This report addresses identification of nanomaterials according to the European Commission's Recommendation on the definition of nanomaterial (2011/696/EU) by measurements and discusses options and points to consider when assessing whether a particulate material is a nanomaterial or not. The...

Microplastics are becoming ubiquitous in the environment and there is growing concern that they present a risk to the environment via contamination of water, soil and air. In addition, there are emerging worries that microplastics may impact human health following ingestion of contaminated food...

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) represents a serious global health threat, which was directly responsible for almost 1.2 million deaths worldwide in 2021 and contributed to another 4.7 million deaths the same year. It is estimated that there could be over 8.2 million deaths linked to resistant...

In response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the needs of EU Member States and policy makers related to antigen testing, DG SANTE and the JRC set up a structured targeted approach, which also facilitated the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC). The EU...

In response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the needs of EU Member States and policy makers related to antigen testing, DG SANTE and the JRC set up a structured targeted approach, which also facilitated the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC). The EU...

This report presents the first application of the European Commission (EC) Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework in a case study, on plasticisers in food contact material. Both the SSbD framework and the case study were developed by the EC's Joint Research Centre. The case study was...

The overall goal of the NanoDefine project was to support the implementation of the EC Recommendation for a Definition of Nanomaterial (2011/696/EU) (EC NM Definition). The project has developed an integrated approach, which allows identifying any material as falling within or outside the EC NM...

This report looks at the innovative output of world's top Research and Development (R&D) investors using patents and trademarks as proxy indicators. Essentially descriptive in nature, the study presents statistics about the patent portfolio of companies, and their trademark strategies to launch...

The NMC Horizon Project from the New Media Consortium is a long-term investigation launched in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact over the coming five years in education around the globe. The NMC Horizon Report Europe: 2014 Schools Edition, the...

The climate targets of the European Union (EU) are defined in relation to historical benchmarks: for instance, the European Climate Law requires net domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to be reduced by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990. However, for aviation and maritime transport,...