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A large scale scientific collaboration led by France's Pierre and Marie Curie University and national institute of health and medical research has generated significant advances in treatment for muscular dystrophies by targeting muscle stem cells.

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EU-funded researchers are on the way to making parts of a bioartificial kidney out of a novel polymer - which could reduce the risk of transplants being rejected by the human body.

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Current trends show worldwide demand for carpet rising five percent annually, with production projected to reach 18.6 billion square meters per year by 2016. Good environmental performance and sustainability are now key priorities in this burgeoning industry.

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Billions of euros are spent treating trillions of litres of wastewater every year, consuming substantial amounts of energy. However, this wastewater could act as a renewable resource, saving significant quantities of energy and money, as it contains organic pollutants which can be used to produce electricity, hydrogen and high-value chemicals, such as caustic soda.

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Behind a simple glass of cold beer lies a quiet industrial revolution promising to take the brewing industry by storm. Although the world's breweries have been recovering CO2 from the brewing process for other industrial uses for almost two decades, the process can consume copious amounts of energy and water.

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Soil not only holds environmental and agricultural importance; it is vital to ensuring the growth of a healthy economy. This is why an EU-funded project aims to show how successful regenerative agricultural practices for preventing soil degradation can make a significant difference.

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Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter, alongside solid, liquid and gas. Ubiquitous in form, plasma is an ionised gas so energised that electrons have the capacity to break free from their nucleus.

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A smart phone application has been developed in Porto, Portugal that enables users to record their daily routine through sensors embedded in their mobile phones. The app, called SenseMyCity, has been developed within the EU-funded FUTURE-CITIES Project.

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With climate change threatening and worldwide CO2 emission levels higher than ever, the need for renewable energy technologies is now critical. But for widespread market acceptance, these new technologies have to be cheap, suitable for mass production and easy to implement.

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European researchers have found a way make the automotive sector more eco-friendly, while at the same time cutting production costs. The EU-funded project SMARTDRESS ('Adaptive tip dress control for automated resistance spot welding') is developing a fully automated control system to improve crucial welding processes.

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An ambitious four-year project is to develop and demonstrate replicable strategies for designing, constructing and managing large scale district renovation projects for achieving nearly zero energy cities. The results will open the way for new refurbishments that bring the EU closer to its 2020 goal of ensuring that all new buildings consume very little energy.

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There has been an explosion in the number of nano-based products in recent years. Research in this field has attracted a great deal of scientific interest, due in part to the wide variety of potential applications in the biomedical, electronic and coating fields.

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Every year, Europe alone produces nine million tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). In spite of legislation already in place, less than 40 percent of this is treated according to legal and environmental requirements.

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It's Friday night, you're exhausted after a long week in the office. You're not going to leave the house so you could either watch TV or spend a few hours catching up on your social networks. But how about doing both? Thanks to the EU-funded REVERIE (Real and Virtual Engagement in Realistic Immersive Environments) project, you will soon be able to immerse yourself into a 3D online environment which lets you interact with friends and share common experiences together, in real time.

The EU-funded project EUROCELL ('EU market development of ModCell: a prefabricated eco-building system utilising renewable materials') is paving the way to using straw bale as a building material, employing a method pioneered at the University of Bath in the UK.

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With rapid globalisation and the need for communication across multiple languages, attention is increasingly being focused on the development of supporting tools and applications. A group of EU-funded researchers is working to contribute to advances in this area that will ultimately help people communicate more effectively.

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Hydrogen (H2) fuel is widely considered as the transport fuel of the future, but current H2 liquefaction technology lacks the necessary capacity and infrastructure to meet rising demands. Researchers are developing a cost-effective, large-scale liquid H2 production strategy that will make hydrogen fuel a viable alternative to carbon-based fuel sources.

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An EU-funded project enhanced the quality of the decision-making process in nuclear waste management through clarity, awareness, fairness and trust by using 'safe spaces'. The initiative also demonstrated how to organise safe spaces in national programmes and examined how this approach could be used in a multinational context.

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Glass these days is high-tech and versatile. A new research training initiative means enhanced glass materials for a range of industries.

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Researchers have identified potential molecular targets for the treatment of stroke, as well as diabetes-related kidney, artery and retina damage.

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