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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
  • Study Protocol
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    Impacts of obesity and obesogenic behaviours on climate change: a systematic review protocol

    Authors:  Francesco D'Agostino,  Maria Vliora,  Elisabetta Grillo,  Michela Corsini,  Cosetta Ravelli,  Anna Simonetto,  Gianni Gilioli,  Stefania Mitola,  Andreas D. Flouris
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
    Peer reviewers:  Mengmeng Ji
    Published:  August 5, 2024
  • Essay
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    Reframing the role of communication in consensual and/or ethical (non)monogamies: A proposal for a change in academic terminology

    Authors:  Daniel Cardoso
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
    Peer reviewers:  Chris Campbell, Christopher Smith, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, sharon flicker
    Published:  August 5, 2024
  • Review
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    Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Unveiling Maternal Health Dynamics from Pregnancy Through Postpartum Perspectives

    Authors:  Marina Mora-Ortiz,  Lorenzo Rivas-García
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
    Peer reviewers:  Dorota Darmochwał-Kolarz, Jessica Faulkner, Xinhua Xiao
    Published:  November 12, 2024
  • Data Note
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    Biaxial seismic response of base-column connections in sub-standard steel buildings: dataset

    Authors:  Nikolaos Stathas,  Luigi Di Sarno,  Jingren Wu,  Fabio Freddi,  Mario D’Aniello,  Stathis Bousias,  Raffaele Landolfo,  Esra Mete Güneyisi,  Lambros Papagiannis
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Aman Mwafy, Roberto Nascimbene, Shahab Ramhormozian
    Published:  November 27, 2024
  • Software Tool Article
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    STRAIGHTMORPH: A Voice Morphing Tool for Research in Voice Communication Sciences

    Authors:  P Belin,  H Kawahara
    Funders:  European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020
    Peer reviewers:  Andrey Anikin, Lee Miller, Nadine Lavan, Stefan Schweinberger, Yi-Wen Liu
    Published:  January 10, 2025
  • Review
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    A literature review of “lawful” text and data mining.

    Authors:  Giorgos Vrakas
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
    Peer reviewers:  Ana Nordberg, Pablo Trigo Kramcsák, Thomas MARGONI
    Published:  October 30, 2024
  • Open Letter
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    Facilitating remote and virtual access provision by European research infrastructures – requirements, issues, and recommendations

    Authors:  Michael RAESS,  Omran Alhaddad,  Johanna Bischof,  John Dolan,  Ayoub El Ghadraoui,  Menattallah Elserafy,  Marco Galeotti,  Ulla Lächele,  Xavier Meyer,  Oguz Ozkan,  Ivan Rodero,  Hannele Savela,  John Shepherdson,  Vanessa Spadetto,  Valentina Tegas,  Susanne Vainio,  Alen Vodopijevec,  Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch,  Claudia Alen Amaro,  Annika Thies
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Daniele Bailo, Lai Ma, Pasquale PAGANO
    Published:  May 16, 2025
  • Case Study
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    Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Gas and dust in nearby galaxies

    Authors:  Daizhong Liu,  Amelie Saintonge,  Caroline Bot,  Francisca Kemper,  Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez,  Matthew Smith,  Thomas Stanke,  Paola Andreani,  Alessandro Boselli,  Claudia Cicone,  Timothy A. Davis,  Bendix Hagedorn,  Akhil Lasrado,  Ann Mao,  Serena Viti,  Mark Booth,  Pamela Klaassen,  Tony Mroczkowski,  Frank Bigiel,  Melanie Chevance,  Martin A. Cordiner,  Luca Di Mascolo,  Doug Johnstone,  Minju Lee,  Thomas Maccarone,  Alexander E. Thelen,  Eelco van Kampen,  Sven Wedemeyer
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Bogdan Adrian Pastrav, Matilde Mingozzi, Yogesh Wadadekar
    Published:  May 23, 2025
  • Research Article
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    On the Billefjorden fault zone in Garmdalen, central Spitsbergen: implications for the mapping of major fault zones during geological fieldwork and for the tectonic history of Svalbard

    Authors:  Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl,  Eirik M. B. Stokmo,  Jhon M. Muñoz-Barrera
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
    Peer reviewers:  David Vasconcelos, Mehmet Köküm, Oleksii Bartashchuk
    Published:  October 2, 2024
  • Systematic Review
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    Promoting physical activity and healthy diets by modifying the social and/or physical environment at local level: a scoping review of evidence-based policy actions.

    Authors:  Elisa Chilet Rosell,  Marta Puig García,  Blanca Lumbreras,  María Pastor Valero,  Ildefonso Hernández Aguado,  Lucy Anne Parker
    Funders:  European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020
    Peer reviewers:  Sven Messing
    Published:  July 12, 2024
  • Research Article
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    Escalating frustration - A replication attempt and extension of Yu et al. (2014)

    Authors:  Charlotte Eben,  Zhang Chen,  Raquel E. London,  Frederick Verbruggen
    Funders:  European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020
    Peer reviewers:  Aijaz Naik, Sean Devine, Sebastian Korb
    Published:  April 10, 2025
  • Open Letter
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    Scientific Data Spaces - Experiences from the EGI-ACE project

    Authors:  Gergely Sipos,  Giuseppe La Rocca,  Fabrizio Antonio,  Donatello Elia,  Paola Nassisi,  Sandro Fiore,  Raul Bardaji,  Ivan Rodero
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020
    Peer reviewers:  Maurizio Atzori, Tuomo TUIKKA, Vicente Navarro
    Published:  July 9, 2024
  • Case Study
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    Science development study for the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST): Solar and stellar observations

    Authors:  Sven Wedemeyer,  Miroslav Barta,  Roman Brajša,  Yi Chai,  Joaquim Costa,  Dale Gary,  Guillermo Gimenez de Castro,  Stanislav Gunar,  Gregory Fleishman,  Antonio Hales,  Hugh Hudson,  Mats Kirkaune,  Atul Mohan,  Galina Motorina,  Alberto Pellizzoni,  Maryam Saberi,  Caius L. Selhorst,  Paulo J. A. Simoes,  Masumi Shimojo,  Ivica Skokić,  Davor Sudar,  Fabian Menezes,  Stephen M. White,  Mark Booth,  Pamela Klaassen,  Claudia Cicone,  Tony Mroczkowski,  Martin A. Cordiner,  Luca Di Mascolo,  Doug Johnstone,  Eelco van Kampen,  Minju Lee,  Daizhong Liu,  Thomas Maccarone,  John Orlowski-Scherer,  Amelie Saintonge,  Matthew Smith,  Alexander E. Thelen
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Alexander Pietrow, Francesco Pecora, Malcolm Druett
    Published:  December 12, 2024
  • Research Article
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    Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky

    Authors:  John Orlowski-Scherer,  Thomas Maccarone,  Joe Bright,  Tomasz Kamiński,  Michael Koss,  Atul Mohan,  Francisco Miguel Montenegro-Montes,  Sigurd Næss,  Claudio Ricci,  Paola Severgnini,  Thomas Stanke,  Cristian Vignali,  Sven Wedemeyer,  Mark Booth,  Claudia Cicone,  Luca Di Mascolo,  Doug Johnstone,  Tony Mroczkowski,  Martin Cordiner,  Jochen Greiner,  Evanthia Hatziminaoglou,  Eelco van Kampen,  Pamela Klaassen,  Minju Lee,  Daizhong Liu,  Amélie Saintonge,  Matthew Smith,  Alexander Thelen
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020
    Peer reviewers:  Kazumi Kashiyama, Octavi Fors, Youdong HU, Yuhan Yao
    Published:  January 14, 2025
  • Case Study
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    Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Surveying the distant Universe

    Authors:  Eelco van Kampen,  Tom Bakx,  Carlos De Breuck,  Chian-Chou Chen,  Helmut Dannerbauer,  Benjamin Magnelli,  Francisco Miguel Montenegro-Montes,  Teppei Okumura,  Sy-Yin Pu,  Matus Rybak,  Amelie Saintonge,  Claudia Cicone,  Evanthia Hatziminaoglou,  Juliëtte Hilhorst,  Pamela Klaassen,  Minju Lee,  Christopher C. Lovell,  Andreas Lundgren,  Luca Di Mascolo,  Tony Mroczkowski,  Laura Sommovigo,  Mark Booth,  Martin A. Cordiner,  Rob Ivison,  Doug Johnstone,  Daizhong Liu,  Thomas J. Maccarone,  Matthew Smith,  Alexander E. Thelen,  Sven Wedemeyer
    Funders:  European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
    Peer reviewers:  Fabrizio Gentile, Hideki Umehata, Nickolas Kokron, Robert Yates, Rodrigo Carvajal
    Published:  June 24, 2024
  • Open Letter
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    Care Literacy for Culture, Nature, and Future

    Authors:  Hiroko Costantini,  Misato Nihei,  Masakazu Sugiyama,  Nobuyuki Yagi,  James Costantini
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
    Peer reviewers:  Margherita Paola Poto, Maria Huhmarniemi, Wessel Ganzevoort
    Published:  June 13, 2024
  • Case Study
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    Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: The hidden circumgalactic medium

    Authors:  Minju Lee,  Alice Schimek,  Claudia Cicone,  Paola Andreani,  Gergo Popping,  Laura Sommovigo,  Philip N. Appleton,  Manuela Bischetti,  Sebastiano Cantalupo,  Chian-Chou Chen,  Helmut Dannerbauer,  Carlos De Breuck,  Luca Di Mascolo,  Bjorn H.C. Emonts,  Evanthia Hatziminaoglou,  Antonio Pensabene,  Francesca Rizzo,  Matus Rybak,  Sijing Shen,  Andreas Lundgren,  Mark Booth,  Pamela Klaassen,  Tony Mroczkowski,  Martin A. Cordiner,  Doug Johnstone,  Eelco van Kampen,  Daizhong Liu,  Thomas Maccarone,  Amelie Saintonge,  Matthew Smith,  Alexander E. Thelen,  Sven Wedemeyer
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  David Frayer, Yongda Zhu
    Published:  June 13, 2024
  • Case Study
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    Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Resolving the hot and ionized Universe through the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

    Authors:  Luca Di Mascolo,  Yvette Perrott,  Tony Mroczkowski,  Srinivasan Raghunathan,  Stefano Andreon,  Stefano Ettori,  Aurora Simionescu,  Joshiwa van Marrewijk,  Claudia Cicone,  Minju Lee,  Dylan Nelson,  Laura Sommovigo,  Mark Booth,  Pamela Klaassen,  Paola Andreani,  Martin A. Cordiner,  Doug Johnstone,  Eelco van Kampen,  Daizhong Liu,  Thomas J. Maccarone,  Thomas W. Morris,  John Orlowski-Scherer,  Amélie Saintonge,  Matthew Smith,  Alexander E. Thelen,  Sven Wedemeyer
    Funders:  European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
    Peer reviewers:  Elia Stefano Battistelli, François-Xavier Désert, Laura Salvati, Mathieu Remazeilles
    Published:  June 5, 2025
  • Brief Report
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    An increase in global daily precipitation records in response to global warming based on reanalysis and observations

    Authors:  James Ciarlo',  Filippo Giorgi
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Cristian Lussana, Fulden Batibeniz, Kalle Nordling, wei li
    Published:  May 8, 2025
  • Case Study
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    Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Our Galaxy

    Authors:  Pamela Klaassen,  Alessio Traficante,  Maria Beltrán,  Kate Pattle,  Mark Booth,  Joshua Lovell,  Jonathan Marshall,  Alvaro Hacar,  Brandt Gaches,  Caroline Bot,  Nicolas Peretto,  Thomas Stanke,  Doris Arzoumanian,  Ana Duarte Cabral,  Gaspard Duchêne,  David Eden,  Antonio Hales,  Jens Kauffmann,  Patricia Luppe,  Sebastian Marino,  Elena Redaelli,  Andrew Rigby,  Álvaro Sánchez-Monge,  Eugenio Schisano,  Dmitry Semenov,  Silvia Spezzano,  Mark Thompson,  Friedrich Wyrowski,  Claudia Cicone,  Tony Mroczkowski,  Martin Cordiner,  Luca Di Mascolo,  Doug Johnstone,  Eelco van Kampen,  Minju Lee,  Daizhong Liu,  Thomas Maccarone,  Amélie Saintonge,  Matthew Smith,  Alexander Thelen,  Sven Wedemeyer
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Guochao Sun, Tayyaba Zafar
    Published:  February 10, 2025
  • Open Letter
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    Developing Inclusive Community Platforms: A Catalyst for DEI Community

    Authors:  Hiroko Costantini,  Misato Nihei,  Takazumi Ono,  Kai Tanabe,  Yoichi Motomura
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
    Peer reviewers:  Barbara Holthus, Erik Jansen, Wolfram Manzenreiter
    Published:  June 5, 2024
  • Review
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    On the need to better integrate the social environment in research on climate change and health: recommendations and thinking tools

    Authors:  Laurence Mabile,  Lola Neufcourt,  Matthew Chersich,  Valériane Leroy,  Cyrille Delpierre,  Michelle Kelly-Irving
    Funders:  European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges
    Peer reviewers:  Panagiota Kotsila, Rhiannon Thompson, Roger FEW, Rosemary Hiscock, Sandrah Eckel
    Published:  January 14, 2025
  • Research Article
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    Physics-informed neural networks for high-resolution weather reconstruction from sparse weather stations

    Authors:  Álvaro Moreno Soto,  Alejandro Cervantes,  Manuel Soler
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Hao Chen, Mariana Clare, Shashank Subramanian, Subhamoy Chatterjee
    Published:  May 10, 2024
  • Research Article
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    On elastic deformations of cylindrical bodies under the influence of the gravitational field

    Authors:  Hamed Barzegar,  Piotr T. Chruściel,  Elisabeth Steininger
    Funders:  European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Ilya Svetlizky, Matthew Maitra, Michele BRUN, Robert Beig
    Published:  December 4, 2024
  • Research Article
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    Universal mental health training for frontline professionals (UMHT)’s feasibility analysis

    Authors:  Viktoriia Gorbunova,  Vitalii Klymchuk,  Philip Santangelo
    Funders:  Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe
    Peer reviewers:  Kathryn Kanzler, RODOLFO BUSELLI, ling wang
    Published:  March 21, 2025