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How do scientists study living things, from single cells to whole ecosystems?

Ages 11-19

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What new materials and substances do chemists create, and what are they for?

Ages 13-19

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From quantum particles to distant galaxies: what do we still not know?

Ages 12-19

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How do computers learn to recognise, predict and help?

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Where do abstract mathematical ideas turn up in the real world?

Ages 13-19

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What is happening to the climate, the oceans and the soil, and how do we measure it?

Ages 10-19

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How are new medicines made, and how do scientists fight disease?

Ages 12-19

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How are the machines, materials and energy of the future designed?

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How do archaeologists and historians read the traces of the past?

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⚗️ Chemistry

Showing 48 of 636 projects

HE2025–20272 countries

DISCOVER · Dynamic response of cells to viscoelastic forces

Mechanobiology explores how physical forces affect cellular processes, providing insights into areas like embryogenesis and tumor growth. Cells exert forces onto their environment; the tissue in which they live. These tissues are not purely elastic.

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HE2025–20272 countries

BIOTAC · Microbial extracellular polymeric substances based-technology for selenium removal from drinking and wastewater using CSTR and UASB reactors

Selenium is a naturally occurring trace element in the earth's crust, a micronutrient for humans and wildlife but toxic at high concentrations. Microbial biotechnologies have emerged as eco-friendly, sustainable research fields for the dismissal or recovery of Se to impede environmental issues. Microorganisms and their…

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HE2024–20262 countries

MOSAIC · Mode-selective ab-initio photoinduced dynamics in conjugated polymers

Sunlight is abundant, but figuring out how to efficiently grab that energy and convert it into something useful, like electricity for our homes, is a big puzzle. This research project dives into the world of a special type of molecules called "π-conjugated polymers." We can think of them as microscopic antennas that ar…

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HE2024–20272 countries

N2OTOCARBON · C-N Bond Formation by Nitrous Oxide Capture

Nitrous oxide (N2O), commonly known as “laughing gas” for its physiological effects, is both a potent greenhouse gas an ozone depleting substance. Indeed, it is a major contributor to climate change, thereby posing a critical concern for contemporary society. Nitrous oxide possesses a warming potential approximatively…

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HE2024–20262 countries

MalDiProT · Malaria diagnosis and prognosis with an electrokinetic-driven aptamer-based lateral flow assay.

Malaria remains one of the world’s most persistent infectious diseases, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths every year and placing nearly half of the global population at risk. Although the disease is most common in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe also faces increasing numbers of imported malaria cases due to internatio…

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HE2024–20262 countries

LuxSoM · LuxR solos as major proteobacterial players of cell-cell signaling in the plant microbiome

About 60 to 70% of soils in the EU are subject to severe degradation processes: erosion, pollution, loss of biodiversity, salinisation and sealing; this is the result of unsustainable land use and overexploitation of agrochemicals. Microbial-based solutions, in agriculture, are now becoming important alternatives as an…

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HE2024–20262 countries

SUPERSET · Semiconductor free biophotoelectrodes for solar fuel production

The soaring demand for energy and use of fossil fuels has resulted in the release of vast amount of greenhouse gases and climate change. Developing photoelectrochemical devices for solar fuel production is one of the strategies to address these issues. The use of photosynthetic proteins as photoactive components could…

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HE2024–20262 countries

RAPID-AFM · Real Time 2D Polymerization studied using Atomic Force Microscopy

We are studying how tiny molecules join together directly on a surface to form sheets just a single layer thick, called two-dimensional polymers (2DPs) or 2D covalent organic frameworks (2D-COFs). Instead of making these materials separately and analysing them later, we watch them grow in real-time, in the liquid-solid…

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HE2024–20262 countries

PATHWAYS · Photoinduced ultrafast carriers and thermal effects within metasurfaces for light-driven catalysis

Catalysis lies at the heart of modern industrial chemistry. It enables the production of more than 85% of chemical goods essential to our daily life, from plastics and pharmaceutical products to fertilisers, and contributes to trillions of euros in annual revenue. Yet, the chemical processes behind these products remai…

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HE2024–20272 countries

READHY · Reactivity of dinitrogen and hydrocarbons for C–N bond formation

The activation and functionalisation of dinitrogen (N2) remains one of the most important and long-standing challenges in chemistry. Despite being the most abundant form of nitrogen in the atmosphere, its strong triple bond renders it chemically inert, requiring energy-intensive industrial processes such as the Haber–B…

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HE2024–20275 countries

PROMATAI · Development and testing of innovative solutions for the processing of hybrid materials and nanomaterials using artificial intelligence algorithms

The PROMATAI project addresses the critical need for advanced manufacturing solutions in processing complex hybrid materials and nanomaterials. Traditional extrusion technologies often struggle with materials that have unique rheological properties, such as high viscosity or variable particle sizes, leading to energy i…

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HE2024–20252 countries

MinE-UP · Treasure from trash: mining critical elements from sewage sludge using plants

The global consumption of metals and metalloids is increasing rapidly owing to an ever-growing demand from technology and renewable energy industries. Most of these metal(loid)s are defined as critical elements, since their supply is expected to be critically limiting in the near future. These include selenium, cobalt,…

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HE2024–20262 countries

CHyAMera · COx-free Hydrogen Production in Additively Manufactured Electrified Reactor through Catalytic Decomposition of Ammonia

Europe’s transition to a decarbonised energy system, as outlined in the EU Green Deal, will transform how the EU generates, distributes, stores, and consumes energy. Hydrogen will become an important energy vector, as well as a chemical reactant for the decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries like steel. However…

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HE2024–20262 countries

NTSITIMEH · Non-traditional stable isotopes to track the impact of methane in Earth history

Context and overall objectives of the project Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas that has the capability to significantly impact the Earth’s climate. Recent works estimated CH4 emissions from natural, impacted and human-made aquatic ecosystems at almost half of the total global emissions. Improve our understandin…

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HE2024–20262 countries

OASIS · Optimizing the Adsorption of water vapour to enhance the Sequestration of Inorganic carbon and phototrophs activity in dry Soils

Dryland ecosystems cover a substantial fraction of the Earth’s land surface and are projected to expand under climate change. Despite their global importance, their role in carbon and water cycling remains highly uncertain, partly due to challenges associated to measuring and understanding abiotic fluxes in extremely d…

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HE2024–20252 countries

PITS3D · Polymer Informatics Tools for Sustainable 3D printing

The PITS3D project (Polymer Informatics Tools for Sustainable 3D printing) addresses the crucial European priority of merging digital innovation with sustainability. Specifically, it tackles the challenge of rapidly developing and optimizing materials for modern manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing (AM), commonly know…

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HE2024–20288 countries

MobiliTraIN · Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Training Network

Today, ion mobility–high-resolution mass spectrometry (IM-HRMS) is a state-of-the-art analytical platform that can measure and quantify molecules that are central to experimental sciences across disciplines. However, it still faces barriers to express its full potential across sectors. MobiliTraIN aims to unlock the va…

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HE2024–20252 countries

CHEERS · Chirality controlled spin to charge interconversion in Tellurium

CHEERS (Chirality controlled spin to charge interconversion in Tellurium) investigated how low-symmetry van der Waals and telluride materials can generate and convert spin information for future low-power spintronic devices. The project focused on understanding spin-charge interconversion (SCI) in chiral tellurium and…

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HE2024–20262 countries

NAKED-C · New late-stage functionalization reagents for the construction of chiral centers to impact drug discoveryhis her

Modern society depends on the rapid discovery of new molecules for health, materials and sustainable technologies. Yet building molecular complexity still often requires long synthetic sequences, and late-stage modification of advanced molecules remains a major challenge. This project addressed that problem through the…

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HE2024–20253 countries

PRISM · Probing the visible- light-driven photocatalytic mechanism to improve the photocatalytic performance of carbon nanodots (CNDs)

The PRISM project vision encompasses the Global warming and energy crisis from fossil fuels demand sustainable solar-to-fuel conversion via photocatalysis for H2 production and CO2 reduction. PRISM addresses limitations of conventional UV-absorbing carbon nanodots (CNDs) by developing visible-light-active, low-cost, me…

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HE2024–20262 countries

SUMAC · TrendS and Uncertainties in Mercury (Hg) Atmospheric Chemistry

Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that bioaccumulates in aquatic food chains, endangering human health through the consumption of seafood. The atmospheric chemistry of Hg determines how far it can be transported and where it will ultimately deposit, since elemental mercury (Hg(0)) is insoluble and long-lived in the a…

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HE2024–20262 countries

ElectroAD · Novel hybrid electro-anaerobic digestion system for simultaneous antibiotics removal and bioenergy recovery

Antibiotics are now recognised as pollutants of global concern. Their widespread use has led to residues in the environment that contribute to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major threat to public health and ecosystems. Wastewater treatment plants are hotspots for antibiotic residues and resistance genes, yet conven…

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HE2024–20279 countries

PhotoCaM · Photosynthetic Antennas in a Computational Microscope: Training a new generation of computational scientists

Photosynthesis is a natural process that relies on harvesting solar energy and transforming it into chemical energy. In addition to its ecological importance, obtaining a better molecular-level understanding of photosynthesis, particularly of the light-harvesting process, is important because it is of key significance.…

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HE2024–20272 countries

LAGOSTECH · Africa’s Silicon Landscapes: negotiating Information and Communication Technology in Lagos

Across sub-Saharan Africa, technology districts modelled (and often dubbed) after California's Silicon Valley are reshaping cities, economies and everyday life. Nigeria has hosted the highest number of tech hubs on the continent since 2019, and the city of Lagos has become a central node of this transformation, with ne…

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HE2024–20272 countries

PnocMDDSex · Sex differences in BNST prepronociceptin-expressing neurons in modulating chronic stress-induced depressive-like behaviour in mice

Major Depressive Disorder, commonly known as depression, is a widespread mental health condition that affects millions of people worldwide. It's more than just feeling sad; depression can impact every aspect of a person's life, from their mood and interests to their ability to think clearly and even their basic bodily…

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HE2023–20252 countries

MS2DCOFO · Multiswtichable Two-dimensional Covalent Organic Framework-based Optoelectronics

Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) are crucial elements for the fabrication of flexible, wearable, and biocompatible electronic devices. As miniaturization is approaching its limits, bringing an end to Moore’s law, beyond−CMOS devices, “More-than-Moore” technologies aimed at functional diversification are emergin…

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HE2023–20252 countries

MuSICA-V · Multi-Scale Investigation of the Chemistry of the Atmosphere of Venus

Venus is the closest planet to Earth. Despite a similar size and mass, there are differences between the two planets. At the surface, the temperature can reach 730 K with pressure of 90 bar, and a composition of 96 % of carbon dioxide.

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HE2023–20253 countries

ChirPlasBiosensing · Self-assembled 2D Chiral Plasmene Nanosheets for Biomarker Detection Based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Self-assemble 2D chiral plasmene nanosheets: ultrasensitive biomarker and chirality detectors. Surface plasmons are coherent and collective electron oscillations along the surface of a metal. In the case of plasmonic metal nanoparticles, this collective oscillation of conduction electrons yields remarkable optical prop…

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HE2023–202711 countries

ESCULAPE · Electro-conductive polymeric 3D scaffolds as novel strategies for biomedical applications

ESCULAPE project addresses the urgent need for advanced, sustainable, and clinically relevant biomaterials to support regenerative medicine, with a focus on cardiovascular and musculoskeletal applications. Existing solutions often fall short in long-term biocompatibility, mechanical performance, or integration with hos…

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HE2023–20252 countries

ENLIVEN · hiErarchical metal-orgaNic framework@covaLent organic framework (MOF@COF) on carbon nanofIbers for electrocatalytic CO2 conVErsioN

Climate change remains one of the most pressing global challenges, driven largely by the continued increase of greenhouse gas emissions. Among these, carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major contributor to global warming. Reaching climate neutrality by 2050, as targeted by the European Green Deal, requires not only reducing emi…

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HE2023–20252 countries

2D-InTune · Tuning the electronic structure of two-dimensional semiconductor junctions

Modern electronics increasingly relies on atomically thin “two-dimensional” (2D) materials whose properties can be tailored by stacking or joining different layers. A central challenge is to control what happens at the interfaces—where charge enters or leaves a 2D layer and where band bending, screening and strain can…

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HE2023–20252 countries

MultiphaseGTR · Bioactive multiphase membrane for periodontal regeneration

Periodontitis is one of the world's most prevalent chronic dental and maxillofacial diseases that will ultimately lead to unwanted tooth loss. This disease was responsible for a significant loss of 158.64 billion in Europe in 2018. Autograft and allograft-based methods have been long used for restoring the lost support…

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HE2023–20252 countries

CoMeTES · Performance study of innovative Corrosion and Mechanically resistant coated materials against molten salts for next-generation concentrated solar power plants and Thermal Energy Storage systems

In 1990, the first GIEC report was published, assessing the influence of human activities on the climate change and its harmful consequences for future generations. More than 30 years later, almost half of the global population is considered as highly vulnerable: drought, heatwaves, forest fires, storms, floods, water…

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HE2023–20278 countries

YAF · Yeast-based solutions for sustainable Aviation Fuels

Aviation is one of the most challenging transport sectors to decarbonise due to its reliance on high-energy-density liquid fuels and the absence of viable large-scale alternatives in the near future. Drop-in sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) represent a short- to medium-term solution, as they are fully compatible with e…

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HE2023–202711 countries

AiChemist · Explainable AI for Molecules - AiChemist

Europe’s medicines and chemicals sectors face twin pressures: accelerating discovery while increasing safety, transparency and sustainability. Recent developments in AI promise dramatic gains, yet “black-box” predictions are difficult to trust, reproduce or regulate. AiChemist addresses this issue by making molecular a…

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HE2023–20253 countries

MESTUM · Machine learning-based prediction and evaluation of supercapacitor performance of transition metal carbide developed by using waste surgical masks during COVID-19

The MESTUM project under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) aims to advance the development of sustainable, fossil-free energy storage technologies through the next generation of supercapacitors (SCs). The project proposes to overcome the intrinsic performance limitations of SCs by synthesizing transition metal…

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HE2023–20252 countries

RedoxBoost · Boosting stress resilience of Arabidopsis by heterologous expression of a selenocysteine containing glutathione peroxidase

Agricultural productivity is increasingly threatened by a range of abiotic stresses—including flooding, prolonged drought, and heat waves—as well as biotic stresses such as bacterial, fungal, and insect infections. These stressors contribute significantly to crop losses and pose a serious risk to global food security.…

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HE2023–20252 countries

ViROSCa · Deciphering the roles of reactive oxygen species and calcium during viral infection in Arabidopsis

Viral diseases are a major and growing threat to global food security, responsible for severe crop losses and rising pesticide use. One such emerging pathogen is Plantago asiatica mosaic virus (PlAMV), a potexvirus capable of infecting a wide range of hosts and spreading rapidly between plant cells. Once a virus enters…

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HE2023–20276 countries

GreenX3 · Innovative and sustainable materials, processes and technologies for a GREENer and circular economy

Environmental and economical sustainability requires a multidisciplinary approach to fill the gap that is currently significantly limiting technology transfer from research to marketable innovation. GreenX3 is a multidisciplinary and innovative project designed to use chemical tools to address the current global enviro…

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HE2023–20276 countries

DurAMat · Sustainable production, processing and modelling of durable additive manufactured materials for enhanced performance and long-term service in complex environments.

In the context of Europe’s urgent push toward sustainability, industrial innovation, and digital transformation, the DurAMat project emerges as a game-changer in materials science. It addresses a persistent and critical bottleneck: the slow adoption of sustainable materials in high-impact sectors such as energy, transp…

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HE2023–20277 countries

NERVSPAN · Molecular Dynamic of Neurons during C. elegans Lifespan

Neurons form intricate networks and communicate with each other through synaptic protein complexes. Neuronal excitability and signal propagation are governed by transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression as well as by precise protein trafficking. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curi…

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HE2023–20252 countries

CRMS · Microfluidic Diffusion-based Chiral Resolution

Context: Homochirality is a fundamental feature of animate matter, and nearly all biological processes occurring in nature are stereospecific, i.e., responsive to only one type of handedness of the chiral molecule. Most drugs are chiral and must be administered as a single enantiomer because their enantiomeric form may…

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HE2023–20252 countries

T2DMOF · Towards High-Performance Thermoelectric Generators based on Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal–Organic Frameworks

Energy is indispensable for industrial production and our daily life. Heat is an abundant, but often wasted source of energy. There is a neat heat engine called thermoelectric generator (TEG), which is able to convert temperature differences directly into electrical voltages via the Seebeck effect.

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HE2023–20252 countries

DAMOCLES · Design And Modeling of Oxide Catalysts by machine LEarning and atomistic Simulations

A major fraction of chemical reactions needed by our society is carried out on heterogeneous catalysts, solid materials that enhance the rate of desired chemical reactions without being consumed during the process. Nowadays, heterogeneous catalysts are also expected to solve the challenges related to the diversificatio…

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HE2023–20252 countries

AE-FUN · Innovative alkaline earth systems for the activation and functionalization of dinitrogen and other challenging substrates

Catalysis has been recognized as a critical tool of contemporary society. However, there are still many limitations of current catalytic methods. For example, ammonia production relies upon the highly energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process, which consumes up to 3% of the global energy produced annually.

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HE2023–20252 countries

BIOCATMAG · CATALYSIS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION BY MAGNETIC INDUCTION: BIOMASS VALORIZATION

The transition to a greener economy requires innovative methods for producing chemicals using sustainable resources and cleaner technologies. One promising solution lies in transforming non-edible biomass, such as agricultural residues, industrial by-products, and urban waste, into valuable chemicals, including solvent…

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HE2023–20252 countries

SEINE · 2-Dimensional Graphene/MoS2 HeteroStructures as AnodE Compartment of SodIum IoN BattEries

The global shift toward renewable energy has made energy storage a key technological challenge. Since solar and wind power are intermittent, storing electricity reliably and affordably is vital for a stable and sustainable energy supply. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) currently dominate storage in electric vehicles and e…

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HE2023–20262 countries

VolcanAI · Volcan Activity monItoring by light cycled dynamic opeRation of metal oxide gas sensors

There exists a direct relation between gas emissions and earth’s dynamics and climate: the impact of anthropogenic emissions and volcanic eruptions on the climate are well known and from the opposite, the effect of the climate on the volcano activity remains mainly unexplored. To develop climate-volcano models and impr…

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