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Theme: Science, a human right

Celebrated every 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development highlights the important role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives.

The theme for 2018 is Science, a human right. This World Science Day for Peace and Development 2018, UNESCO urges everyone to exercise their human right to participate in and benefit from science.

EURAMET and the wider measurement community is based on collaboration, transparency and openness to provide access to science, its results and its benefits.

EURAMET's European Metrology Research Programmes, EMRP and EMPIR, bring together measurement scientists, academia, industry and many more stakeholders.

Find here a selection of collaborative EMRP and EMPIR projects that support the aims of 'Science, a human right':

Healthcare projects:

• Metrology for metalloproteins (HLT05, Metallomics)
• Metrology for next-generation safety standards and equipment in MRI (HLT06, MRI safety)
• Metrology for drug delivery (HLT07, MeDD)
• Metrology for monitoring infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and harmful micro-organisms (HLT08, INFECT-MET)
• Role of metals and metal containing biomolecules in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (15HLT02, ReMiND)
• Metrology for modern hearing assessment and protecting public health from emerging noise sources (15HLT03, Ears II)
• Metrology with/for NEMS (NEW03, MetNEMS)

Environment projects:

• Metrology for Chemical Pollutants in Air (ENV01, MACPoll)
• Emerging requirements for measuring pollutants from automotive emsissions (ENV02, PartEmission)
• European metrology for earth observation and climate (ENV04, MetEOC)
• Metrology for ocean salinity and acidity (ENV05, Ocean)
• Spectral reference data for atmospheric monitoring (ENV06, EUMETRISPEC)
• Metrology for pressure, temperature, humidity and airspeed in the atmosphere (ENV07, MeteoMet)
• European metrology for earth observation and climate (ENV53, MetEOC2)
• Soil moisture content for improving agricultural productivity (ENV58, MeteoMet2)
• Metrology for moisture in materials (SIB64, METefnet)

Redefinition of the International System of Units (SI):

• Implementing the new kelvin (SIB01, InK)
• Realisation of the awaited definition of the kilogram - resolving the discrepancies (SIB03, kNOW)
• Quantum ampere: Realisation of the new SI ampere (SIB07, Qu-Ampere)

EURAMET supports many more projects in these fields than it is possible to list here.
For details of more projects, follow the links below:

• EURAMET health projects
• EURAMET environment projects
• EURAMET SI projects

EMPIR projects are co-funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the EMPIR Participating States. EMRP joint research projects are part of EURAMET's European Metrology Research Programme. The EMRP is jointly funded by the EMRP participating countries within EURAMET and the European Union.

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