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This month we’re celebrating 40 years of funding telecoms research networks and the enduring success and connections made in this series of eight COST Actions in mobile and wireless communications. The story starts back in 1984 when the 207, first COST Action in this field, kicked off and it continues right up to modern day with the…

Grapes have been cultivated and enjoyed as fruit, juice or wine since the dawn of civilisation. The sequencing of the grapevine genome in 2007 potentially unlocked the next level in research on grape husbandry. However, to maximise the impact requires extensive coordination and collaboration across the science spectrum, which is where COST Action Data integration…

World Vascular Ageing Week 2022 Blogs are written by COST Actions COST Action VascAgeNet aims to establish a network which will work to refine, harmonise and promote the use of vascular ageing measures, in order to improve clinical practice and to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases globally.  What is Vascular Ageing and why should…

Today, we face dramatic biodiversity loss due to the combined effects of land use and climate change. This loss is mainly calculated in terms of number of species, with scarce knowledge about loss of diversity at the genome level. Genetic (genomic) diversity is variation at the DNA level essential for adaptive capacity of species and…

On 28 June, COST organised its first workshop on Science Diplomacy with the purpose of gathering COST Actions to discuss and exchange experiences around this topic.

Polish researchers have played a vital role in over 600 COST Actions since the country joined in 1991. The Info Day aimed to encourage a new wave of involvement from the Polish R&I community by highlighting the many benefits of pan-European networking.   On Friday 17 September, an audience of 200 people joined from across…

A European network addresses the consequences of second victims with a strong focus on education and support Mistakes and errors can happen in healthcare, even for highly competent health and care providers. When an adverse patient event occurs, naturally, patients and their families are the first victims of these sad events. The second victims are…

The exploration of the Universe and the recently improved detection capabilities of cosmic messengers (photons, neutrinos, cosmic rays) brought us into a new era of knowledge. While these discoveries have set another milestone for studying new-found energetic cosmic events, they allow working on the prediction and phenomenological models to test our physical theories at energy…

The right drug at the right dose for the right patient Chronic inflammatory diseases affect 5% to 7% of the population, regardless of age or sex, from children to the elderly. Chronic inflammatory diseases encompass a range of conditions. The most common inflammatory diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, and multiple sclerosis among others.…