The most promising innovations compensate for structural problems, like inefficient food distribution, inadequate waste management or unreliable energy infrastructure. None of this would be possible ...

Imagine if the privacy of all mobile communications — voice as well as text — were fully protected? That’s the dream of Frederic Jacobs, a member of the coder community Open Whisper, who has just ...

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 ...

When major-league consumer electronics companies like Toshiba and Fujitsu begin turning pristine microchip clean rooms into lettuce and spinach factories, something very out of the ordinary has to be ...

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 European Commission has called for an automated drone traffic management system to be known as U-space, and countries like Denmark and Switzerland are working on innovative solutions. Drone ...

The last war in Iraq was already a war of robots: by the end of 2008, 12,000 ground robots and 7,000 drones were involved. Today, new robotic and AI applications are being developed not only to ...

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 ...

The non-biodegradable products Europeans use and discard on a daily basis make up 70% of municipal waste. These could be a valuable source of raw materials. Today’s rapid technological changes can ...

Since first appearing on the consumer market in 1991, lithium-ion batteries have become ubiquitous in phones, laptops and even e-cigarettes. With the rise of electric cars – global sales exceeded 1 ...