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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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A Translator at Work: Samuel ben Judah of Marseilles’s Translation Notes on Alexander’s De Anima

Authors: Hanna Paulmann

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

Peer reviewers: Daria Vasyutinsky Shapira, Jacobus Naudé, Michael Engel, Richard Pleijel, Yehuda Halper

Published: March 9, 2026
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Crizotinib and Darovasertib Significantly Reduce Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Cell Proliferation, Alone and In Combination

Authors: Ellie Swords, Eve O'Reilly, Toni Oladimeji, Michelle Carey, Valentina Tonelotto, Breandán N. Kennedy

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

Peer reviewers: Daniel Delgado Bellido

Published: June 23, 2026
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Development of a systematic coarse-grained model for poly(ε-caprolactone) in melt

Authors: Petra Bačová, Gonzalo González Huarte, Vagelis Harmandaris, Sergio I. Molina

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Dimitrios Tsalikis, Paola Carbone, Sara Ranjbareslamloo, Tejas Shah

Published: December 24, 2025
Open Letter

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Sustainable open data ecosystems through data quality, governance, and infrastructure: Unlocking social, political and economic value

Authors: Ramya Chandrasekhar, Melanie Dulong de Rosnay

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

Peer reviewers: Arwid Lund, Enric Senabre Hidalgo, Sophie Weerts

Published: September 23, 2025
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SPIRIT-based prediction of clinical trial completion in intervertebral disc degeneration

Authors: Francis Chemorion, Jerome Noailly, Marc-Antonio Bisotti

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

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: September 17, 2025
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A systematic review of intervertebral disc degeneration clinical trial protocols

Authors: Francis Chemorion, Jerome Noailly, Marc-Antonio Bisotti

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

Peer reviewers: Thomas Hedman, satyajit kulkarni

Published: September 17, 2025
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“You give everything the child requires to attend school”: Exploring caregiver involvement in children’s education in Ghana

Authors: Esinam Ami Avornyo, Richard Appiah, Elisabetta Aurino, Sharon Wolf

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

Peer reviewers: Charlotte Haines Lyon, Janet Goodall

Published: March 12, 2026
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Investigating the effect of electrolyte incorporation on the thermoelectric power factor of bismuth and antimony telluride alloys

Authors: Md Mahmudur Rahman, Bejan Hamawandi, Lourdes Márquez-García, Mauricio Solis-de la Fuente, Muhammet S. Toprak, Jorge García-Cañadas

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Enhanced European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot

Peer reviewers: ABHIGYAN OJHA, Oscar Juan Dura, Yasuhiro Hasegawa

Published: September 16, 2025
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Digital transformation of healthcare: Exploring paradoxes and the approaches to alternate between opposing demands.

Authors: Alejandra Rojas

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

Peer reviewers: Brian Kee Mun Wong

Published: September 16, 2025
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Awareness and Acceptability of Prenatal Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease among Mothers of Affected Children in a Northern Nigerian Teaching Hospital

Authors: Aliyu RM, Sada SI, Adebiyi NM, Randawa AJ, Abdulkadir I, Ahmad HR

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

Peer reviewers: Aisha Galadanci Akilu, Lori Jordan, Miguel Brito, Ravindra Kumar, Vincenzo Voi

Published: January 22, 2026
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Functional mapping of auditory responses to complex sounds under light anesthesia in rhesus macaques

Authors: Régis Trapeau, Luc Renaud, Melina Cordeau, Yoan Esposito, Pascal Belin

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

Peer reviewers: Kirill Nourski, Mathilda Froesel, alix trouillet

Published: September 5, 2025
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From True Believers to Institutional Skeptics: Classifying conspiracy theory supporters and their media consumption

Authors: Malgorzata Kurjanska

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

Peer reviewers: Dan Romer, Lotte Pummerer, M Dentith

Published: September 2, 2025
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Assessing universities' practices on student diversity and inclusion in higher education: The INSTADINE rubric

Authors: Hemendra Mistry, Maria Cruz Sancehz Gomez

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

Peer reviewers: Beatriz María Morgado Camacho, Martin Skutil

Published: January 12, 2026
Essay
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The rise and flaws of the mission machine: A historical critique of research success metrics since the 1960s

Authors: Gabi Lombardo, Jonathan Deer, Poul Holm

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Carter Bloch, Maria del Mar RUBIO VARAS, Mario Coccia, Merle Jacob

Published: August 4, 2026
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A systematic exploration of current limitations of cognate-based phylogenetic inference

Authors: Luise Häuser, Gerhard Jäger, Alexandros Stamatakis

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area

Peer reviewers: Angie Hinrichs, Osama Ali Salman

Published: January 28, 2026
Case Study

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A roadmap for managing an ageing workforce in the manufacturing sector: An Italian case study

Authors: Niloofar Katiraee, Giulia Caprari, Ajay Das, Daria Battini

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

Peer reviewers: Anna Corinna Cagliano, Antonella Petrillo, Lisa Meehan

Published: August 26, 2025
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Analyses of historical documents reveal past trends of exploitation of manatees ( Trichechus inunguis) in the Amazon Basin (16th-19th centuries)

Authors: Cristina Brito, Ana Catarina Garcia, John Nicholls, Jaime Silva, Nina Vieira

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Felipe Vander Velden, Yann Henaut

Published: August 18, 2025
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Development of digitalization of family businesses in Thailand

Authors: Justyna Juchniewicz

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

Peer reviewers: José Ramón Saura, Mateusz Janas

Published: August 8, 2025
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Proof of concept for Orogenic Bridge Theory in the Fram Strait using U–Pb geochronology of syn-kinematic carbonates

Authors: Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl, Catherine M. Mottram

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

Peer reviewers: Anna Bird, Liang Qiu

Published: August 7, 2025
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Leaf chamber experiments on sunflowers indicate a temperature-dependent compensation point of carbonyl sulfide

Authors: Ara Cho, Linda M.J. Kooijmans, Steven M. Driever, Maarten Wassenaar, Gerbrand Koren, Sophie L. Baartman, Leon Mossink, Maarten C. Krol

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

Peer reviewers: Anam Khan, Jerome Ogee, Max Berkelhammer

Published: April 10, 2026
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Improving the thermoelectric power factor of PEDOT:PSS with 4,4'-bipyridine and LiBF 4

Authors: Md Mahmudur Rahman, Mauricio Solis-de la Fuente, Lourdes Márquez-García, Sergio Castro-Ruiz, Estelle Liautaud, Lucie Fournier, Camille Chatard, Agathe Bouvet-Marchand, Mario Culebras, Jorge García-Cañadas

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Marcelo Malagutti, Xiao-Lei Shi, 泽林 Sun

Published: August 4, 2025
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Digitalisation of the public sector in Thailand – Insights into Thailand's public sector digitalisation strategy

Authors: Anetta Caplanova, Estera Szakadatova

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

Peer reviewers: Konstantinos Ioannou, Oana Staiculescu, Rakibul Chowdhury

Published: December 2, 2025
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Use it or lose it: A model-based assessment of the hypothesis that European Neanderthals relied on wildfires to create their campfires

Authors: Andreu Arinyo i Prats, Dennis Sandgathe, Felix Riede, Mark Collard

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

Peer reviewers: Gabriela Amorós, José Luis Guil Guerrero, Michael Chazan, Michelle Scalise Sugiyama

Published: November 27, 2025
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AI-generated stories favour stability over change: homogeneity and cultural stereotyping in narratives generated by gpt-4o-mini

Authors: Jill Walker Rettberg, Hermann Wigers

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

Peer reviewers: Christopher Conti, Edward B. Kang

Published: July 29, 2025
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A revised radiocarbon chronology for the mammoth bone structures and associated features at Mezhyrich, Ukraine

Authors: Wei Chu, Pavlo Shydlovskyi, Andreas Maier

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

Peer reviewers: Andrzej Wiśniewski, Natasha Reynolds, Timothy Heaton, William Murphree

Published: July 25, 2025