Solar cells have a weak spot: the stronger the sunshine, the hotter they get, and hot cells lose efficiency. The EU-funded NANOSPLIT project found a way around it – hybrid nanofluids made of zinc oxide sheets and gold nanoparticles that work as intelligent light filters. Part of the sunlight is turned into electricity, while the rest becomes useful heat for hot water or space heating – and at the end, you can check how you use energy yourself.
An EU research project ends, the final report is filed – and then what? HiEFFICIENT, which ran from 2021 to 2024, shows that the story can go on: its power electronics for electric vehicles are turning into chargers, inverters, a spin-off company and a follow-up project. It offers a concrete, step-by-step look at how semiconductor research actually reaches real cars — and at the end you can check whether power electronics might be the right field of study for you.
The same moisture that settles as dew on the grass each morning may one day keep the lights on. The EU-funded CATCHER project has been developing a technology that turns water vapour in the air into electricity, working day and night, whether or not the sun shines or the wind blows. Its converters have already run for thousands of hours in demanding laboratory tests — and at the end you can check whether you have a head for the energy of the future.
A solar panel usually brings to mind a heavy slab of glass bolted onto a roof. The technology behind the EU-funded DIAMOND project points somewhere else entirely: to a thin film of crystals that captures light more efficiently than silicon and could be made in Europe instead of shipped in. Behind that film sit whole degree programmes, from solid-state physics to materials chemistry and process engineering - and a short test at the end asks how close the reader already stands to that kind of work.
Dozens of cities from across Europe are embarking on unprecedented action to achieve climate neutrality.
It is not only paid work that is important. British and Japanese experts share their views on what automation has in store for unpaid domestic work.
Researchers have used laser pulses to make a special carbon molecule switch an electron’s path in a predictable way.
The Shetland Tidal Array has gained another two underwater turbines with EU support.
EU-backed researchers are testing a hybrid engine prototype – a major step towards their goal to redefine fuel consumption and emissions performance in plug-in powertrains.
Scientists have developed a new leaf-like device that harvests water from the air and produces hydrogen gas.
An EU-backed research team’s innovative precision agriculture business idea has won the first prize in the EIT Jumpstarter programme’s food category.
An open call issued by an EU-backed project is giving SMEs and other companies the chance to make their bio-based technologies and solutions market-ready.
An EU-backed project is developing support programmes and ICT tools to mitigate energy poverty across Europe.
The newly launched ENRICH in Africa (EiA) Centre kickstarts a wide range of services for African and European incubators and accelerators.
The great African desert has an almost limitless amount of sand – and sunshine. Is a solar megaproject technically feasible? Our expert Khamid Mahkamov sheds some light on the matter.
An EU-funded project reserves berths at two open-water test sites to demonstrate selected prototype wave energy converter (WEC) systems in 2025.
An EU-backed project prepares to test a new hybrid microgrid solution in Spain.
An EU-backed project is using deep learning techniques combined with cloud, edge and far-edge computing to improve the way objects are tracked in factories and warehouses.
An EU-backed project’s liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage tank has passed key vibration and leakage tests, bringing it one step closer to realising a zero-emission commercial flight.
Successful flight demonstrations show what a detect and avoid (DAA) system on board an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) can achieve in real-life collision scenarios.
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