EU-funded researchers are looking to hot air to overcome the supply and demand issues faced by solar energy and ease the clean energy transition. By Michael Allen As the world shifts toward renewable energy, one major challenge remains: efficient energy storage. An EU-funded research team is exploring the use of compressed air to store excess energy collected … Read more
EU-funded researchers are improving the tracking and certification of biological waste to help give it a second life as new bio-based products. By Gareth Willmer Central Macedonia, a region on the northern mainland of Greece, is an important producer of food. It generates a quarter of the country’s agricultural output and is the source of … Read more
Researchers are using new technologies, including AI, as well as contributions from citizen scientists, to improve how we monitor and protect increasingly threatened habitats and species across Europe. By Bárbara Pinho In 1998, in a small park in Zurich, Switzerland, one bug woke up in a new world. The bricks on the roof of a … Read more
In 2025, the EU will set up a new polar research body that will operate from Sweden, while scientists drill deep into polar ice to study the Earth’s climate history and help mitigate the effects of climate change on this fragile ecosystem. By Helen Massy-Beresford German scientist Dr Nicole Biebow is keenly aware of how … Read more
From solar energy beamed from space to genetic brain maps and live self-repairing bridges, research in 2025 is promising. And we may see more changes that make cities greener and cleaner. By Anthony King Whoever thinks research is not exciting might be in for a surprise. In 2025, we could witness genetic decoding of the … Read more
EU-funded researchers are exploring how to make strong and sustainable new materials from hard-to-crack nutshells. By Jack McGovan Dr Notburga Gierlinger, an Austrian researcher specialising in the study of the structure and composition of plant materials, is particularly fascinated by nuts. Confronted with a pistachio or walnut, she would open it with caution, intrigued by … Read more