Nanoparticles are considered a promising weapon in the fight against tumors due to the fact that tumor tissue absorbs them more readily than healthy cells because their vascular system is more ...

Dams disrupt the ecosystems within and around rivers, reduce biodiversity and mess with water quality Solutions to make them more sustainable include using fish-friendly turbines or lowering their ...

Europe’s €10 billion investment is paying off, even with strong US, Russian and Chinese competition. Accurate to the nearest centimetre, Galileo will offer unprecedented opportunities not only for ...

Researchers at DTU Environment have conducted several studies to gain more knowledge on plastic recycling. In Denmark, the primary focus has so far been on collecting as large amounts of plastic as ...

At some point, every start-up faces an important challenge: creating a prototype. The goal is both to test a concept’s viability and to probe its appeal with potential investors and customers. This ...

Founded in the Swiss canton of Valais in 2014, OrphAnalytics applies a genomic algorithm to analyse documents for evidence of academic plagiarism and ghostwriting. The startup’s CEO Claude-Alain Roten ...

“Vinderup Træindustri provided the problem with the wood chips as a challenge to the students on the Innovation Pilot course. And with 20 different challenges from 20 different companies, ranging from ...

The most popular lists base their rankings on quantifiable data, including research output, income, numbers of student and faculty size. At least one list is now adding a more subjective element: ...

Replacing tractors, robots can cut a farm’s carbon footprint by 90%. They feed and spray only the plants that need it. Thanks to plant phenotyping, French researchers give farmers as much information ...

A food recall costs an average of €1.3 million. The industry has a major interest in making supply chains more transparent. IBM has developed a solution based on blockchain technology. It is already ...

Albert Einstein published pioneering works in which he explained that light energy is carried in quantum packets. He also anticipated the invention of the laser. The future lies in photonic computer ...

The energy consumption in data centres is growing by a factor of 1.7 per year. Photon-based circuits could replace microelectronic circuits, as they require 1,000 times less energy. The main challenge ...