Research*EU Magazine | Number 62 (May 2017)

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Series Details Number 62
Publication Date May 2017
ISSN 1977-4028
EC ZZ-AC-17-004-EN-N
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Extreme space weather. Let's get ready

Summary:

Space weather, in particular so-called extreme space weather events, can have huge consequences for businesses and governments. Major disturbances in sectors like power grids, precision drilling, telecommunications, ground transportation, satellite infrastructure or aviation have been ascribed to space weather in the past, and even essential services like global navigation satellite systems can be vulnerable to major storms. The Research*EU Magazine sheds light on seven projects tackling these issues.

This special feature is followed by highlights across nine themes of research: health, society, transport, environment, agriculture and forestry, industry, information and communication technology, space and fundamental research. The magazine closes with a list of upcoming events hosted by or involving EU-funded research projects.

Contents:

Special feature: Extreme space weather. Let's get ready.

Fundamental Research

  • Advancing therapeutic applications of gene editing

Health

  • Significant step towards personalised treatments for IBD
  • Uncovering genetic links to the development of pulmonary disease

Society

  • Women get sicker but men die quicker disproved
  • New insights to help Europe manage its external relations effectively
  • Cooperation tools to mitigate cascading effects during crises
  • Turn-taking in human communication

Digital Economy

  • Technology to tackle lower achievement in science and mathematics education
  • Robots of tomorrow with intelligent visual capabilities
  • Novel user interfaces slated to enhance multisensory interaction
  • New analytical software promises Big Bang in European astrophysics
  • A solid-state platform for quantum technologies

Transport and Mobility

  • Powering the next-generation of electric vehicles
  • Innovating aircraft design for better heat-control
  • The potential of autonomous emergency braking for motorcycles and mopeds
  • The next step towards more-electric aircraft
  • Making curved composites the PUL-AERO way

Climate Change and Environment

  • Biopesticides replace toxic chemical sprays
  • Insect protein to satisfy demand
  • New tools to increase the accuracy of biodiversity monitoring
  • Breaking the cycle of forest loss in the Amazon
  • Fishing the radioactivity out of nuclear waste
  • What happens when the seafloor runs out of breath?
  • New, innovative tool can track the environmental status of our seas

Industrial Technologies

  • Smart, wearable healthcare devices one step closer to mass production
  • Introducing a new member of the family of advanced, engineered components
  • Coatings for car and plane parts also to be available in green
  • Strengthening bonds between dissimilar materials
  • The tide turns for offshore maintenance costs
  • Beam imaging rises to the challenge of sophisticated accelerators

Space

  • Computing power for the next generation of space explorers
  • Giving Earth’s lower orbit a spring clean
  • Jaw-dropping discovery of earth-like planets revealed to the world
  • A light-bulb moment for the early Universe
  • A benchmark dataset to advance heliospheric research

Energy

  • Solving real world problems with applied mathematics

Food and Natural Resources

  • Protecting olive trees from a deadly disease
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  • https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/400802-extreme-space-weather-let-s-get-ready
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