Manufacturing
Strategic recommendations on the future of EU Research and Innovation programmes
EU Research and Innovation programmes will play a fundamental role in supporting the competitiveness of the Union. New strategic recommendations on how to maximise their impact were published in October 2024
Ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry in chemical-pharmaceutical analyses
Mass spectrometry (MS) is a set of analytical techniques capable of separating ions in relation to their mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) using appropriate magnetic fields. The functional part of the MS is represented by the mass spectrometer which essentially consists of a sample introduction system, an ionization chamber, an analyzer, and a detector
R&D
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as drug delivery systems
Metal-organic frameworks can be defined as a class of materials having a certain degree of porosity, consisting of metal ions or oligonuclear metal complexes and organic ligands. Pore size plays a fundamental role in the classification of these structures
The EU Innovation scoreboard 2024
The European Commission has published the EU Innovation Scoreboard 2024 (EIS),the annual report that since 2001 takes stock of the research and innovation (R&I) activities in the different member countries, as well as some neighbouring countries and third countries of particular competitive significance.