, 24 January 2022
The EU Council of Foreign Ministers met on 24 January 2022 in Brussels. The meeting was chaired by Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Foreign ministers discussed current events and exchanged views on the latest developments and the rapidly evolving external relations. Some of the main outcomes of the meeting […]
The EU wins against the US on Spanish black olives
A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel report ruled that US countervailing duties applied on imports of ripe olives from Spain, put in place during the previous administration in 2018, are illegal under WTO rules. The EU now expects that the US will take steps to bring itself in compliance with the panel’s recommendations. Executive Vice-President […]
EU-US: A new transatlantic agenda for global change
The European Commission and the High Representative are today putting forward a proposal for a new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda. While the past years have been tested by geopolitical power shifts, bilateral tensions and unilateral tendencies, the victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, combined with a more assertive and capable European Union and a […]
PhD position in Virtual Reality-based Training and Therapy in New York
The Visualization and Virtual Reality group of Dr. Wole Oyekoya at the City University of New York (Hunter College) and the CUNY Graduate Center is inviting applications for one fully funded PhD student position starting in Fall 2021 or later. The typical duration of the PhD program is from 3 to 4 years. The admitted […]
Ph.D. positions in experimental electronic materials, USA
Description Several Ph.D. openings are available in the area of spincaloritronics and topological materials. They are suitable for students with condensed matter physics background who are interested in this area. The students will work on the growth and characterizations of (1) single crystal bulk quantum (topological) materials and (2) nanocomposite spincaloritronics materials and study their […]
Postdoctoral researcher position within the Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab at UCLA
“We are a newly established group at UCLA led by Prof. Clarice D. Aiello. Our mission is to establish the extent to which quantum mechanics accounts for biologically relevant phenomena, and can be manipulated to technological and therapeutic advantage.” Experiments suggest that nontrivial quantum mechanical effects involving spin might underlie biologically relevant phenomena as varied as […]