Sabato 10 dicembre si terrà presso la sede della Società Romana di Scienze Naturali

la Lectio Magistralis 2016: Origine ed evoluzione delle piante terrestri del prof. Franco Bruno

Chaimen: Pierangel Crucitti e Federica Emiliani

The Marrakech climate conference concluded yesterday with concrete results to put the Paris Agreement on climate change into action.

The global ocean economy is estimated at €1.3 trillion. Climate change, poverty and food security are some of the global challenges that can be effectively addressed, if oceans are better protected and sustainably managed.

The mutations humans acquired from Neanderthals are slowly being purged from the genome overtime.

Modern humans with non-African ancestry get between one and four percent of their DNA from Neanderthals. This species of hominid lived in Europe, the Middle East and central Asia until roughly 30,000 years ago, but their DNA has endured through the years—passed on to many populations of Homo Sapiens during a period of interbreeding between the species that began roughly 50,000 years ago.

A LIFE-line for 144 innovative projects investing for a better environment and climate action.

The European Commission has approved an investment package of €222.7 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon future. The EU funding will spur additional investments leading to a total of €398.6 million to be invested into 144 new projects in 23 Member States.

The EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis confirmed the renewed commitment in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that is one of the biggest health threats facing humanity today.

Today, the European Research Council has published the 2017 Consolidator Grant call. It is expected that this call with a budget of €575 million, worth up to €2 million per grant, will fund approximately 320 researchers. The submission deadline is 9 February 2017.