EIROforum Press Releases

Browse through the various press releases from the EIROforum institutions

29 February 2012 - ESO
VLT Rediscovers Life on Earth
By looking at the Moon

28 February 2012 - EMBL
Making the most of what you have
Bacterium fine-tunes proteins for enhanced functionality

20 February 2012 - CERN
Geneva conference to bring benefits of basic research to medicine
A new kind of conference will be launched next week in Geneva, uniting physics, biology and medicine for better healthcare.

19 February 2012 - EMBL
Trapped in a ring
Ring-like protein complex helps ensure accurate protein production

18 February 2012 - ESRF
X-rays illuminate the interior of the Moon
Deep lunar magma is too heavy to produce active volcanoes

14 February 2012 - ESRF
X-rays reveal why sea urchins are no easy prey
Nature invented a hi-tech composite material millions of years ago.

14 February 2012 - EMBL
Stretching helices help keep muscles together
Scientists at EMBL Hamburg have discovered that the elastic part of myomesin, a protein that links muscle filaments, can stretch to two and a half times its original length, unfolding in a way that was hitherto unknown.

13 February 2012 - CERN
LHC to run at 4 TeV per beam in 2012
CERN today announced that the LHC will run with a beam energy of 4 TeV this year, 0.5 TeV higher than in 2010 and 2011.

8 February 2012 - ESO
VLT Takes Most Detailed Infrared Image of the Carina Nebula
ESO’s Very Large Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far.

2 February 2012 - EMBL
Collective action
Occupied genetic switches hold clues to cells' history

1 February 2012 - ESO
A Pocket of Star Formation
This new view shows a stellar nursery called NGC 3324