Research

Helping robots cope with uncertainty

Robots are getting smarter all the time, and are now able to perform highly complex activities, yet there are still large numbers of tasks which are second nature to humans but leave robots largely stumped. For example, we are able to recognise someone we know in a large crowd, even if they are wearing sunglasses and a hat. In contrast robots would simply be unable to carry out this task, as they are ill equipped to handle unpredictable situations where they do not have full knowledge.

eHeathNews.EU "What is e-health?" Poll Results

One of the first eHealthNews.EU Portal published articles was "What is e-health?" by Gunther Eysenbach, Journal of Medical Internet Research. By being based on this article we decided to create for our visitors a Pool with title "What is eHealth?" in order to strengthen the Author opinion, and to spread his "The 10 e's in eHealth" view.

FP7 to strengthen support for pan-European research infrastructures

EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has provided details of how the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will continue to support the development of integrated research infrastructures of pan European interest.

Mining biotech's data mother lode

A EU-sponsored project has developed a suite of tools that will enable biotech companies to mine through vast quantities of data created by modern life-science labs to find the nuggets of genetic gold that lie within.

The BioGrid project brought together six partners from the UK, Germany, Cyprus and The Netherlands to address one of the key problems facing the life sciences today.

EU project improves quality of life for patients with chronic lung disease

Researchers from an EU funded project have developed a care system for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which promises to reduce hospital admissions and improve patients' quality of life.

The intelligent search engine for biomedical specialists

"GoPubMed is a sort of an intelligent Google for biomedical specialists," explains Dr Michael Alvers, CEO and Co-founder of Transinsight. "The search engine saves time and so accelerates research significantly."

CORDIS launches Finnish Presidency R&D and Innovation Information Service

CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has launched a new online service covering the research and innovation activities carried out under the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (1 July to 31 December 2006). Highlighting the latest news and most relevant developments in the research and development (R&D) policy sphere during this period, the Finnish Presidency Service is part of the gateway to national and regional activities on CORDIS.

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