Uploaded On: 21/07/2023

It was an utmost delight to extend a warm welcome to a distinguished delegation from China at Esplora on 20th July 2023. Hon. Keith Azzopardi Tanti, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation, Dr Tonio Portughese, Chairman of the Malta Council for Science and Technology and Mr Omar Cutajar, Senior Director of MCST warmly welcomed the delegation.   The delegation was granted an exclusive tour of Esplora, which proved to be a highlight of the visit. Particularly noteworthy ...

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Uploaded On: 20/07/2023

The CSA 4.UNCAN.eu deliverable is a blueprint for UNCAN.eu initiative. The global ambition of UNCAN.eu initiative is to achieve the next breakthrough needed to advance the understanding of cancer mechanisms in order to improve cancer prevention, early diagnosis and treatment, providing a basis for saving millions of European citizens’ lives. The blueprint for UNCAN.eu will propose to set up a European Federated Cancer Research data hub and to generate a series of use cases, addressing major ...

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Uploaded On: 20/07/2023

This EIT Urban Mobility survey aims to collect practitioner insights on the latest developments and trends in the field of Mobility Data Spaces (MDS). For the purpose of this survey, a Data Space is understood in line with Open DEI's definition as a“ decentralised infrastructure for trustworthy data sharing and exchange in data ecosystems, based on commonly agreed principles”.The study focuses  on current challenges and bottlenecks holding back ...

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Uploaded On: 19/07/2023

What is Syntropy? (and what does it have to do with agriculture?)  In short, syntropy is the complementary opposite of entropy. While entropy governs thermodynamic transformations that release energy at the expense of complexity, syntropy governs life, which accumulates and organizes energy. Syntropic Agriculture relies on cumulative processes of life (syntropic tendency) to restore the fertility of agroecosystems. What is Syntropic Farming?  Syntropic Farming is a set of ...

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Uploaded On: 17/07/2023

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: EUROPEAN PROJECTS IN WATERBORNE TRANSPORT As part of the Waterborne Days event, taking place from 26-27 September 2023, the Waterborne Technology Platform jointly with the European Commission will be hosting an awards ceremony, celebrating the success of European projects, with a particular focus on innovation, sustainability, and market uptake or potential market uptake of a project. An initial screening of relevance will be conducted to ensure alignment with the...

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Uploaded On: 17/07/2023

FoRCe - Fortum Research Challenge is a global innovation challenge for universities and research institutes organized by Fortum, an European energy company. We’re looking for researchers and/or research teams that have great research ideas, and are eager to develop them further to create clean energy solutions for decarbonizing societies. The best research idea(s) will be rewarded with a cash prize up to 15,000€. All submitted ideas will be evaluated based on these three overall criteria...

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Uploaded On: 13/07/2023

Air temperatures as low as 34 °C can lead to a steady increase in heart rate under humid conditions, a study1 says. This rise, also known as cardiovascular strain, occurs even before a person’s internal temperature starts to increase, the study found. The findings are among a slew of recent results about the heart’s struggles when exposed to heat. Scientists say this work is becoming ever more relevant as extreme heat events become more frequent. Just this week, the ...

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Uploaded On: 12/07/2023

Re-wilding forests with Eurasian lynx, boosting farming with hi-tech bio-stimulants and helping one of Europe’s biggest cities adapt to climate change are among the winning projects announced at the EU’s prestigious annual LIFE Awards. The award winners were selected from hundreds of LIFE projects across the EU supporting the European Green Deal that ended during the last two years. They mark outstanding achievements in three categories: nature protection, environment and climate ...

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Uploaded On: 12/07/2023

Thanks to the PRIMA Training and Mobility Award (PTMA), the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) supports Malta-based eligible entities in establishing fruitful networks that could lead to future collaborations and successful submission of R&I proposals. The Award 2023 recently concluded led to the successful granting of two promising projects. The project Pathogens and the Apis mellifera ruttneri Microbiome, will allow ...

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Uploaded On: 12/07/2023

The call aims at selecting and supporting a (limited) number of projects addressing its Challenge of the Year with measurable impacts on the ground contributing to the strengthening of ocean literacy in Europe. Projects must be implemented with results delivered within a 12-month period maximum.    The requested financial support by the EU4Ocean coalition is 40 000 € maximum. Overall, it is expected that 3 high-quality and impact-full projects are...

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