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The missing link in interoperability

Pilot trials show that the resulting e-services can reduce bureaucracy, identify fraud and deliver optimised services to citizens.A few years ago Norbert…

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Real e-services for real people

Effective on-line services need websites that are easy for users to navigate, and can cater for visitors with disabilities. Widespread internet access is…

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Sounding out the future of sound and music computing (SMC)

It draws inspiration from hard sciences like physics and engineering, social sciences like psychology and musicology, and the creative arts. Digital musical…

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Proving identity across borders

People who come to work in the EU from America or Asia may find they have to rebuild their credit records before they can buy a car or a house. EU citizens…

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Efficiency of satellite telecommunications for civil protection agencies

The 'Decision' (DEvelopment of CIvil protection Satellite communication services: enhancing Interoperability during deployments Outside Europe – also referred…

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Air Quality Forecasts: Space Tech’s Role in Pollution Prediction

Some scientists predict that an operational system of routine, global forecasts of air pollution near the ground, where it affects human health, is only a few…

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Europe's DEISA and GridAustralia demonstrating interoperation with distributed supercomputing for HIV drug simulations

The AIDS disease effects over 40 million people worldwide. Certain drugs have the ability to reduce patient viral loads and improve patient health by binding…

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Leicester Explores 3D Learning’s Educational Impact

Researchers want to take a radical look at how learning and teaching in 3D worlds can be best achieved. The Virtual Island will be launched by the University…

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'Combinatorial' approach squashes software bugs faster, cheaper

Studying software crashes in a variety of applications from medical devices to Web browsers, NIST researchers obtained hard evidence to support long-held…

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Helsinki Institute Launches Virtual Economy Research Project

“We are excited to expand our pioneering research in this area. An increasing amount of time and money is being spent in virtual economies, but many basic…

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A researcher from the Universidad de Granada has created a system which makes robots ‘see’ people and interact with them

Rafael Muñoz Salinas, a researcher from de Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Granada, is the author of a doctoral…

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University of Kent Students Tackle Airline Scheduling Challenges

XL Airways, a leading and award winning UK charter airline based at Gatwick, operates a complex timetable to over 50 charter destinations in Europe, the Middle…

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Croatian Scientists Simplify Protein Fingerprinting Process

Being directly responsible for a great majority of processes in living cells, proteins are the most important class of biological molecules. They are literally…

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UWE Develops Disguise-Seeing Cameras to Combat Crime

UWE and its partners have received £672,000 in funding for the three-year project from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's Fighting Crime…

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Fractals Transform Mountbatten Building Inspired by Nanotech

These technologies are being applied to create new optoelectronic devices which could enhance optical communications or greatly reduce the cost of solar energy.

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CU-Boulder Supercomputer Sheds Light on Missing Matter

The study indicated a significant portion of the gas is in the filaments — which connect galaxy clusters — hidden from direct observation in enormous gas…

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