EU & International

Monitoring the levels of pollution in cities

Scientists and engineers at the University of York are coordinating an innovative project which will use new technologies to improve the understanding of urban pollution.

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Realising the full potential of global stem cell research

A project coordinated by the University of Edinburgh and funded by the European Commission has made Europe – and the UK in particular – a leader in stem cell research.

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Training clinicians to help mothers and babies in Africa

European funding has enabled researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School to develop education and training for nurses and midwives in isolated parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Making travel across Europe simpler for tourists and workers

A four-year EU project involving researchers at the University of Oxford is developing new technologies to enable quick and easy border crossings for holidaymakers and business travellers in Europe.

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EU and UK investments supporting the development and application of graphene

The European Union has invested €54 million into a Graphene Flagship project involving Nobel Prize-winning scientists at the University of Manchester and will be investing a further €50 million a year from 2016.

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