Research*EU Magazine | Number 37 (November 2014)

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Series Details Number 37
Publication Date November 2014
ISSN 1977-4028
EC ZZ-AC-14-009-EN-N
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Close-up on Nanotechnology

Summary:

As we are now at the dawn of Horizon 2020, we decided to focus this magazine on some of the latest EU research achievements under the FP7- NMP programme. This makes for a truly horizontal ‘special’ section, with themes including art conservation, electronics, water purification, clothing, building and construction and nanosafety.

These specials include two interviews. The first is with Sabine Paulussen, who presents the outcomes of NANOPUR and its new membrane technology to improve the efficiency of water purification. Then, Prof. Piero Baglioni introduces NANOFORART, a project with ambitions to help restorers in their difficult mission to preserve ancient works of art. The special section is followed by the usual

Contents:

Energy

  • Hydrogen as a viable energy storage option
  • Innovative foam material for energy-efficient buildings
  • A new breakthrough in portable power
  • Towards safe hydrogen storage in vehicles
  • Computing the dark sector of our universe

Digital Economy

  • Smart sensing system for sinister smells
  • Low-cost solution for high-speed broadband in European homes
  • The marketing of digital graffiti
  • Defence against computer attacks
  • Utility of Earth observation data
  • Faster and better encryption

Industrial Technologies

  • Towards improved protective clothing
  • Taking solid-state devices into a new dimension
  • Carbon nanotubes to cool electronics
  • Piezoelectricity, charged with possibility
  • Knowledge-based testing for nanomaterials
  • New markets for volcanic rock
  • Individual employee profitability
  • Enhanced polymer processability

Climate Change and Environment

  • Towards safer carbon capture and storage
  • Africa–Europe Earth Observation project
  • New ideas about Occidentalism
  • Longer lives for outdoor wood products
  • Unnatural manipulation of light
  • New solar cells made more efficient
  • Don't just tolerate, accommodate
  • High-value bioproducts from waste
  • Mineral variability in sub-marine geysers

Health

  • Partner choice in the mouse world
  • Genetics of multiple myeloma revealed
  • Blocking malignancy
  • Nanoantennae for disease-related signals
  • New standards for European bee products
  • Industrial separation exploits magnetism
  • Enzyme replacement for alpha-mannosidosis
  • Improved cardiomyocytes for transplant
  • Personalised radiation dosimeters
  • Immune dysfunction linked to mood disorders

Food and Natural Resources

  • Rice resistance to bacterial diseases
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