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09/01/2023
A project awarded by the MCST (Malta Council of Science and Technology) through the Space Research fund call 2022 and sponsored by the ESA (European Space Agency) will allow researchers to develop methodologies to map the seafloor of the Maltese archipelago. The 2 year project called BathMalta will entail the use of satellite systems, in particular SENTINEL2 and SENTINEL3 from the European space program Copernicus, to retrieve detailed images of the ...
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06/01/2023
Unleashing the potential of millets for the well-being of people and the environment. Millets can grow on arid lands with minimal inputs and are resilient to changes in climate. They are therefore an ideal solution towards self-sufficiency and to reduce reliance on imported cereal grains. The United Nations dedicates 2023 to greater efforts in producing millets given their nutritional properties and resilience in adapting to climate change. The International Year of Millets (#...
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05/01/2023
Eurostat is pleased to announce the Web Intelligence Competition as part of the European Statistics Awards Program. The competition aims at stimulating innovation in the area of Web Intelligence for European statistics. The Web Intelligence DEDUPLICATION CHALLENGE will focus on identifying potential duplicate job postings on websites as a basic condition to produce high quality statistics from online job advertisements. Registration for participation will be ...
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02/01/2023
EFSA organised a 3-hour online info session to present its partnership strategy, cooperation opportunities (i.e. the expected calls for grant and tender) in its 2023 draft work plan and the corresponding administrative and financial framework. The event comprised two parts: The partnership framework: Strategic considerations Administrative and financial aspects of EFSA's outsourcing mechanism The Focal Point network Overview of partnership opportunities based on ...
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02/01/2023
A local team of engineers based at the University of Malta have successfully concluded the process of filing patents to protect leading-edge inventions powering the R&I initiative dubbed ICECAP. ICECAP, an acronym for Thermo-Electric Cooling for Electronic Systems applications, is a project spearheaded through partnership between the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering at the University of Malta and local manufacturing company New Energy Ltd. This project seeks to introduce novel ...
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19/07/2022
The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) is a new transnational initiative (part of the European Partnerships under Horizon Europe) on joint Research, Technological Development, and Innovation (RTDI) programming to boost and accelerate the energy transition, building upon regional and national RTDI funding programmes. The transition envisioned by the CETPartnership will be a joint effort from industry, public organisations, research, and citizen organisations to make ...
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16/07/2020
Europe is looking to increase its use of renewable energy sources as a way of reducing emissions and to tackle global warming. However, integrating the likes of solar and wind power into electricity grids remains a challenge due to fluctuations in supply and limited storage capacity. This is an issue for power system operators who need to maintain security of electricity supplies to homes and industry. Smart grids could provide an answer. They embrace a range of technologies, applications and ...