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Innovative interfaces for energy-related applications (INTERNEW)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

"In this project we propose the development and investigation of a new class of composite nanomaterials for specific energy-related applications. In fact, in most cutting edge applications related to energy harnessing, harvesting and storage, nanomaterials are playing mayor role in enhancing and optimizing device performances, while maintaining affordable production costs for their effective explo ...
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Structural investigations of Bacterial Secretion by Solid-State NMR (SecSysNMR)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

Many cellular processes rely on multi-functional molecular nanomachines, such as the ribosome (protein synthesis), bacterial pili and needles (host-pathogen interaction) or flagella (cell motion). These machines are built by the assembly of multiple copies of protein subunits into large macromolecular structures, also called supramolecular assemblies. Understanding assembly, structure and function ...
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ENhanced DURability materials for Advanced stacks of New solid oxide fuel CElls (Endurance)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

"The project aims at developing reliable predictive models to estimate long-term (i.e. > 20 kh) performance and probability of failure of SOFC stacks based on existing materials and design produced by the industrial partners. This will allow the realization of stacks with extended service intervals and reduced maintenance cost with respect to the present stack technology. The extension of service ...
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Supporting Postgraduate Research with Internships in industry and Training Excellence (SPRITE)

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

SPRITE is a multi-disciplinary European training network which brings together Europe’s premier research institutes in technology and applications of ion beams. Those involved are already actively collaborating, for example in the recently very favourably reviewed EC Infrastructure project SPIRIT.SPRITE addresses the urgent European need - identified in a recent Foresight Review - to train the ne ...
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Innovative plasma based transformation of food waste into high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen (PLASCARB)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

PlasCarb has been stimulated by a transnational consortium of R&D performing SMEs in partnership with specialist scientific resource, life cycle thinking experts, industrial customers, and access to risk finance to facilitate future market uptake. It will integrate commerce with research; transforming a widespread urban solid waste environmental problem (140 million tonnes of food and plant waste ...
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Enabling Science and Technology through European Electron Microscopy (ESTEEM 2)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

ESTEEM2 is an integrated infrastructure of electron microscopy facilities providing access for the academic and industrial research community in the physical sciences to some of the most powerful characterization techniques available at the nanoscale. Transnational access to ESTEEM2 centres is obtained through a transparent, simple peer review process based on merit and scientific priorities. Serv ...
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Quantum sensor technologies and applications (QTea)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

This training network focuses on the development of modern quantum sensors based on precision measurements of inertial forces, electro-magnetic fields, and time. Important ideas and major contributions to current research in this field have originated from atomic physics and quantum optics. The topics covered are gravitational probing, rotational sensing, field probes, and atomic clocks, with pote ...
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Europeana network of Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy (EAGLE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

EAGLE is a Best Practice Network that brings together the most prominent European institutions and archives in the field of Classical Latin and Greek epigraphy, to provide Europeana with a comprehensive collection of unique historical sources which constitute a veritable pillar of European culture. In particular, it will supply inscriptions coming from 25 EU countries, providing more than 1.5 M of ...
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SYnthesis and functionality of chalcogenide NAnostructures for PhaSE change memories (SYNAPSE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The SYNAPSE project initially aimed at the metalorganic chemical vapor phase deposition (MOCVD) and study of chalcogenide single material, (core) and double material (core-shell) nanowires (NWs), for innovative multi-level phase change memories (PCM). If Ge-Sb-Te is the most studied material for PCM applications, In-based materials, like In-Sb-Te or In-Ge-Te alloys, are also promising, since they ...
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Aerial Robotics Cooperative Assembly System (ARCAS)

Start date: Nov 28, 2011, End date: Nov 27, 2015,

Description The ARCAS project proposes the development and experimental validation of the first cooperative free-flying robot system for assembly and structure construction. The project will pave the way for a large number of applications including the building of platforms for evacuation of people or for landing aircrafts, the inspection an ...
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Smart Intelligent Aircraft Structures (SARISTU)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The project proposal concerns the challenges posed by the physical integration of smart intelligentstructural concepts. It addresses aircraft weight and operational cost reductions as well as animprovement in the flight profile specific aerodynamic performance.This concerns material concepts enabling a conformal, controlled distortion of aerodynamicallyimportant surfaces, material concepts enablin ...
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Linking biological and artificial neuronal assemblies to restore lost brain functions: towards the design of innovative bi-directional neuroprostheses (BRAINBOW)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2015,

The possibility to control actions from thoughts is becoming reality thanks to Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs). However modern BMIs are mostly unidirectional and aimed at restoring lost motor functions. In a wider perspective, neural interfaces must be bi-directional devices that substitute motor, sensory or cognitive circuits within the brain, that might have been damaged as a result of an injury ...
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THE CHANGING ARCTIC AND SUB-ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT: A RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMME ON MARINE BIOTIC INDICATORS OF RECENT CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE HIGH LATITUDES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC (CASE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"The main aim of the CASE Initial Training Network Programme is to train the next generation of European paleoclimate scientists via state-of-the-art training in marine biotic proxies and modelling of past climate changes. It will be implemented through a joint research project aiming to describe and identify the mechanisms and impacts of recent environmental changes in the Nordic Seas. The compos ...
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Nano-Scale Organization Dynamics and Functions of Synapses: from single molecule tracking to the physiopathology of excitatory synaptic transmission (NANO-DYN-SYN)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

Synapses are arguably the most elaborate signaling machine of cells. This complex intercellular junction is specialized for rapid (millisecond) directional signaling. In addition, synapses change in response to patterns of neural activity and these changes can endure, modifying neuronal circuitry. These competing properties of persistence and plasticity must be encoded by the precise content an ...
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New light on the gamma-ray sky: unveiling cosmic-ray accelerators in the Milky Way and their relation to pulsar wind nebulae (P-WIND)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"Gamma-ray Astronomy pinpoints celestial high energy particle accelerators and may reveal the origin of the cosmic-rays, a century after their discovery. Now is a time of extraordinary opportunity. Cherenkov telescopes have opened up a new domain and more than 70 very-high energy gamma-ray sources have been detected above 100 GeV, especially by the European experiments H.E.S.S. and MAGIC. NASA's ...
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Regulation of AMPA type of glutamate receptor surface diffusion by Protein Kinase ζ (AMPAZETA)

Start date: Sep 17, 2011, End date: Sep 16, 2013,

"In recent years significant progress has been made into deciphering the initial triggering mechanisms responsible for the induction of synaptic strengthening. Contrarily, very few studies address the question as to which cellular processes are responsible for the maintenance of LTP. Recently, the protein kinase M zeta (PKMζ, an atypical protein kinase C) has taken center stage in the field of syn ...
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Communication between Functional Molecules using Photocontrolled Ions (COMMOTION)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

The goal of COMMOTION is to establish a strategy whereby functional molecular devices (e.g. photo-/electroactive) can communicate with one another in solution and in organized, self-assembled media (biotic and abiotic). Despite intense research, no single strategy has been shown to satisfactorily connect artificial molecular components in networks. This is perhaps the greatest hurdle to overcome i ...
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Media Ecosystem Deployment Through Ubiquitous Content-Aware Network Environments (ALICANTE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

The ALICANTE project proposes a novel concept towards the deployment of a networked 'Media Ecosystem'. The proposed solution is based on a flexible cooperation between providers, operators, and end-users, finally enabling every user to access the offered multimedia services in various contexts, and to share and deliver his own audiovisual content dynamically, seamlessly, and transparently. Towards ...
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