Europe’s researchers have found that fewer Mediterranean forest fires are caused deliberately compared with a few decades ago.

Young scientists are travelling to Italy and Belgium to get tips from experienced researchers at the Joint Research Centre (JRC), Europe's in-house research service.

Sound sculptor Bill Fontana will use the sound of the the 27-kilometer particle accelerator at CERN for a performance broadcast live on the web on 4 July.

Scientists from Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Portugal and Switzerland team up for an EU-funded project combining swarms of robots with bees and fish.

Machine tools and manufacturing machinery are set to be revolutionised – achieving much greater levels of accuracy with the fitting of highly-affordable smart components – after a multi-million Euro research project in which University of Huddersfield experts played a key role. Named HARCO (Hierarchical and Adaptive Smart Components for precision production systems application), the three-year project officially concludes this summer and was backed to the tune of €3.9 million Euros by FP7.

An international group of neuroscientists has sliced, imaged and analysed the brain of a 65-year-old woman to create the most detailed map yet of a human brain in its entirety.

Researchers from seven European countries have joined forces to assess overweight and obesity rates and energy-balance related behaviour in schoolchildren throughout Europe. The research was carried out in the course of the pan-European, EU-funded project ENERGY (EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth). The researchers found high levels of overweight and obesity in European schoolchildren, with striking differences in overweight status and potential risk behaviours between countries.

The 2013 MedSeA research cruise on ocean acidification and warming has just come to an end. The major campaign objective was to conduct a comprehensive water column sampling from each of the basins of the Mediterranean Sea.

Understanding the human brain and its diseases is one of the greatest scientific and philosophical challenges. On Tuesday, the European Commission is holding a #Hangout with experts from around Europe. Join the debate from 4 to 5 PM CET. Advances in neuroscience, brain-related disorders, present and future of research and investigations and much more!

The European Patent Office announced on 28 May the winners of the 'European Inventor Award 2013'. Prof. Patrick Couvreur (FR), an ERC grantee, received the prize for his invention of nano-capsules which destroy cancer cells without harming healthy tissue.