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Optical Infrared Co-ordination Network for Astronomy (OPTICON)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Optical-infrared astronomy in Europe is in a state of transition and opportunity, with the goal of a viable structured European scale community in sight. A strong astronomical community requires access to state of the art infrastructures (telescopes), equipped with the best possible instrumentation, and with that access being open to all on a basis of competitive excellence. Further, the community ...
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Marine Microorganisms: Cultivation Methods for Improving their Biotechnological Applications (MACUMBA)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

Marine microorganisms form an almost untapped resource of biotechnological potential. However, its use is hindered by the low success rate of isolation of novel microorganisms and often by poor growth efficiency. Hence, the vast majority of marine microorganisms has not been cultivated and is often considered as ‘unculturable’. MaCuMBA aims at improving the isolation rate and growth efficiency of ...
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Active Solar Panel Initiative (ASPIS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

The Active Solar Initiative targets development of a fundamentally new, multi-disciplinary photovoltaic technology that will enable meeting and exceeding the year 2015 cost targets of the EU Photovoltaic Strategic Research Agenda, driving European consumer premises power generation to cost parity with grid electricity. The basis of Active Solar is a novel Parallactic Tracking technology concept th ...
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Tyre Recycling for Environmental Advantage (TREAD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2005, End date: Jul 1, 2007,

Background In Europe, an estimated 3 billion waste vehicle tyres are currently stockpiled, posing a significant hazard to the environment. While the volume of waste tyres is predicted to grow significantly across the EU in the coming years, the EU Landfill Directive now bans the land-filling of waste tyres. The effective management of waste tyres therefor ...
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