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Nutrition, Place, and Climate. Nietzsche’s Environmental Ethics. (NET)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Italy,United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2025-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172750.08
EU funding (EUR): 172750.08
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The debate on Nietzsche and environmental ethics was started by Max O. Hallman in 1991. Despite underlining Nietzsche’s affinities to ecological thought, he maintained that we cannot infer any environmental ethics from Nietzsche’s philosophy. Most scholars agree with Hallman. By contrast, the main objective of this project is to demonstrate for the first time that Nietzsche’s thought provides a coherent environmental ethics based on the notion of metabolism. This environmental ethics may pave the way for a new paradigm of sustainability at the intersection between diverse disciplines such as philosophy and sociology which can mitigate the impact of the Anthropocene. In his intellectual autobiography Ecce Homo (1888), Nietzsche affirms that the issues of nutrition, place, and climate must be placed at the centre of philosophy. For Nietzsche, ‘"spirit" itself is just a type of metabolism’, and I aim to demonstrate that he considered humans parts of nature’s metabolism. With this view, Nietzsche, I shall argue, responded to the physiology debate of his time. In the light of this, I will address the following questions: What are the most recent contributions in the field of environmental ethics? What are the main positions on metabolism within the 19th-century physiology debate? What are Nietzsche’s stances on nutrition? How does Nietzsche elaborate an ethics of place? And how does Nietzsche respond to the physiology debate of his time? I will analyse Nietzsche’s works chronologically in order to show the development of Nietzsche’s ecological thinking. I will use Martin Muslow’s method of the Konstellationsforschung which examines the perspectives of the various thinkers who addressed the same problem in the same historical period, regardless of whether they were familiar with similar ideas of other philosophers or not. Following this method, I will reconstruct the debate on metabolism at Nietzsche’s time and put it into dialogue with Nietzsche’s works.

Keywords: nietzsche,environmental ethics,nature,metabolism
Solving the scaling challenge of the memory industry: high-speed, low-complexity and low-cost non-volatile ferroelectric memory (Fe-NVRAM) made in EU (Fe-NVRAM)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator Challenge: Emerging semiconductor or quantum technology components (HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5212187.5
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The semiconductor industry is a 600B$ industry. The share of semiconductor memories is 150B$. But there are no memory manufacturers in Europe. So, the EU is missing out on a huge share of the semiconductor market! FMC will change that – by creating fundamentally new memories based on our disruptive material innovation, we will become a major memory player from Europe, reducing the EU’s critical dependence on overseas suppliers, creating jobs, and making semiconductors greener. Our memory is as fast and low cost as DRAM, while providing non-volatile data storage. Our memory products will significantly reduce the energy consumption of data centers, enable instant-on capabilities, and double the battery life of smartphones, PCs, and IoT devices. In addition, non-volatile working memory immediately protects against data loss due to power outages. Our vision is to disrupt the memory industry and become the first EU memory company, set up production facilities in Europe to become the next EIC unicorn.

Keywords: fe nvram hafnium oxide hfo2 ferroelectric random access memory fmc hdd nand nor dram semiconductor non volatile storage non volatile memory ferroelectric memory
A circular, waste-free precision fermentation platform producing yeast oil (PrecisionOil)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Global Sustainable Transformation GmbH (GST), a German start up and founded in 2021, is focussing on a circular, waste- and solvent-free approach to produce highly nutritive food ingredients: the yeast oil - a true alternative of edible plant oils (e.g. palm oil, cocoa butter). In the PrecisionOil project multiple food side streams e.g. pectin-rich food production, agricultural and bakery side streams will be targeted as perfect feedstocks for precision fermentation. GST is targeting the European palm oil and cocoa butter market for food application (USD 32 bn). The core of GST's operations is the so called FHCR technology, a patented, revolutionary biomanufacturing platform that stands for Ferment, Hydrolyze, Centrifuge, and Recycle. This new circular solution cuts fermentation time in half and reduces process costs by 60%, enabling a true cost competitive substitute for plant-based fats e.g. palm oil and cocoa butter. The production cost for yeast oil is ~1,4 €/kg and has a CO2 emissions/kg of oil of 3.66 kg. Per hectare facility-size calculations show that yeast oils yield 40,000 times as much oil as oil palm. Therefore, the project will have a significant impact on environmental and climate issues. At the same time, increasing food ingredient production within Europe will make its food supply chains more robust contributing a safer European food production landscape. With the support from the EIC Accelerator the process will be scaled up stepwise from 1m3 to 100 m3 fermentation volume.

Keywords: food,precision fermentation,yeast oil
Energy Driven Pattern Formation: Continuous Symmetry Breaking and Positive Temperature (ENDRISP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Mathematics
Countries involved: Italy,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 37.0
Total project cost (EUR): 288859.2
EU funding (EUR): 288859.2
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Spontaneous pattern formation is an ubiquitous and fascinating phenomenon in nature, of enormous importance for the present and future of applications. A crucial aspect, both at zero and positive temperature, is that in dimension d>1 the physical states retain less symmetries than the interactions involved in the models. This phenomenon, known as symmetry breaking, coupled with nonlocality makes any attempt of giving a mathematical explanation of pattern formation extremely challenging and still largely not accessible with the current tools. ENDRISP aims at gaining deep insight into the mathematical mechanisms behind the phenomenon of energy-driven pattern formation, focusing on the following foremost questions in the field: Explain continuous symmetry breaking mechanisms for isotropic functionals; Show pattern formation and symmetry breaking in the positive temperature setting. The focus of ENDRISP will be on the formation of periodic one-dimensional structures in general dimension (i.e. striped/lamellar structures), as they are generally the first type of patterns to emerge from uniform phases when symmetry breaking occurs, in regimes in which the attractive and repulsive forces are of the same order. We will use precise nonlocal quantities of geometric character coming from the free energy to control the curvature of the physical states and derive rigidity and stability estimates. The techniques we developed to show pattern formation for continuous functionals retaining discrete symmetry together with our experience on representation theorems in the positive temperature setting and the new ideas in ENDRISP will be the ideal basement to the project. Major advances in Calculus of Variations, Geometric Measure Theory and Statistical Mechanics will be required, for which the transfer of knowledge with the supervisors, empowered by the unique training offered by Courant Institute in the outgoing phase and by GSSI in the return phase, will be extremely beneficial.

Keywords: calculus of variations,geometric measure theory,pattern formation,rigidity estimates,nonlocal problems,statistical mechanics,large volume limits
Coherent Phenomenon in Rydberg atoms (CPIRA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Lithuania
Call: ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-02, 2023)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 158597.76
EU funding (EUR): 158597.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project is devoted to theoretical studies of coherent optical phenomena in multilevel Rydberg atoms under external magnetic field by using vortex beams. The applicant will investigate the parity-time (PT) symmetry condition via optical vortex light in Rydberg atoms. Then, he will proposed a novel model for efficient transformation of the probe energy from zero order of diffraction to the higher orders in the PT symmetry condition. After that he will propose a model for measurement of external magnetic field as well as orbital angular momentum transfer in a Rydberg atom via optical vortex light. It is expected that these studies will lead to future feasible experiments, and have technological impact on quantum photonics applications in EIT-based devices, storage and manipulation of light, quantum computing and information. In addition, the project will contribute to the personal and professional growth of the fellow, via training of his communication, management and other soft skills.
Bringing prototyping into the digital era with advanced multiphysics simulations using quantum acceleration (Allsolve)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Finland
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2490000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2490000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

R&D is costly and time-consuming because it still heavily relies on physical prototyping. The current iterative design principle is essentially a long process of trial and error where progress is gradually made, moving from one prototype to another. Simulations could hold the key to more efficient R&D processes by decreasing the reliance on physical prototypes. However, the current simulation tools are not accurate enough to help to replace physical prototyping. A single simulation can run for months and still not deliver results that are practical enough to make design decisions. The main bottleneck is the lack of computing power to run accurate simulations. Precisely replicating real life conditions requires very high computational capacity only available when using the most advanced supercomputers. We will transform the R&D landscape by offering accurate digital prototypes to replace physical prototypes. To achieve this, we are offering a physics simulation platform that makes the R&D process more efficient. The core innovation behind our platform is our groundbreaking method for distributing workloads efficiently across various computing platforms. This provides us with several hundred times speedup compared to the simulations run on competing solutions. As such, our technology is the missing link in the current development cycle that is necessary for making new innovations and breakthrough technologies available faster. We already have a first version of our platform in place that has been tested with pilot customers. With this MVP we have been able to bring a simulation run time from weeks down to a few hours. We are now looking to finalize the development by increasing the functionality of the platform and expand the possible application areas.

Keywords: quantum computing,quantum simulation,native multiphysics,finite element analysis,computational electromagnetics,computational fluid dynamics,solid mechanics,cloud based hpc computing
REcycling of low Value components using high purity pre-treatment, dIrecT recycling And green hydrometallurgical approaches for recycling of Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion BatteriEs (REVITALISE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Norway,Portugal
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 23.0
Total project cost (EUR): 467560.0
EU funding (EUR): 467560.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

This Hop-On candidature aims to valorise the environmental and economic benefits of battery technologies through the design and application of functionalised solvents for their hydrometallurgical recycling, thereby closing the resource loop. A new work package (WP) is proposed to complement the existing “WP3 – Hydrometallurgy” of REVITALISE and feeding into “WP4 – Water remediation and Li recovery”, focusing on the computational design and application of alternative solvents for the individual recovery of metal ions and graphite from low-grade battery material. Three primary contributions are expected and are detailed as follows. First, leveraging the wealth of existing data, both from literature and from WP3, on lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) leaching, along with the identification of suitable leachate descriptors (redox potential, acid pKa, etc) and supplemented by thermodynamic in silico data, a predictive model will be developed based on machine learning assisted algorithms. Model outputs permit to identify improved leaching conditions liable to (i) selectively leach Li over transition metals, and to (ii) ensure the total dissolution of the metallic cathode material with minimal chemical consumption. Second, to further reduce the environmental impact and effluent generation of the leaching process, unpurified waste extract from biomass processing rich in antioxidants and organic acids will be evaluated as partial substitutes to inorganic acids and reducing agents. At this stage, extracts rich in bio-surfactants will be evaluated as additive/biosurfactants to improve graphite separation and purities by flotation. Thirdly, alternative solvent extraction systems, based on hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents composed of bio-derived components, will be designed in-silico and experimentally validated for the removal of Fe, Cu and Al impurities under acidic pH, ensuring a mixed Mn, Co, and Ni co-product of suitable purity (>99.9%) for new battery synthesis.

Keywords: battery recycling,lithium,graphite,nmc,lfp,na ion,lithium ion batteries,separation,ultrasonication,hydrometallurgy,direct recycling,water remediation,upcycling,remanufacturing
Geomicrobiology of Fe(II)-bearing Minerals and Nitrate-Reducing Iron-Oxidizing microbial cultures (MinOx)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173847.36
EU funding (EUR): 173847.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Nitrate-Reducing Iron-Oxidizing (NRFeOx) microorganisms, which couple Fe(II) oxidation to nitrate reduction using organic matter or carbon dioxide as a carbon source, play an essential role on a global scale in three of the most important biogeochemical cycles: iron, carbon and nitrogen. From an ecological point of view, NRFeOx microorganisms are key players in several processes such as the biological oxidation of Fe in anoxic and dark environments, the reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide and the removal of nitrate from polluted groundwater aquifers. The aim of this project is to analyze the ability of NRFeOx communities to thrive using Fe(II)-bearing minerals as an energy source, the ecological consequences of the mineral transformation, and to explore the mechanism of microorganism-mineral interaction, which is crucial to fully understand their role in natural environments. First, culture techniques will be applied to identify Fe(II)- bearing minerals that can be oxidized by NRFeOx communities. Subsequently, Molecular Biology techniques will be applied to analyze the structure and distribution of NRFeOx communities when they grow using minerals as an energy source and to determine the main actors in the process. Finally, analytical microscopy techniques will be used to study, at the nanometer scale, the interaction between specific microorganisms with the mineral surface. For this purpose, state-of-the-art techniques such as Confocal Raman Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy and X-Ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy will be correlated with Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and Fluorescence Microscopy. The data obtained in the MinOx project could not only be applied to biotechnological processes and integrated into predictive models for the management of nitrate-contaminated waters but will also unveil a totally unknown area of geomicrobiology: the transformation of Fe(II) minerals by NRFeOx microorganisms.

Keywords: geomicrobiology,iron mineral transformation,correlative microscopy,fish,confocal raman microscopy,xpeem,sem edx,molecular biology,nitrate removal,carbon fixation
PERSONALIZED MULTISOURCE DATA INTEGRATION AND COMPUTATIONAL DRUG REPURPOSING ON EBV-MS (EBV-MS HOP-ON)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Norway,Cyprus
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 44.0
Total project cost (EUR): 550668.75
EU funding (EUR): 550668.75
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The EBV-MS Hop-on proposal sets the goal to enhance the capabilities of the EBV-MS consortium empowering it with systems bioinformatics and other holistic approaches including network-based analytics, multi-source data integration, incorporation of a-priori knowledge from existing data and computational drug repurposing. The objectives towards this goal can be listed as: (1) capitalize on the existing publicly available data to generate an integrated knowledgebase related to EBV, MS and EBV-MS relationship (2) generate a specific disease-to-disease network around EBV infection and MS including other viral infections, diseases in the spectrum of autoimmunity and neurodegeneration, (3) generate an integrative network-based bioinformatics approach that accounts for virus–genes–disease-related protein-protein interactions (PPIs), (4) perform bulk and personalized multi-source data integration on the wide spectrum of data that will be generated (genetics, omics, imaging, clinical and lifestyle) to generate AI-ready profiles, to generate patient-to-patient networks for subgroup identification and to feed computational drug repurposing pipelines, (5) exploit the EBV and Host genetics data to suggest/rank candidate drugs in a personalized manner after fine tuning the personalized computational drug repurposing pipelines with the models of MS Brain damage and of digital twins. The ambition of this hop-on proposal is to capitalise on the wealth of data that will be generated from the initial proposal, together with the existing publicly available data, to provide deeper insights into the targeting of Epstein-Barr virus infection for the treatment and prevention of multiple sclerosis using advanced bioinformatics approaches.

Keywords: network based bioinformatics,multi source data integration,personalized medicine,computational drug repurposing,ebv host interactions,ebv ms relationship