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	05 October 2020 	


  Research and Innovation


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News Alerts
European Research and Innovation Days 2020 bring together over 35 000 
participants online
The European Commission has brought together thousands of policymakers, 
researchers, innovators, businesspeople and citizens in a unique digital 
event on the future of research and innovation. Consisting of a Policy 
conference and the Science is Wonderful! exhibition, European Research 
and Innovation Days 2020 ran over three days and finished on 24 September.
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, 
Education and Youth, said:
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With over 35 000 participants, 146 sessions and 576 speakers, the 
European Research and Innovation Days brought together the entire 
innovation system and citizens online to shape the future of research 
and innovation. We need all Europeans working together to co-create the 
solutions for the future of Europe.

	
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Success stories
Making bicycle helmets cool to wear

Getting people to wear bicycle helmets can be tricky. Many cyclists 
complain that helmets are just too hot. But EU-funded researchers are 
now making the headgear a lot cooler, creating an extra incentive to 
wear it while boosting safety.

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Events
Second European AI Alliance Assembly
Featuring Commissioner Thierry Breton, representatives of the German 
Presidency of the European Council as well as other high-level 
participants, this year’s edition will have a particular focus on the 
European initiative to build an Ecosystem of Excellence and Trust in 
Artificial Intelligence (AI).
	
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Date

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	09/10/2020

	
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	Online

	
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Horizon magazine
Forest darkness helps stave off effects of nitrogen pollution – but this 
is set to change

Europe’s forests are sitting on a pollution timebomb which could rewrite 
their ecology when it explodes, say researchers.

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	Horizon magazine <https://horizon-magazine.eu/>

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