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Professor Martin Bache from the Rolls Royce University Technology Centre - College of Engineering discusses the growing technology additive layer manufacturing and how it is shaping the industrial sector. Additive layer manufacturing (ALM) is a rapidly growing technology receiving widespread attention from a multitude of industrial sectors for component repair...

Raymond J. Turner, PhD, and Natalie Gugala, PhD Graduate student, University of Calgary discuss the increasing use of metal antimicrobials and the importance of research into mechanisms of resistance and toxicity... The overuse of antimicrobial agents in agriculture is considered one of the key contributors to antimicrobial resistance worldwide. A number of strategies...

AG highlights how Canada is making strides to become a world-leader in research and innovation… The government of Canada understands the importance of science and research in order to tackle some major global challenges. As a nation of innovators, Canada understands the role science can play in the economy and...

After months of speculating, the UK now has a timeframe for when Article 50 will be triggered and the process of exiting the EU will begin The UK will start the formal process of withdrawing from the EU at the end of March next year. Theresa May made the announcement...

Birmingham is to launch a bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026, it has emerged… A feasibility study from Birmingham City Council has revealed hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games could generate more than £390m revenue for the region. The city is set to bid for the opportunity to host the...

Floriane Cappelletti and David Donnerer from the Covenant of Mayors Office outline how the organisation will play a key role in achieving the EU’s Energy Union… European cities are home to 360 million people or 72% of Europe’s population and account for 70% of the continent’s energy consumption. These areas...

Dr. Ana Terrés, Director of Research Support at Dublin City University (DCU), looks at how DCU innovates for societal impact and contributes to Ireland’s economic recovery… Dublin City University (DCU) is a young and dynamic university which aims to have an impact on Irish society, not only by placing...

Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Executive Director of Innovation at the Research Council of Norway talks to Editor Laura Evans about the importance of supporting young researchers in Norway and collaborations between universities and industry… High-quality research in Norway is viewed as an integral way to meet global challenges and transform the...

SAFEPOST, being an EU scale project, answered key European policy challenges by allowing better integration of European R&D, and facilitating transfer of skills and knowledge across member states In order to better serve society and expand the work of the SAFEPOST Project within PostEurop, a SAFEPOST Project Working Group (WG)...

Andy Slaney, Principal Consultant at BSI Group highlights some of the key things to ask your prospective lean six sigma (business improvement techniques) training provider before signing up for their course… The desire to improve process outcomes and the need to deliver those outcomes in the most efficient, cost effective,...

Beki Cadd and Stephanie Bradbeer from Action PR highlight the importance of increasing leisure participation amongst disengaged groups within communities… According to statistics from Sport England, 15.8 million adults play sport at least once a week. This represents an increase of 1.75 million since 2005, indicating the 2012 Olympic legacy...

Network Rail has announced its Advanced Apprenticeship scheme is to expand next year, enabling the organisation to take on a further 140 new trainees… The number of apprentices taken on by Network Rail is set to increase after the firm pledged to recruit 140 new trainees for March 2017. The new...

Arwyn Jones and Alberto Orgiazzi, European Commission Joint Research Centre Sustainable Resources Directorate - Land Resources Unit, discuss the importance of soil biodiversity... Soil condition underpins food security, green growth, bio-economies and aboveground biodiversity; it regulates climate, the hydrological and nutrient cycles, while mitigating climate change. Soils provide resilience against floods and...

Dr. Troy Harkness’ lab at the University of Saskatchewan, in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, has used funds provided by the CIHR Institute of Aging to advance our knowledge of how cells age using budding yeast as a model… The Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) provides funding...

The European Commission has revealed Michel Barnier will act as chief negotiator during the process of Britain exiting the EU… The European Commission has set up a task force to handle the UK’s exit from the European Union. The group will be led by Michel Barnier, who will take the...

Alberto Mantovani, Research Director, Istituto Superiore di Sanità discusses if conducting research into endocrine disrupting chemicals is still worthwhile... Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) are chemical substances that can damage our health and/or the health of environmental organisms by altering the hormone function. Thus, EDC -like mutagenic or carcinogenic substances- are a group...

SIforAGE is an European project of the VII Framework Programme, (Science-in-Society 2012-2016) which aims at promoting Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA) in society by strengthening cooperation between researchers, product- and service-developers, policy-makers, civil society organisations, and society in general. The two key challenges of SIforAGE are: - to disseminate scientific...

Intermediates between patients and therapists “Do you know what it’s like to hear voices, to have fear of death out of a sudden or to feel a deep inner emptiness?” – Doctors, therapists or nurses can rarely answer this question because they cannot fall back on the personal experience of...

 The research project EUREX looks into the role of scientific expertise in the preparation of public policies. Cathrine Holst, ARENA and Johan Christensen, Leiden University ask what are the consequences for democracy of increased expertisation and Europeanisation? Governments rely on informed advice to make political decisions. Policy advice is provided...