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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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New challenges for the Human Oceans Past agenda

Authors: Poul Holm, James Barrett, Cristina Brito, Francis Ludlow

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

Peer reviewers: Antonio Ortega Santos, Jack Bouchard

Published: September 29, 2022
Research Article

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Expressive timing and mechanical instruments: exploring temporal idiomaticity in some music box performances

Authors: Claire McGinn

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

Peer reviewers: Ana Llorens, Erica Bisesi, Joshua Neumann

Published: September 29, 2022
Research Article

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Mobilefuge: A low-cost, portable, open source, 3D-printed centrifuge that can be powered by a mobile phone

Authors: Mohini Bhupathi, Ganga Chinna Rao Devarapu

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

Peer reviewers: Aashish Priye, Kuangwen Hsieh

Published: September 22, 2022
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Ethical consumption: why should we understand it as a social practice within a multilevel framework?

Authors: Sara Karimzadeh, Magnus Boström

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

Peer reviewers: Kirsten Gram-hanssen, Philip Balsiger

Published: December 21, 2022
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The state of the art in beyond 5G distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output communication system solutions

Authors: E. Meyer, D. Kruglov, M. Krivic, M. Tanveer, R. Argaez-Ramirez, Y. Zhang, A. Briseno Ojeda, K. Smirnova, K. Alekseev, M. Safari Mugisho, B. Cimbili, N. Farid, Y. Dang, M. Shahid, M. Ensan, J. Banar, H. Bao, M. Matters-Kammerer, U. Gustavsson, F. Demuynck, T. Zwick, M. Acar, C. Fager, M. van der Heijden, M. Ivashina, D. Caratelli, M. Hasselblad, C. Ulusoy, A.B. Smolders, K. Eriksson, M. Johannson, R. Maaskant, R. Quay, D. Floriot, M. Bao, L.A. Bronckers, J. Fridén, M.C. van Beurden, B.P. de Hon, C. Kolitsidas, D. Blanco, F.M.J. Willems, T. Eriksson, A. Filippi, F. Ponzini, U. Johannsen

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

Peer reviewers: Daniyal Ali Sehrai, Jagadeesh Babu Kamili, Rashmi Sinha

Published: September 2, 2022
Research Article

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Use of organic fertilizers in solar photo-Fenton process as potential technology to remove pineapple processing wastewater in Costa Rica

Authors: Dayatri Vanessa Bolaños Picado, Mario Masis Mora, Esteban Duran Herrera, Luís Fernando Pérez Mercado, Núria López Vinent, Alberto Cruz Alcalde, María Mercedes Alvarez Caero, Carlos Esteban Rodríguez Rodríguez, Carmen Sans Mazón

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

Peer reviewers: Antonino Fiorentino, Irene Salmeron, Marwa El-Azazy

Published: September 1, 2022
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Autophagy of the somatic stalk cells likely nurses the propagating spores of Dictyostelid social amoebas

Authors: Qingyou Du, Pauline Schaap

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

Peer reviewers: David Queller, Ricardo Escalante, Thomas Winckler

Published: November 23, 2022
Research Article

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Stability characterization of microfluidics lipid-stabilized double emulsions under physiologically-relevant conditions

Authors: Camila Betterelli Giuliano, Joseph Moran, Jessica Ayache, Lisa Muiznieks

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

Peer reviewers: Julien Petit, Shima Saffarionpour

Published: August 30, 2022
Research Article

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Low-resistivity, high-resolution W-C electrical contacts fabricated by direct-write focused electron beam induced deposition

Authors: Pablo Orús, Fabian Sigloch, Soraya Sangiao, José María De Teresa

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Aleksandra Szkudlarek, Ding Zhao

Published: August 25, 2022
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MTaxi: A comparative tool for taxon identification of ultra low coverage ancient genomes

Authors: Gözde Atağ, Kıvılcım Başak Vural, Damla Kaptan, Mustafa Özkan, Dilek Koptekin, Ekin Sağlıcan, Sevcan Doğramacı, Mevlüt Köz, Ardan Yılmaz, Arda Söylev, İnci Togan, Mehmet Somel, Füsun Özer

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

Peer reviewers: Burak Yelmen, Kevin Daly

Published: September 29, 2023
Method Article

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Tracking human interactions with a commercially-available robot over multiple days

Authors: Ruud Hortensius, Bishakha Chaudhury, Martin Hoffmann, Emily Cross

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

Peer reviewers: Eiichi Yoshdia, Hoang-Long Cao, Merel Keijsers

Published: August 16, 2022
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Peculiarities of neoplasms appeared after total body irradiation and homeostasis parameters in rats

Authors: Elisaveta Snezhkova, Olena Voronina, Taras Zadvornyi, Igor Todor, Natalia Lukianova, Victor Melnyk, Laryssa Sakhno, Kvitoslava Bardakhivska, Vasyl Chekhun, Vladimir Nikolaev

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

Peer reviewers: Alejandro Ibáñez-Costa

Published: August 17, 2023
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Improved predictions of phase behaviour of intrinsically disordered proteins by tuning the interaction range

Authors: Giulio Tesei, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen

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

Peer reviewers: Alex Holehouse, Frauke Gräter

Published: January 17, 2023
Method Article

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Immunoglobulin G isolation by fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC): Method validation and implementation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – a preliminary study

Authors: Basak Aru, Turkay Simsek, Burcu Ormeci, Gizem Gurel, Katarina Milićević, Lidija Radenović, Pavle Andjus, Gulderen Yanikkaya Demirel

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

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: August 3, 2022
Data Note
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A comparative wordlist for the languages of The Gran Chaco, South America

Authors: Nicolás Brid, Cristina Messineo, Johann-Mattis List

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

Peer reviewers: Joshua Birchall, Rik van Gijn

Published: December 6, 2022
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The views on distributive justice and economic inequality revisited: the political philosophy and the economic perspectives on (in)equality

Authors: Denis Ivanov

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

Peer reviewers: Jens Jørund Tyssedal, Juan Gabriel Rodriguez, Michael Thompson, Nunzio Alì, Patrick Taylor Smith

Published: April 5, 2023
Research Article
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Engineering the thin film characteristics for optimal performance of superconducting kinetic inductance amplifiers using a rigorous modelling technique

Authors: Boon-Kok Tan, Faouzi Boussaha, Christine Chaumont, Joseph Longden, Javier Navarro Montilla

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

Peer reviewers: Fausto Patricio Mena, Martina ESPOSITO, Wenlei Shan

Published: September 13, 2023
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Methodological approaches in aggregate formation and microscopic analysis to assess pseudoislet morphology and cellular interactions

Authors: Fredrik Wieland, Anika Schumacher, Nadia Roumans, Clemens van Blitterswijk, Vanessa LaPointe, Timo Rademakers

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

Peer reviewers: Janne T. Koivisto, Jose Munoz

Published: September 20, 2022
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Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of dairy waste: effect of temperature and initial acidity on the composition and quality of solid and liquid products

Authors: Nidal Khalaf, Wenxuan Shi, Owen Fenton, Witold Kwapinski, J.J. Leahy

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

Peer reviewers: DIMITRIOS KALDERIS, Elena Diaz Nieto, Rafal Lukasik

Published: September 6, 2023
Research Article

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Mechanical behavior of textile reinforced alkali-activated mortar based on fly ash, metakaolin and ladle furnace slag

Authors: Andres Arce, Lazar Azdejkovic, Luiz Miranda de Lima, Catherine G. Papanicolaou, Thanasis C. Triantafillou

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

Peer reviewers: KONSTANTINOS KOMNITSAS, Theofanis Krevaikas

Published: June 17, 2022
Open Letter

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STANDUP database of plantar foot thermal and RGB images for early ulcer detection

Authors: Doha Bouallal, Asma Bougrine, Rachid Harba, Raphael Canals, Hassan Douzi, Luis Vilcahuaman, Hugo Arbanil

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

Peer reviewers: Laith Alzubaidi, Rhys Morris

Published: June 14, 2022
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Chromatin structure can introduce systematic biases in genome-wide analyses of Plasmodium falciparum

Authors: Sebastian Baumgarten, Jessica Bryant

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

Peer reviewers: Elena GÓMEZ DÍAZ, Joana Santos

Published: September 15, 2022
Method Article
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Flow cell for operando X-ray photon-in-photon-out studies on photo-electrochemical thin film devices

Authors: Philipp Jäker, Dino Aegerter, Till Kyburz, Roman Städler, Rea Fonjallaz, Blanka Detlefs, Dorota Koziej

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

Peer reviewers: Alessandro Minguzzi, Walter Drisdell

Published: December 23, 2022
Data Note
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Pharmaceutical pollution: Prediction of environmental concentrations from national wholesales data

Authors: Samuel A. Welch, Kristine Olsen, Mohammad Nouri Sharikabad, Knut Erik Tollefsen, Merete Grung, S. Jannicke Moe

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

Peer reviewers: Ad Ragas, Gerd Maack, Rosa Recasens

Published: September 15, 2022
Method Article

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Data assimilation with agent-based models using Markov chain sampling

Authors: Daniel Tang, Nick Malleson

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

Peer reviewers: Blas Kolic, Corrado Monti, Yilin Huang

Published: May 31, 2022