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Use of eco-friendly materials for a new concept of Asphalt Pavements for a Sustainable Environment (APSE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Main objective of the project is the demonstration and validation of an eco-innovative design of asphalt pavements based on the integration of more sustainable materials into its production cycle. This goal will be achieved by working on two asphalt mixtures’ main components, binders and aggregates. On the binder side, the aim is to replace almost the 100% of the bitumen by greener materials from ...
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Combining innovation in vineyard management and genetic diversity for a sustainable European viticulture (INNOVINE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

"The strategic goal of the project is to help the European vineyard sector facing the increasingly global competition by meeting:* Consumer demands for diversified high quality wines and concerns for food safety* Citizens’ requests for environment-friendly production systems involving decreased or no use of pesticides and spare of not renewable natural resources* Producers’ needs of plant material ...
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Empowering root-targeted strategies to minimize abiotic stress impacts on horticultural crops (ROOTOPOWER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

ROOTOPOWER aims to develop a multidisciplinary suite of new tools targeted to the root system to enhance agronomic stability and sustainability of dicotyledonous crops under multiple and combined abiotic stresses: salinity, water stress, soil compaction and low fertilizer (N, P, K) input. Central to our approach is the use of tomato as a model species since it can be very easily grafted (usual com ...
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High Power, high Reliability offshore wind technology (HIPRWIND)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The aim of the HiPRwind project is to develop and test new solutions for very large offshore wind turbines at an industrial scale. The project addresses critical issues of offshore WT technology such as extreme reliability, remote maintenance and grid integration with particular emphasis on floating wind turbines, where weight and size limitations of onshore designs can be overcome.HiPRWind will t ...
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Synapses: from molecules to higher brain function and diseases (SYMBAD)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

SyMBaD aims to move forward our knowledge on synapse structure and function in the normal and pathological brain. Brain diseases represent a considerable social and economic burden in Europe. Emerging evidence indicates that synaptic dysfunction is associated with a majority of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Novel therapeutical approaches relie on a better knowledge of the synapse and its ...
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Community-embedded Reproductive health Care for Adolescents (CERCA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

Adolescents in Latin America are confronted with serious sexual and reproductive health problems. Besides the negative physical effects, poor sexual and reproductive health brings about social threats for adolescents. The CERCA project aims to contribute to the global knowledge about how health systems could be more responsive to the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents and by exten ...
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