Digital Economy

Graphene’s unique combination of properties paves the way for a wide variety of applications, from energy and electronics to biomedical devices and aircraft. To meet these increasing demands, researchers have to scale up graphene production to industrial scale.

In an ingenious set of experiments, European teams have tested graphene under microgravity conditions for the first time. The exciting results provide a valuable foundation for developing graphene devices for use in space.

State-of-the-art technologies are soon to be tested at four EU land border crossings. The aim is to speed up border clearance processes for law-abiding travellers and catch potential criminals with lie detection tests.

In February 2018, we covered the VALCRI project in our special section on ‘New technologies for fighting crime’. We talked to project coordinator, Prof. William Wong, on how VALCRI was developing a highly promising criminal intelligence analysis system based on visual analytics and cognitive engineering. VALCRI ended in June 2018. Prof. Wong has been telling us how the development of their system has progressed.

Research without borders: a recently unveiled virtual portal may help scientists to store, share and use data irrespective of scientific discipline or geographical location.