A HUF 996 million EU-funded research program on autoimmune diseases has been completed at the Biological Research Center of Szeged and the University of Szeged, the Center informed the state news agency MTI. The five-year project aimed to increase knowledge about autoimmune diseases using state-of-the-art technologies. The research investigated the mechanisms underlying the development or […]
The mechanical and navigational system and other equipment developed by a consortium of Balaton Dock Ltd. and Előny Ltd. with EU funding is already being put to good use in making the summer Balaton shipping season safer. The consortium won HUF 364 million in EU funding, for which it had to provide HUF 231 million […]
Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó and her fellow researchers Drew Weissman, Philip Felgner, Uğur Şahin, Özlem Türeci, Derrick Rossi and Sarah Gilbert are to receive this year's Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research for their achievements in developing a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a […]
The world's leading machine tool manufacturer, DMG MORI and software specialist HEITEC's joint research and development project aims to develop software solutions, which make their machine tools more productive and sustainable by digitizing the entire manufacturing process chain end-to-end. In the course of more than EUR 11,6 million investment by DMG MORI HEITEC Digital, 55 […]
Continental is to expand its field of software development, including the research and development activities of advanced driver assistance systems in Hungary. As part of the development to be implemented from more than EUR 11 million in Budapest and Veszprém, the company will create nearly 70 new jobs in high value-added R&D areas. Continental's research […]
A biotechnological process that has been known for a long time and used all over the world has been extended and made more economical and environmentally friendly by the collaborative research groups of the Department of Biotechnology and the Institute of Plant Biology of the University of Szeged. According to the new recipe, willow is […]
Based on the previous results of the staff of the Biological Research Center (BRC) in Szeged, SE Hungary, a health and environmental research program implemented with EU support of about HUF two billion has been completed at the institution belonging to the Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Péter Heffner, head of the application office at BRC, […]
As a result of the coronavirus epidemic, consumer habits have changed and the composition of the consumer basket has also changed, according to a new survey. A research conducted by Mónika Garai-Fodor, Dean of the Károly Keleti Faculty of Economics at the University of Óbuda and Ágnes Csiszárik-Kocsir, Deputy Dean for Research shows that the […]
The Prince Faisal bin Fahad Award is an international research grant program targeted at sports research projects related to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Award aims to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious, and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in sports. It seeks to financially support scholarly […]
Magyar Telekom, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) and Ericsson Hungary have launched a research and development project in the field of 5G, the fifth-generation mobile technology. A press statement by Magyar Telekom says that leveraging on the frequencies provided by Magyar Telekom for BME’s educational and research purposes, Ericsson has built and […]
Start-ups have been pre-selected in Europe-wide competitions for EIT Health Headstart 2020 semifinals. Among them is the Hungarian company Sineko Global Ltd. for its healthcare innovation. The start-ups will receive intensive training from experts, meet investors and corporates, and compete in pitch contests for a chance to enter the finals in December. Sineko Global helps […]
Richter's atypical antipsychotic, Reagila, containing the active ingredient cariprazine, was awarded the title of Drug of the Year 2019 by the Hungarian Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (HUNPHAR). Each year, the prestigious award recognizes the most advanced and effective products that have made a significant breakthrough in the cure of a disease. The award […]
As part of the EU’s collective efforts to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), which is based in Budapest, has launched the ‘EIT Crisis Response Initiative’. The Governing Board of the EIT, which a European Union body, has decided to mobilise EUR 60 million of additional funding to innovators powering […]
Hungary’s Team Discover won the ‘Health & Life’ category at the #EUvsVirus Pan-European Hackathon competition, a joint event between the European Commission and the most plugged in and nationally connected digital ecosystem actors from all over Europe. The solution (basically 3D-printed glasses with built-in sensors) created by Hungarian university students enable a highly scalable patient […]
The idea of implementing a unique device was born at the University Research, Innovation and Service Center (EKIK) of the University of Óbuda in Budapest and the university’s János Neumann Faculty of Informatics, in line with the strategic direction of research and development of the University's cyber-medical systems. Researchers at the University are working at […]
