News

1 July 2009 - ESO
Astronomer's new guide to the galaxy: largest map of cold dust revealed
Astronomers have unveiled an unprecedented new atlas of the inner regions of the Milky Way, our home galaxy, peppered with thousands of previously undiscovered dense knots of cold cosmic dust - the potential birthplaces of new stars.
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International Year of Astronomy 2009
In December 2007, the 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations declared the Year 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). The IYA is a global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture and marks the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei.
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Photo of the Month

ESA - Artist's impression of ESA's Herschel satellite.

ESA - Artist's impression of ESA's Herschel satellite.

Since the early 1950s, a number of intergovernmental research organisations have been established to fulfil the needs of Europe's scientists. They bring together expertise and funding from across the continent and have been remarkably successful in developing and operating.
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Education

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Welcome to Science in School, the European journal to promote inspiring science teaching by encouraging communication between teachers, scientists and everyone else involved in European science education. More...

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Jim Al-Khalili

Time travel: science fact or science fiction?

Do you believe that time travel has no place in a serious science lesson? Jim Al-Khalili from the University of Surrey, UK, disagrees. He shows how the topic of time travel introduces some of the ideas behind Einstein’s theories of relativity.
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Scientific News

ESRF

ESRF - The birth of micelles revealed by synchrotron light

Spontaneous micellisation of block copolymers in selective solvents was investigated by time-resolved SAXS experiments at the ESRF. The kinetic pathway of the micellisation was observed for the first time and could be modelled by a nucleation and growth process.
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Events

Technology Transfer Conference 2009, Heidelberg

Technology Transfer Conference, 18 - 19 November 2009, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Technology Transfer and the European Research Area: past, present and future contributions from the EIROforum Organisations
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Research Collaborations

Research Collaborations

Each of the EIROforum organisations carries out world-class research in its own field. In addition, the EIROforum organisations collaborate in research projects in interdisciplinary areas.
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European and International Relations

EU Relations

Each of the EIROforum partner organisations are engaged in a wide variety of collaborations both within Europe and with institutes and countries outside of Europe. On behalf of the partnership, EIROforum entertains close links with the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU).
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