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COST scientists turn to genomics – digging for solutions to beat plant parasites, helping farmers protect their valuable crops. Keeping crops healthy is a costly business for farmers worldwide. Plant parasitic nematodes or roundworms are responsible for global agricultural losses estimated at over $ 100 000 million annually. To add to the challenge, recent EU restrictions on certain…

What exactly happens as we digest food and what are the implications for our health? Answering these questions will help design healthier foods that could curb the rising rates of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The online Info Day proved to be a huge success with audience numbers far exceeding expectations. On Tuesday 23 June 2020, over 1600 people watched the first ever live streamed COST Info Day. The event encouraged attendees to participate in the COST programme by explaining the many benefits of pan-European networking for researchers and innovators…

With conspiracy theories moving from the fringes of society to inspiring political rhetoric and policy making, COST is helping a network of academics to study this fascinating subject in greater depth than ever before.

“Over the last decades, data has risen to a prominent role in society, and in science and technology in particular, while some call it “the world’s most valuable resource.” On 13 and 14 March 2019, COST will host the COST Connect on data sharing – Sharing is Daring? Data sharing in the context of networks…

The Forensics Europe Expo has taken place at the ExCeL Conference Center in London on September 14-16, and the DIGFORASP network has had the opportunity to actively participate, contributing novel perspectives from Artificial Intelligence.

Combining multiple images and cutting-edge technology is helping forensic science to give law enforcement agencies, juries and the judiciary the clearest ever picture of what happens at the scene of a crime.

COST Academy on COST Action sustainability – Helping Actions in creating lasting follow-ups Connections enabled by the COST Actions’ research networks offer a strong basis to build long-lasting collaborations, generate new projects and create impact through sustained and coordinated research activities.  In many cases, these connections extend beyond the initial four-year duration inherent to each…

As challenges faced by European societies are becoming more interdependent, the need to integrate science knowledge into the global policy, diplomacy and international relations’ landscape has become vital. The topic of science diplomacy is a key concept in this context and looks at harnessing opportunities coming out from open science, internationalisation, and responsible Research and…