Montag, 18. Juni 2018

Research Headlines - Pioneering food packaging

ImageEU-funded researchers are pilot testing a pioneering, nano-based packaging material that releases antimicrobial oils to slow food spoilage and prevent foodborne illnesses. This could bolster Europe's efforts to tackle food waste and food safety.

Research Headlines - Clean energy from building façades

ImageA loan supported by the InnovFin-EU finance for innovators initiative under the EU's Horizon 2020 programme and extended by the European Investment Bank (EIB) is enabling German firm Heliatek to boost production of an organic solar energy-generating film that can be used on office blocks.

Research Headlines - Arming Europe to fight iodine deficiency

ImageAn EU-funded project has established a data-collection and evaluation infrastructure to monitor iodine deficiency across Europe. The project's database and EU-wide monitoring system will feed into national efforts to ensure Europeans get enough iodine to stay healthy.

Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2018

Research Headlines - Developing liquid biopsy tests to diagnose cancer

ImageLiquid biopsies can help to diagnose cancer in its early stages, and assist clinicians in monitoring the impact of treatment at any point. An EU- and industry-funded project has validated a series of tests for cancer cells to help develop more effective methods of diagnosis and more personalised treatments for lung and breast cancer - two of the most frequent malignancies in Europe.

Research Headlines - Printing up the perfect plate of food

ImagePicture a mouth-watering meal. Are you thinking of assorted mounds of mystery mash? Probably not - and if you rely on pureed food, that is an issue. EU-funded researchers have turned to 3D printing to find a way to prepare appealing food for people who cannot chew, in a bid to help preserve their nutritional status and quality of life.

Mmmmh! Cevapcici mit gutem Test-Ergebnis

Sieben von zehn erhielten von der Arbeiterkammer OÖ das Testurteil "einwandfrei"

Alle lieben Vanille: Beim Eis punkten Traditionssorten

Vanille, Erdbeere und Haselnuss sind laut einer Umfrage der Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (WKÖ) unter Eissalon-Betreibern heuer die beliebtesten Eissorten der Österreicher.

Das sind die beliebtesten Eissorten der Österreicher

WIEN. Vanille, Erdbeere und Haselnuss sind laut einer Umfrage der Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (WKÖ) unter Eissalon-Betreibern heuer die beliebtesten Eissorten der Österreicher.

Falstaff kürte "Winzer des Jahres 2018"

WIEN. Philipp Grassl ist am Samstagnachmittag im Rahmen VieVinum in der Wiener Hofburg zum Falstaf-"Winzer des Jahres 2018" gekürt worden.

Russisches Seelenfutter

WM-Spezial: Während die Ballesterer dem Ball nachjagen, lehnen sich Kulinariker bei Borschtsch und Blini zurück.

Research Headlines - A faster way to spot the tell-tale signs of cancer-causing drugs

Photo of plastic bottle in the seaAn EU- and industry-funded project has identified potential biomarkers that could indicate how likely a drug is to cause cancer at an earlier stage of testing than is currently possible, which could save drug companies time and money - and lead to safer drugs reaching patients faster.

Südafrikas Springbrunnen

Tariro Masayiti sprudelt voller Tatendrang. Seine Weine begeistern durch Vielschichtigkeit

Caf Jentschke heißt ab Montag Ecco

LINZ. Robert und Elfi Seeber eröffnen eine italienische „Genuss-Bar“ - Tapas gibt’s trotzdem

Das ist der neue Koch im Restaurant im Mateschitz-Schlösschen

SANKT WOLFGANG. Im Landhaus zu Appesbach in St. Wolfgang schwingt der „halbe Oberösterreicher“ Christian Buhl den Kochlöffel

Research Headlines - Mapping climate change impacts on tropical diseases

Picture of house near the riverAn atlas developed by an EU-funded project maps the risk in eastern Africa of three tropical diseases. Now used in teaching and research, it could one day support models that better predict how environmental changes might impact public health.

Mittwoch, 6. Juni 2018

Research Headlines - Fever pitch: improving the management of febrile patients

ImageEU-funded researchers are seeking to improve the diagnosis and management of patients with fever through the identification of new biomarkers that can differentiate between bacterial and viral infection. Once found, the biomarkers will be evaluated across different European healthcare models.