The European Commission Partnership will ensure the availability of and facilitate access to state-of-the-art research infrastructures required to implement the research roadmap. This will be done coherently with action 12 (European Facility in Nuclear Research). The Commission invites proposals for the establishment of the European Partnership for research in radiation protection and detection of ionizing radiation.

Nuclear and radiation technologies are present in a wide variety of applications in industry, research, health, food, and agriculture, environment, security, space, and cultural heritage. Ionizing radiation (IR) is used in many domains like sterilization, manufacturing, non-destructive testing and detection, and environmental applications. Objectives of Horizon Europe should be reflected in this action.

The project addressing this “Batteries-2Zero” Joint Call approaches a commonly accepted Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of zero-emission road transport solutions, focusing on zero-emission vehicles and their batteries, as one of their central components, as well as other applications of the same types of battery cells (e.g. industrial, stationary applications etc.).

The European Green Deal refers to the need to achieve clean, climate neutral shipping and waterborne operations and to the importance of research and innovation in this respect.

The European Green Deal refers to the need to achieve clean, climate-neutral shipping and waterborne operations and to the importance of research and innovation in this respect. Waterborne transport, in particular where large sea-going vessels are used, remains an important emitter of GHG and the sector needs to step up its efforts on a significant scale and through a wide range of measures.

The analysis of the possible contribution of nuclear energy to EU climate neutrality by 2050 should consider all the options for how nuclear energy could contribute to meeting the climate target, The analysis of the available and close to market nuclear technologies should be performed, covering the full development cycle from research and development, to demonstration and early-stage deployment (techno-economic evaluation).

The topic is intended to improve the delivery of quality control and standards (including open and licensed) for climate services and to guarantee suitability, quality, and performance of digital solutions to manage climate risks and enhance adaptive capacities.

AWARMN Students Proposal Presentation webadmin Fri, 07/30/2021 - 13:19

African Water Resource Mobility  Network (AWARMN) students’ proposal presentation seminar happening now via zoom. The mobility supports students from Makerere University, Rhodes University, Federal University of Technology, Minna, University of Kinshasa, Delft University of Technology, and National School of Hydraulics, Algeria. The students are funded under the Intra Africa Mobility Network by European Union and African Union. 

African swine fever Virus genotype II in Nigeria and West Africa webadmin Wed, 07/21/2021 - 15:55

Assoc. Professor Charles Masembe's team has unveiled for the first-time presence of African swine fever Virus genotype II in Nigeria and West Africa.
This was done by partial sequencing of the B464L and E183L genes of ASF virus (ASFV). This finding has serious implications for ASFV control measures and food security. The research paper with the findings is available at the available link: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/MRA.00350-21
The research was made possible through funding from the African Union Commission.

Eid Adhuha Wishes webadmin Wed, 07/21/2021 - 15:39

On behalf of Management, I wish our Moslem brothers and sisters a peaceful Eid Adhuha celebration. Eid Adhuha, like many religious celebrations seeks to promote peace and love for all humanity. I therefore join our gallant members of staff from the Moslem faith in celebrating this day. I wish all of you happiness and prosperity, as you continue to be part of a great team as, WE BUILD FOR THE FUTURE!

ALLAH BLESS YOU!

This Wellcome Trust grant has been made available to facilitate researchers engage the public with their research. Researchers share their ideas with the public and in return get new perspectives on their research and can inspire learning, enhance research and help to improve health.

The World Bank Group (WBG) Africa Fellowship Program targets young, talented African nationals who are completing, or have recently completed their Ph.D. in an area relevant to the World Bank’s work. The fellowship program has been very successful since its inception, building a strong pipeline of young African talent interested in a career in development, international institutions, African governments, think tanks, and academia.

In line with the European Green Deal priorities, the farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly food system, and the EU's climate ambition for 2030 and 2050, the successful proposal will support R&I to prevent and reduce food loss and waste, contributing to the transformation of food systems to deliver co-benefits for climate (mitigation and adaptation), biodiversity, environmental sustainability and circularity

Proposals related to this call are expected to demonstrate significant advances with respect to already achieved results in Europe and outside, delivering a minimum of 50% and demonstrating the potential to achieve mass production and a competitive hydrogen cost and an improved climate performance with respect to current methane based, CO

The objective of this call aims at satisfying the need for low-temperature heat in the relevant industrial sectors, by upgrading lower temperature heat flows, including from renewable heat sources, ambient heat, or industrial excess (waste) heat, as a cost-efficient way to improve energy efficiency and reduce the GHG emissions. The proposal should,

roposed research should support the safety assessment and development of advanced and innovative reactor safety designs and technologies for deployment in the medium and long term, including Research Reactors and the Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).

Photovoltaic power generation is pivotal in the transition to a clean energy system and the achievement of the zero-emissions target. To that end, it is important to enhance affordability, security of supply and sustainability of PV technologies along with further efficiency improvements.

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light.