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Nature and humanity: a revival of the fittest?

ERC grantee Renata Sõukand is exploring to what extent local ecological practices concerning the use of plants, among selected ethnic minorities in Eastern Europe, have declined due to the centralization imposed by dominant practices through the…
ERC grantee Renata Sõukand is exploring to what extent local ecological practices concerning the use of plants, among selected ethnic minorities in Eastern Europe, have declined due to…
ERC grantee Renata Sõukand is exploring to what extent local ecological practices concerning the use of plants, among selected ethnic minorities in…
ERC grantee Renata Sõukand is exploring to what extent local ecological practices concerning the use of plants, among selected ethnic minorities in Eastern Europe, have…
ERC grantee Renata Sõukand is exploring to what extent local ecological practices concerning the use of plants, among…

New insights into the formation of stars and black holes

Radio astronomy has now entered a “golden age” with new facilities paving the way for significant discoveries on the early universe and the formation and evolution of galaxies. Working on faint radio-signals, Dr Vernesa Smolčić’s research may lead…
Radio astronomy has now entered a “golden age” with new facilities paving the way for significant discoveries on the early universe and the formation and evolution of galaxies. Working…
Radio astronomy has now entered a “golden age” with new facilities paving the way for significant discoveries on the early universe and the formation…
Radio astronomy has now entered a “golden age” with new facilities paving the way for significant discoveries on the early universe and the formation and evolution of…
Radio astronomy has now entered a “golden age” with new facilities paving the way for significant discoveries on the early…

ERC grantee wins EMBO Gold Medal

Dr Melina Schuh won an 2018 EMBO Gold Medal today for her role as a young leader in the life sciences field, in particular in recognition of her ground-breaking work on the biology of mammalian eggs. She shares the award with another researcher:…
Dr Melina Schuh won an 2018 EMBO Gold Medal today for her role as a young leader in the life sciences field, in particular in recognition of her ground-breaking work on the biology of…
Dr Melina Schuh won an 2018 EMBO Gold Medal today for her role as a young leader in the life sciences field, in particular in recognition of her…
Dr Melina Schuh won an 2018 EMBO Gold Medal today for her role as a young leader in the life sciences field, in particular in recognition of her ground-breaking work on the…
Dr Melina Schuh won an 2018 EMBO Gold Medal today for her role as a young leader in the life sciences field, in particular…

Asteroseismology shakes up theory of stellar evolution

First published on 13-07-2016Updated on 08-05-2018What is the lifespan of a sun-like star? Well, it may not be quite what we thought. The outcomes of EU-funded asteroseismology research conducted by Professor Conny Aerts and her team show that the…
First published on 13-07-2016Updated on 08-05-2018What is the lifespan of a sun-like star? Well, it may not be quite what we thought. The outcomes of EU-funded asteroseismology…
First published on 13-07-2016Updated on 08-05-2018What is the lifespan of a sun-like star? Well, it may not be quite what we thought. The outcomes of…
First published on 13-07-2016Updated on 08-05-2018What is the lifespan of a sun-like star? Well, it may not be quite what we thought. The outcomes of EU-funded…
First published on 13-07-2016Updated on 08-05-2018What is the lifespan of a sun-like star? Well, it may not be quite what we…

50 ERC grantees backed to bring research findings to market

The awarded projects cover a variety of topics: a promising advance in the development of a universal flu vaccine, an atlas of the human sub-cortex for deep brain stimulation of people suffering Parkinson's and other neurological diseases, a new…
The awarded projects cover a variety of topics: a promising advance in the development of a universal flu vaccine, an atlas of the human sub-cortex for deep brain stimulation of people…
The awarded projects cover a variety of topics: a promising advance in the development of a universal flu vaccine, an atlas of the human sub-cortex…
The awarded projects cover a variety of topics: a promising advance in the development of a universal flu vaccine, an atlas of the human sub-cortex for deep brain stimulation…
The awarded projects cover a variety of topics: a promising advance in the development of a universal flu vaccine, an atlas…
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ERC Proof of Concept grant - Examples of research projects (1 round)

TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today, the subcortex is the "terra incognita" of twenty-first century neurology. Counting alone for about a…
TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today, the subcortex is the "terra…
TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today,…
TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to discover and map. Today, the subcortex is the …
TERRA INCOGNITA: CONQUERING NEW BRAIN FRONTIERSFor sixteenth century explorers, the Americas were a large, unknown land to…
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Stephen Hawking’s last paper, co-authored with ERC grantee Thomas Hertog, proposes a new cosmological theory, in which universe is less complex and finite

You are putting forward a new theory of the origin of the universe. What’s wrong with the current one? The prevailing theory of the big bang is called eternal inflation. It says that out of the Big Bang not only our own universe arose, but also many…
You are putting forward a new theory of the origin of the universe. What’s wrong with the current one? The prevailing theory of the big bang is called eternal inflation. It says that…
You are putting forward a new theory of the origin of the universe. What’s wrong with the current one? The prevailing theory of the big bang is…
You are putting forward a new theory of the origin of the universe. What’s wrong with the current one? The prevailing theory of the big bang is called eternal inflation. It…
You are putting forward a new theory of the origin of the universe. What’s wrong with the current one? The prevailing theory…

Stephen Hawking's last paper co-authored with ERC grantee posits new cosmology

Watching this video you are accepting YouTube cookies policy Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on in collaboration with Professor Thomas Hertog from KU Leuven, has been published this week in the…
Watching this video you are accepting YouTube cookies policy Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on in collaboration with Professor…
Watching this video you are accepting YouTube cookies policy Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked…
Watching this video you are accepting YouTube cookies policy Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on in collaboration with…
Watching this video you are accepting YouTube cookies policy Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the…
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