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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONSULTING, training and research institute into microencapsulation has been launched in Europe, funded by Euro 1.8 million of European Union money. The ncapsolutions group will advise on turning capsule technologies into viable business products, with the cosmetics market a key target.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONSULTING, training and research institute into microencapsulation has been launched in Europe, funded by Euro 1.8 million of European Union money. The ncapsolutions group will advise on turning capsule technologies into viable business products, with the pharmaceutical market a key target.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
STUDIES into the nutritional impact of zinc in food supplements and its use in anti-ageing drugs are being funded by a new Euro 166 million tranche of the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. The European Commission said no focused research has been conducted in this area before.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union funded research group investigating wave energy has called for greater efforts to publicise the technology, to help neutralise environmental opposition to proposed projects. The WaveNet thematic network claims that “by far the biggest barrier” to public acceptance of wave energy is its low public profile.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission made a formal call for nuclear specialists involved in collaborative studies with experts from other European Union (EU) Member States to submit proposals for grants from the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. Brussels has set aside a budget of Euro 61 million – paid via EURATOM – for this work and has released a detailed guide of the research topics it will favour in grant applications.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BUDGET of Euro 197 million has been released by the European Commission for studies into food quality and safety, under the umbrella of the European Union sixth framework programme for research. It has published formal calls for proposals from research units, most of which must be answered by next February.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A STATEMENT of intent to promote cooperation and collaboration in European research projects has been signed by three of Europe’s top nuclear science organisations. The European organisation for nuclear research (CERN), the European fusion development agreement (EFDA) and the European synchrotron radiation facility (ESRF) have agreed in this way to further the development of the so-called ‘European Research Area’.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BUDGET of Euro 197 million has been released by the European Commission for studies into food quality and safety, under the umbrella of the European Union sixth framework programme for research. It has published formal calls for proposals from research units, most of which must be answered by next February.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally called for nuclear specialists involved in collaborative studies with experts from other European Union (EU) Member States to submit proposals for grants from the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. Brussels has a budget of Euro 61 million – paid via EURATOM – for this work.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released the details of the projects financed by the first Euro 166 million released for food studies under the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. They include a study on hazardous compounds in heat-treated carbohydrate-rich foods, such as acrylamide.…