Genitourinary cancer treatment made personal

Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer has a 60-70% chance of reoccurring in patients – it’s time to talk about it. Understanding and overcoming cancer progression and therapy resistance is a major overarching goal of cancer research. It is true that much progress...

Observing the atmosphere during the pandemic

The effects of the pandemic on the atmosphere may be non-intuitive, but how do atmospheric scientists organise their work under various restrictions? The pandemic influences people’s lives everywhere. It influences atmospheric scientists in two ways: it brings new research problems...

Biofabricating the human circulatory system

Dr Matteo Moretti, Director of the EOC, discusses the current advances in the development of next generation engineered tissues. The regeneration of biological tissues and organs in vitro is an idea that emerged almost 25 years ago and many progresses...

Innovation to mitigate battery thermal propagation

Find out about the global technical regulation on electric vehicle safety being developed that includes provision for thermal propagation.

Everything you need to know about the annual MPS therapy week

From 11 July to 20 July 2019, the annual MPS therapy week and bi-annual MPS Conference was hosted in Hinterglemm, in the South-East of Salzburg, Austria. Over the course of those days, individuals affected with mucopolysaccharidoses and similar lysosomal disorders,...

Supporting trees in the inner city: the case for structural soil

The fact that trees have difficulties surviving in urban environments is not a surprise. Urban areas are rarely designed with trees in mind. Trees are often treated as if they were afterthoughts in an environment designed and built for cars,...

A universal tool to share knowledge about animal gene banks

Gene banks keep a range of biological material: gametes, embryos, DNA, somatic tissues, biological fluids. They represent a major investment for research institutions as well as for governments for the preservation of genetic diversity. The challenge is to evaluate the...

A recycling revolution for lead-acid batteries

Lead-acid batteries have been indispensable for industrial progress, but at what cost? As the world is looking towards cleaner and greener energy and recycling solutions, we ask: where will the surplus lead go? Is there a better way? The lead-acid battery...

Personalised skin tissue therapy underway

More than 50 million people suffer from skin defects every year in the world, and require surgical intervention to restore skin function and appearance. The standard of care (autografting) is ineffective and very often too scarce. Autografting is a challenge...

Maintaining infrastructure is complex management

Any maintenance activity on an infrastructure network is an optimisation wherein invested resources are related to the future condition of the structural quality. Boundaries are set by budget, nearby traffic usage; and sometimes by the limits of the available time....


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