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Solving eel mysteries to restock our rivers
Concern over a steep decline in the European eel population has prompted the EU to implement a recovery plan to return stocks to pristine levels. The complex and mysterious life-cycle of eels does not make this an easy task says David Righton of the EELIAD project, an initiative that will help to resolve some of the questions that have been perplexing biologists for centuries..
The cells that keep our body clocks ticking
Disturbances to the circadian clock, which generates the daily rhythms of humans and other organisms, can cause mental stress. Patrick Truss spoke to Dr Gabriella Lundkvist (pictured) of Karolinska Institutet about her research into the cellular mechanisms of the circadian clock and how they may be altered in psychiatric disease .
Fighting the bacteria resistant to antibiotics
Heiko Herwald and his team (pictured) have been researching new and novel antimicrobial therapies for treating bacterial infection for 10 years and his work is having real impact on the treatment of life-threatening complications that are the second leading cause of death among patients in non-coronary intensive care units in Europe...
Impact of arctic ecosystem changes on global climate
Northern Russia is home to extensive taiga and tundra ecosystems, and permafrost terrain, which store large amounts of carbon. We spoke to Professor Peter Kuhry of the CARBO-North project about his work in researching the areas past and current carbon budget, and how its future development can be accurately projected...
Innovative solutions for the ageing population
The ageing population has been identified as one of the grand challenges facing society today, which makes the MIDAS project, which looks to ICT for solutions to help the elderly remain in their homes for longer, one of the more exciting developments in addressing that challenge. Laure Chotard explains why...
Inspired Grid networking
Grid infrastructure can provide a powerful means of resource sharing and computational power. With this in mind, Steven Newhouse describes how The EGI-INSPIRE project is inspiring the Future for Distributed Computing Infrastructures in Europe.
Improving nutrition for the developing world
Recdent studies have shown that the antioxidant properties of carotenoids, vitamins found in many foods, boost humas defences against many diseases. Raising carotenoid levels in staple crops like maize and rice will thus have a real impact on health in the developing world, as Paul Christou of the BIOFORCE project explains. .
Mapping the future of manufacturing research
What will manufacturing look like in a decade’s time? Professor Marco Taisch explains how an international consortium of companies and universities is mapping the challenges that must be met in order to develop a highly competitive but sustainable industry of the future..
The BiG Idea
Modern research techniques produce amounts of data far beyond the storage capacities of conventional computing environments. Grid computing offers an effective, efficient and reliable way to manage large volumes of data, say Arjen van Rijn and Dr. Maurice Bouwhuis of the BiG Grid project..
The next generation of Cloud Computing Platforms
Cloud computing is transforming the way we use the web but there’s still a long way to go before we make full use of the promise it offers. Professor Ignacio Martin Llorente looks ahead to a more flexible and agile future of internet-enabled service provision in a virtual computing environment..