EuChemS Meeting with JACI

EuChemS Meeting with JACI

Today EuChemS met with the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI) at EuChemS Brussels Offices in order to discuss possible future collaborations. EuChemS Vice-President, Ulrich Schubert, and JACI´s Director General, Makoto Fujioka led a discussion on, among...
Meet the New Elements

Meet the New Elements

The names proposed for the four new additions to the periodic table are: Nihonium and symbol Nh, for the element 113, Moscovium and symbol Mc, for the element 115, Tennessine and symbol Ts, for the element 117, and Oganesson and symbol Og, for the element 118. The...
UNESCO Science Report Towards 2030

UNESCO Science Report Towards 2030

The UNESCO Science Report was presented today at a STOA Workshop in the European Parliament. This quinquennial report counted with the collaboration of more than 50 experts and focuses on long-term trends, covering more than 100 countries, thus providing an insightful...
EuChemS Nominated to Open Science Policy Platform

EuChemS Nominated to Open Science Policy Platform

EuChemS representative Prof. Wolfram Koch was selected for the High-Level Advisory Group “Open Science Policy Platform”. The group was announced today, the 27th May, by European Commissioner Carlos Moedas at the Competitiveness Council in Brussels. The mandate of this...
Outcomes of Solving Antibiotic Resistance

Outcomes of Solving Antibiotic Resistance

The outcomes of the STOA working breakfast Solving Antibiotic Resistance are now available online! During this event co-organised by the European Parliament´s STOA, EuChemS, and EFMC and chaired by MEP Paul Rübig on the 28 April 2016, researchers and several Members...
BNU May 2016 Now Online!

BNU May 2016 Now Online!

Brussels News Updates May 2016 is now online. Some of this issue´s highlights are: • Outcomes of open science event • New rules for non-EU Researchers • H2020 EuChemS input to NMBP working programme • Etool on standardisation

EuChemS at European Commission Delegation to Chile

Following an invitation from the European Commission (EC) delegation, EuChemS took part of the EC delegation to Chile on the topic of circular economy, a delegation led by Mr Daniel Calleja, the European Commission’s Director-General for Environment. Dr. Nicola...
Outcomes of Science: How Close to Open?

Outcomes of Science: How Close to Open?

The outcomes of the policy workshop Science: How Close to Open? are now accessible here. This event looked into the present and future of intellectual property boundaries in chemistry research and debated questions such as: Which model for peer-review publishing? Who...