When forests go, so does the rain 🌧️
Research - funded by @ERC_Research - shows there is a clear connection between deforestation and a decrease in regional rainfall across the tropics.
Read the findings about the Amazon, Congo and south-east Asia
https://europa.eu/!NfKtxD
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/status/1641379788207329281
⚛️ David Perez-Garcia @unicomplutense aims to update the definition of #matter which could result in a “periodic table for the #quantumphases of matter”.
Curious to discover more? 👉 http://bit.ly/3M6vMtY
@MatematicasUCM @EUScienceInnov #mathematicalphysics #ai
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1643188215220940800
You must submit your application either via your country's Permanent Representation to the EU, the EFTA Secretariat or the Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the EU.
Please liaise with those offices to ensure that your application is sent to the ERC by 24 May 2023, 12:00 CEST.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642908402241372160
To apply to work as Seconded National Expert (SNE) at the ERC, you must be a civil servant from a national, regional or local public administration or intergovernmental organisation.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642908389272608768
🗣️ The ERC is looking for a #Seconded #National #Expert for its Physical Sciences and Engineering team, in one of these fields:
#Chemistry
#Computer Science
#Earth & #Universe Sciences
#Engineering
#Material Science
#Mathematics
#Physics
#Job details 👉 http://bit.ly/ERC-SNE-PSE
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642908379734765568
How do media narratives affect teenagers' wellbeing?
@L__Vandenbosch shares experiences from her ERC funded research @KU_Leuven and sheds light on the pressures that adolescents face in today's digital society.
Read more and listen in 👇
#ScienceisWonderful @LeuvenMassComm
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642835857274032133
The funding recently awarded during the 2022 Advanced Grants competition will help 218 researchers from 20 countries.
For a taste of what they will investigate, check out six projects, based in Germany, France, Poland, Spain, Sweden, & the UK. 👇
More 👉http://bit.ly/ERC2022AdGExamples
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642795449047461889
Did you miss the #ERCworld / #EURAXESS webinar ‘Opportunities for researchers from Thailand to visit an ERC team’?
📺 You can still catch up 👉http://europa.eu/!RWh4Jj
& learn more about how the 🌍 ERC promotes scientific cooperation worldwide 👉http://europa.eu/!btRFyv
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642780181881339904
Fiers de soutenir l'excellence scientifique en Europe 👩🔬🇪🇺
Nous avons dévoilé la liste des 218 projets de recherche exploratoire, aux frontières de la connaissance, qui bénéficieront d'une subvention avancée de l'@ERC_Research ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/UEFrance/status/1642549951543623681
DYK fake news spreads faster and further than real news? Joana Gonçalves de Sá @SpacLab is using #datascience and #behaviouralpsychology to understand why some people are more likely to share #disinformation.
@mjoanasa #InternationalFactCheckingDay
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642436762034401285
Previous studies have shown that high blood pressure negatively impacts the brain.
New research from Tomasz Guzik @UofGlasgow shows specific regions of the brain - including those linked to memory loss and thinking skills - are especially affected 👇 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/dementia-breakthrough-scientists-find-blood-26573212
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1642104544141406214
@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya With two Nobel prizes going to ERC grantees, 2022 held many achievements for our community. 🏆
From the first images of exoplanets captured by the #JWST, to new ways of generating protein shapes, read more about the discoveries of ERC grantees in our #annualreport!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723499738955778
@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya In 2022, 80% of ERC funded research led to either a scientific breakthrough or major scientific advancement 🔬
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723482684940289
@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya Following the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we launched the “ERC for Ukraine” initiative, helping connect refugee scientists with our community of grantees.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723464892710912
@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya Beyond advancing scientific knowledge, ERC-funded projects have a direct impact on future-shaping innovations 👩💻
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723446160916480
@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya In 2022 the ERC received 6801 proposals for our #ERCStG, #ERCAdG, and #ERCCoG grants. 📈
An additional 1168 applications were for our Synergy and Proof of Concept competitions.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723426103775232
ERC's year in review is here! 📈Get insights into competition statistics and learn more about the ground-breaking discoveries of our grantees.
Find out more by reading the highlights in the #thread below 👇
@EUScienceInnov @mleptin @GabrielMariya
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641723408206680064
Useful exchange between Rector @Wijmenga_Cisca, @JanPalmowski and a @univGroningen delegation with @mLeptin on how the scientific community can join forces and use powerful arguments to explain to politicians and the public why frontier research is a good return on investment.
RT @janpalmowski: Making the case for knowledge in discussion with @univgroningen: Knowledge accumulates in an exponential, not in a linear way. @mleptin arguing that we must make this case …
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641526078136000512
RT @EU_Commission: Building the foundations for future growth and prosperity in Europe:
218 research leaders across Europe receive €544 million in grants from the @ERC_Research for their cutting-edge research.
The funding is estimated to create some 2,000 jobs in research.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641500351110021120
@annalkorhonen @Cambridge_Uni @INRAE_France @PlanasRodriguez @UniBarcelona @maxplanckpress @ProfHjalmarsson @goteborgsuni mRNA vaccines 💉 were crucial for curbing the Covid19 pandemic but for deeper integration with modern medicine, further research is needed.
@AndrzejDziembo1 will use his 🇪🇺#ERCAdG grant @IIMCB_Poland to help design the next generation of mRNA therapy.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1641388168074383362
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