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Listing of all 26 news releases from European Science Foundation:

Cold quantum matter given a European twist

Technical background article Euroquam programme aims to provide a platform for exchange between scientists from different disciplines and countries and in particular to stimulate collaborations between experiment and theory

News from European Science Foundation ( 8 May 2008)

Fundamental issues of 'slow' and 'fast' light

Technical background article The goal of replacing electronics with optics for processing data in computers is coming closer through cutting edge European research into the mysterious properties of 'fast' and 'slow' light

News from European Science Foundation (25 April 2008)

The future of stable beams in nuclear astrophysics

Technical background article One of the great ongoing challenges of astrophysics, to find out how stars evolve and die, is to be tackled in an ambitious European research programme

News from European Science Foundation (13 March 2008)

Network tackles neurosocieties head-on

Technical background article The neurosciences have such a wide-ranging influence on so many areas of life that a new concept of the community has developed called 'neurosocieties'

News from European Science Foundation (28 February 2008)

Stem cell 'breakthrough' in understanding cancer

Technical background article Research should lead to less aggressive treatment for disease and could result in the development of new and more effective drugs, an international conference on stem cell biology was told last month

News from European Science Foundation (27 February 2008)

Bacteria 'can be made to spin spider silk'

Technical background article Biological and medical research is on the threshold of a new era based on better understanding of how large organic molecules bind together and recognise each other

News from European Science Foundation (26 February 2008)

Metal hybrids will revolutionise materials science

Technical background article The materials called MOFs (metal organic frameworks) represent one of the biggest breakthroughs in solid state science whose potential is only just being realised, according to the ESF

News from European Science Foundation (25 February 2008)

Accelerating European systems biology research

Technical background article European Science Foundation publishes report, Systems biology: a grand challenge for Europe; an attempt to identify how research in systems biology could be accelerated and developed further in Europe

News from European Science Foundation (10 September 2007)

Geological dating breakthrough is 'imminent'

Technical background article The developments ushering in a new generation of dating methods were discussed at a recent workshop on geochronological timing organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF)

News from European Science Foundation ( 4 September 2007)

Experimenters show how the Earth's plates function

A combination of new experimental techniques and powerful computational theory is enabling scientists to determine how the Earth keeps its plates oiled and in motion

News from European Science Foundation (14 August 2007)

Microscopic analysis unveils Martian mysteries

By studying the Martian rock samples under a powerful microscope and modelling their magnetic properties has enabled scientists to begin to understand the strange magnetic properties of the Red Planet

News from European Science Foundation (13 August 2007)

ESF EURYI award winner studies molecular motors

A promising new line in anti-cancer therapy that blocks the molecular motors involved in copying genetic information during cell division is being pursued by ESF EURYI award winner Dr Nynke Dekker

News from European Science Foundation (10 August 2007)

Europe called to draw up proteome map

Technical background article Recent workshop supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) concluded that it is now feasible to map at least nearly the whole proteome (the sum total of all proteins) of an organism

News from European Science Foundation (26 July 2007)

Report investigates life in extreme environments

Investigating life processes in extreme environments can provide hints on how life first appeared and survived on Earth and provide pointers for the search for life on other planets

News from European Science Foundation ( 5 July 2007)

Basic research assessment process fails science

Assessing the impact of basic science in terms of economic returns can be a futile and self-defeating exercise, according to economist Wolfgang Polt of the Joanneum Research Institute in Vienna

News from European Science Foundation (14 June 2007)

Looking forward to the era of nanomedicine

Technical background article From 10-15 June 2007, the first-ever advanced training event dedicated to the application of nanotechnology in medicine took place in south Wales

News from European Science Foundation (13 June 2007)

Five year programme engages European neuroscience

Technical background article European Science Foundation (ESF) funds European Neuroscience and Society Network (ENSN) for the investigation of developments in the neurosciences is being formed by ten European countries.

News from European Science Foundation (12 June 2007)

Building links in central and eastern Europe

The European Science Foundation (ESF) is helping the ten central and eastern European (CEE) countries play their full part in European science within the enlarged ERA (European Research Area)

News from European Science Foundation ( 5 June 2007)

Meeting fuels future space missions to Mars, Moon

An ultimate goal is for European astronauts to participate in the first international mission that will land humans on the planet Mars

News from European Science Foundation ( 1 June 2007)

Science policy should have more community emphasis

Science policy analysts Sheila Jasanhoff (Kennedy school of government, Harvard) and Suzan Cozzens (Georgia Institute of Technology) urge a fundamental shift in the way scientific research is done