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• And the Winners are…
  

  'Science is wonder-ful! - European Researchers' Night event went off with a bang, and we announce the three winners of our "science slams"!

  
  
  
• British participation in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
  

  Following the referendum result in the United Kingdom, DG Education and Culture, which is responsible for EU programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions, has received many questions from partners and participants.

  
  
  
• EU-backed researchers detect gravitational waves for the second time
  

  On December 26, 2015 at 03:38:53 UTC, scientists observed gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of spacetime—for the second time. Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows are part of the team who detected of gravitational waves, both this time and for the landmark first detection, announced 11 February 2016.

  
  
  
• New EU Directive relaxes rules for incoming students and researchers, trainees and volunteers
  

  A newly-adopted EU directive has relaxed some of the rules for entry and residence that apply to people from outside the EU who come to study, research, train or volunteer in Europe.

  
  
  
• Former MSCA fellow Bert Wouters wins Arne Richter Award
  

  Former Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow Bert Wouters has been awarded the Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016.

  
  
  
• Individual Fellowships 'Society and Enterprise' Panel
  

  The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions have launched for the first time a 'Society and Enterprise' Panel under the Individual Fellowship call 2016.

  
  
  
• EU-backed researchers prove Einstein right on gravitational waves
  

  Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows detect gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of spacetime, caused by the collision of two black holes and confirm one of Einstein's key predictions in his theory of relativity. Photo: SSU / PO Aurore Simonnet

  
  
  
• Welcoming researchers to Europe - Information for displaced researchers
  

  The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) of the EU Horizon 2020 programme are fully committed to ensuring that equal opportunities are provided to researchers whose scientific careers have been interrupted. The Actions provide high-quality training and career development opportunities in Europe for researchers of any nationality or field, either towards or beyond PhD level.

  
  
  
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 2015 - COFUND Awards: Three outstanding researchers rewarded
  

  Interpreting whistled languages through cognitive science, analysing big data for health purposes and developing innovative treatments for osteoporosis, these are 3 challenges addressed by the winners of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2015 – COFUND awards. The winners were announced to an international audience last night at the gala dinner that took place in the magnificent setting of the Cercle Cité in Luxembourg City.

  
  
  
• European Researchers' Night Project EXPLORATHON shortlisted in 'Times Higher Education' Awards 2015
  

  The University of Aberdeen was shortlisted in the 'Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers' category for the European Researchers’ Night Scotland project EXPLORATHON.

  
  
  
• European Researchers Night attendees grew by 10%, organisers' figures reveal
  

  About 1.1 million Europeans attended the Researchers' Night last 25 September. Poland, Slovakia and Italy counted the largest number of attendees, while participation tripled in The Netherlands.

  
  
  
• "Science is wonder-ful": 10th Anniversary of the European Researchers' Night
  

  Watch the video and see the highlights from the Science is Wonder-ful event that was held on 23 September 2015 in Brussels.

  
  
  
• School bullying, training teachers could be the answer
  

  Bullying consists in the use of force and threats to intimidate or aggressively dominate others. There are different types of bullying, such as verbal bullying, social bullying or physical bullying. Nowadays, there is also cyber bullying. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, one out of three students is bullied and over 30 percent of students admit to bullying classmates and pairs. Experiencing bullying at school could have a negative impact on the learning environment for children and young people, producing even anxiety and depression.

  
  
  
• Cooking foods at high temperatures may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease
  

  Lorena Perrone, MSCA fellow at the University of Poitiers, France, published an article, co-authored by William B. Grant, in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease on the role of metabolism in the development of Alzheimer's.

  
  
  
• Marie Curie Fellow Leads Analysis of the Genomes of Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes
  

  Dr Robert Waterhouse, a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has published his findings on malaria-carrying mosquitoes genome analysis in 'Science'.

  
  
  
• "If I hadn’t gotten that I would probably have dropped out”
  

  The former MSCA fellow and Nobel Prize's winner Stefan Hell, stated that his MSCA fellowship had been a crucial part in his research career.

  
  
  
• 60 actions to bring researchers closer to the general public and encourage young people to envisage themselves as potential future researchers
  

  Across Europe and beyond, on 26 September, the NIGHT was dedicated to Science. The last Friday of September, 48 EU funded projects by MSCA and 12 associated events in over 250 main cities of 30 countries

  
  
  
• And the winner of the 2014 MSCA prize is ...
  

  Congratulations to the three winners of the 2014 MSCA prizes: Maanasa Raghavan, Shane Bergin and Sarah Bohndiek!

  
  
  
• Total recall: how scientists are rethinking memory
  

  Research into neuronal communication could help enhance our memories, according to the latest article from Horizon, the EU’s research and innovation magazine ...

  
  
  
• Edvard I. Moser and his wife May-Britt Moser are the 6th couple to win the Nobel Prize together!
  

  Yesterday (6 October 2014) the Nobel prize committee announced that Edvard I. Moser, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie project coordinator, along with his wife May-Britt Moser jointly won with John O'Keefe the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2014 "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain".