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Improving Knowledge of Emissions and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases (2012)
Most countries have made commitments to limit human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases. To determine the success of these efforts, we need to usestandardized methods that accurately...
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Tierversuche in der Forschung (2012)
Empfehlungen zur Umsetzung der EU-Richtlinie 2010/63/EU in deutsches Recht. Aktualisierte Fassung Oktober 2012
Die Fortschritte der biologischen und medizinischen Forschung beruhen zu einem maßgeblichen Anteil auf tierexperimentellen Arbeiten.
Obwohl die Entwicklung alternativer Methoden stetig voranschreitet, ist auch die aktuelle Forschung nicht ohne den Einsatz tierexperimenteller Methoden denkbar. Tierversuche werden in erster...
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Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (2011)
Roles and research priorities in the European Union
The world faces major challenges of population growth, climate change, increasing social and economic instability and a continuing failure to achieve food security. The challenge of...
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Concentrating Solar Power: its contribution to a sustainable energy future (2011)
Concentrating solar power (CSP) sits alongside photovoltaic electricity generation as a commercially available renewable energy technology capable of harnessing the immense solar resource in...
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Impact of Engineered Nanomaterials on Health (2011)
Considerations for Benefit-Risk Assessment
Nanotechnology encompasses the design, characterisation, production and application of materials and systems by controlling shape and size at the nanoscale (nanometres). Nanomaterials may...
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Energy- and research-policy recommendations following the events in Fukushima (2011)
Ad-hoc statement, 2011 June 7th
Key declarations:...
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Education for a Science-Based Global Development (2011)
Joint G8+ science academies’ statement for an education for a science-based global development
Economic growth, provision of food and progress in health – as measured by the spectacular increase in life expectancy during the 20th century and into this first decade of the 21st century...
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European public health and innovation policy for infectious disease: the view from EASAC (2011)
There have been major advances during the past century in research into and treatment of infectious disease. However, assumptions that most infectious disease had been conquered are now seen...
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Synthetic Biology: An introduction (2011)
This document is a summary of the full EASAC report on Synthetic Biology. It offers readers a non-technical account of the principal content and conclusions of that report....
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Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) (2011)
The effects of limited approval in Germany
Recommendations on preimplantation genetic diagnosis: Ad-hoc statement by the Leopoldina favours allowing this diagnostic procedure subject to strict conditions.
On 18 January 2011 the Leopoldina publically issued and published an ad-hoc statement on preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). This was done in conjunction with acatech – the German...
