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The Excellent Science pillar aims to increase the EU’s global scientific competitiveness. It supports frontier research projects defined and driven by top researchers themselves through the European Research Council, funds fellowships for experienced researchers, doctoral training networks and exchanges for researchers through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and invests in world-class research infrastructures

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‘Baltic catacombs.’ Translating corpisanti catacomb relic-sculptures between Rome, Polish Livonia, and the Lithuanian Grand Duchy circa 1750-1800

Authors: Radosław Budzyński, Dzianis Filipchyk, Melchior Jakubowski, Dzmitry Marozau, Ruth Sargent Noyes, Vika Veličkaitė

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Anna Czyz, Livia Stoenescu, Rachel Miller, Teresa Rączka-Jeziorska, Valentina Živković

Published: March 24, 2021
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A genomic exploration of the early evolution of extant cats and their sabre-toothed relatives

Authors: Michael V Westbury, Ross Barnett, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Graham Gower, Filipe Garrett Vieira, Marc de Manuel, Anders J Hansen, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Lars Werdelin, Tomas Marques-Bonet, M Thomas P Gilbert, Eline D Lorenzen

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Daniel Foerster, Manuel J. Salesa

Published: June 21, 2021
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The abTEM code: transmission electron microscopy from first principles

Authors: Jacob Madsen, Toma Susi

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Colin Ophus, Hamish Brown

Published: May 21, 2021
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A Google Earth Engine-enabled Python approach for the identification of anthropogenic palaeo-landscape features

Authors: Filippo Brandolini, Guillem Domingo-Ribas, Andrea Zerboni, Sam Turner

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Richard Boothroyd, Stefano Campana, Tobias Ullmann

Published: September 3, 2021
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Naïve, unenculturated chimpanzees fail to make and use flaked stone tools

Authors: Elisa Bandini, Alba Motes-Rodrigo, William Archer, Tanya Minchin, Helene Axelsen, Raquel Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar, Shannon P. McPherron, Claudio Tennie

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Jean-Baptiste Leca, Kirsty Graham, Mark Moore

Published: July 15, 2021
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Protocol for ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS) mutagenesis application in rice

Authors: Rasim Unan, Ilyas Deligoz, Kassim Al-Khatib, Husrev Mennan

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Ashok somalraju, Riana Kleynhans

Published: February 14, 2022
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Building a safety buffer for European food security: the role of small-scale food production and local ecological and gastronomic knowledge in light of COVID-19

Authors: Renata Sõukand, Raivo Kalle, Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco, Andrea Pieroni

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Lukasz Luczaj, Mark Nesbitt

Published: October 21, 2021
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Simple and robust method for determination of laser fluence thresholds for material modifications: an extension of Liu’s approach to imperfect beams

Authors: Mario Garcia-Lechuga, David Grojo

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Andrius Melninkaitis, George Tsibidis, Laurent Lamaignere

Published: June 25, 2021
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Ineffective humoral anti-tick IgY-response in birds: reaction against pathogen constituents?

Authors: Dieter Heylen, Beatrice Bisaglia, Gerardo Fracasso, Els Prinsen, Wendt Müller, Erik Matthysen

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Courtney Waugh, Maxime Madder, Michelle Wille, Veerle Jaspers

Published: September 23, 2021
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Crossover comparison of climate-change adaptation measures taken in the Gdansk (Baltic-sea) and Rotterdam (Nord-sea) deltas.

Authors: Fred Sanders, Hugo Sanders, Karen Jonkers

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Leslie Mabon, Michael Nones, Tineke van der Schoor

Published: October 13, 2021
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Testing a computational model of causative overgeneralizations: Child judgment and production data from English, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese and K’iche’

Authors: Ben Ambridge, Laura Doherty, Ramya Maitreyee, Tomoko Tatsumi, Shira Zicherman, Pedro Mateo Pedro, Ayuno Kawakami, Amy Bidgood, Clifton Pye, Bhuvana Narasimhan, Inbal Arnon, Dani Bekman, Amir Efrati, Sindy Fabiola Can Pixabaj, Mario Marroquín Pelíz, Margarita Julajuj Mendoza, Soumitra Samanta, Seth Campbell, Stewart McCauley, Ruth Berman, Dipti Misra Sharma, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Kumiko Fukumura

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Lisa Pearl, Vsevolod Kapatsinski, Yi Ting Huang

Published: January 12, 2022
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Presence, flow, and narrative absorption questionnaires: a scoping review

Authors: Federico Pianzola

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Christoph Klimmt, Shawn Douglas, Tiago Tavares

Published: November 4, 2021
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Label-free super-resolution imaging below 90-nm using photon-reassignment

Authors: Alberto Aguilar, Adeline Boyreau, Pierre Bon

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Jerome Mertz, Jörg Enderlein, Sophie Brasselet

Published: March 24, 2021
Systematic Review

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A systematic review of automated journalism scholarship: guidelines and suggestions for future research

Authors: Samuel Danzon-Chambaud

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Colin Porlezza, Jessica Kunert

Published: March 24, 2021
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A simple and cheap aerosol penetrometer for filter testing using an electronic cigarette.

Authors: Sebastian Lifka, Ivan Ponomarev, Agnes Weth, David Baumgartner, Bernd Lamprecht, Werner Baumgartner

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Clothilde Brochot, Maria DINESCU

Published: October 28, 2021
Essay

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Radical freedom: Periyar and women

Authors: Karthick Ram Manoharan

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Kiran Keshavamurthy, Sowmya Dechamma CC, Vandana Swami

Published: March 24, 2021
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In poetry, if meter has to help memory, it takes its time

Authors: Sara Andreetta, Oleksandra Soldatkina, Vezha Boboeva, Alessandro Treves

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Johann-Mattis List, Lev Blumenfeld, Mara Breen, Stefan Blohm

Published: February 23, 2023
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COVID-19 vs. stakeholder engagement: the impact of coronavirus containment measures on stakeholder involvement in European energy research projects

Authors: Diana Süsser, Andrzej Ceglarz, Vassilis Stavrakas, Johan Lilliestam

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Michael Fell, Walter LEAL

Published: October 14, 2021
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What’s Wrong with Democracy? The Peculiar Power of Kratos

Authors: John McGuire

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Fredrik Sixtensson, Vasileios Adamidis

Published: November 28, 2022
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Embodying an artificial hand increases blood flow to the investigated limb

Authors: Giovanni Di Pino, Alessandro Mioli, Claudia Altamura, Marco D'Alonzo

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Henrik EHRSSON, Valeria Peviani

Published: April 21, 2022
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Skilled we-intentionality: Situating joint action in the living environment

Authors: Julian Kiverstein, Erik Rietveld

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Anthony CHEMERO, Glenda Satne

Published: September 27, 2021
Software Tool Article

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Finite difference magnetoelastic simulator

Authors: Frederic Vanderveken, Jeroen Mulkers, Jonathan Leliaert, Bartel Van Waeyenberge, Bart Sorée, Odysseas Zografos, Florin Ciubotaru, Christoph Adelmann

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Greg Carman, Martí Gich, Mathias Weiler

Published: April 19, 2021
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Do fluorocarbons substantially increase transdermal oxygen delivery? A proof-of-principle study in mice

Authors: Lars Kaestner, Matthias W. Laschke, Thomas John, Christian Wagner, Anna Bogdanova

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Alessandro Santini, Amin Shavandi, Christian Bollensdorff, Michele Samaja

Published: September 30, 2021
Case Study

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The challenges and considerations for emerging or future entrepreneurial researchers in microphysiological systems

Authors: Francois Taute, Antoni Homs-Corbera, Pierre Gaudriault

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Ignacio Ochoa, John Wikswo

Published: April 19, 2021
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A data processing approach with built-in spatial resolution reduction methods to construct energy system models

Authors: Christian Etienne Fleischer

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Tim Tröndle, William Usher

Published: February 10, 2022