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Polymers, commonly known as plastic, are some of the most used materials in the world with a vast range of applications such packaging, textiles, microwaveable plastics, resins, paint and even disposable cups and plates. With an ever-growing demand for such products, it is no accident that modern society relies on huge quantities of polymeric materials…

A global consortium of 450 lipid scientists celebrates the fourth year of transformative research and public engagement In a remarkable three-year journey, EpiLipidNET, an international consortium of 450 lipid scientists, clinicians, scientific societies, and enterprises from 47 countries is celebrating its extraordinary accomplishments in the field of lipid research, education, and public awareness. With a…

Innovative coatings that aim to fight drug-resistant superbugs may hold the key to reducing healthcare associated infections, which affect over 4 million people in Europe every year.

How did the Universe create the chemical elements that make us and everything around us? What do stars tell us about the building blocks of matter? Such fundamental questions require global research initiatives and international networks that can bridge political and cultural divides and provide planet-sized brain power to properly tackle them. International cooperation The…

Embracing Change in a Shifting World – COST fully supports South African research community On 25 to 29 October 2021, the Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association Leadership in Research & Innovation Management, SARIMA, organised its annual conference virtually. SARIMA is an organisation that brings together researchers and innovators and provides opportunities for research…

With currently 1.9 million people a year dying of cancer in Europe alone, increasing urgency for a pan-European development of new and better cancer therapies is one of the highest priorities in the EU’s next Research and Innovation Programme (Horizon Europe). At the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, we contribute to this priority by…

Part of the Portuguese research community participating in COST networks met the EU Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation, Mr Carlos Moedas, in Lisbon on Monday, 20 February. The lunch event stressed the added value that COST networks bring to the European R&D landscape.

The European Network of Investigators Triggering Exploratory Research on Myeloid Regulatory Cells (Mye-EUNITER) formed in 2014 aimed at establishing a gold standard of common protocols and harmonising guidelines for the analysis and clinical monitoring of myeloid regulatory cells (MRCs). Before this Action, there was no true scientific network covering all myeloid immune cells in the…

Antioxidants are big business. An arsenal of preventative magic bullets that claim to prevent everything from hangovers to dementia. But could they be creating disease, not preventing it? One COST researcher has moved from one side of the world while trying to find out.