Digital Economy

An EU-funded project is encouraging debate on responsible robotics to promote widespread social acceptance of AI-based robotic technologies in four key areas.

Researchers compared the performance and fatigue of flexible subsea cables. They found that using a device called a bend stiffener greatly increases their lifespan by protecting them against damage and fatigue.

An international consortium has completed the design of a single-point mooring (SPM) system platform for floating wind turbines.

A digital platform called Gift is allowing visitors to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) to share climate issues and themes of interest with friends and loved ones.

Do ordinary citizens believe claims made online about social media and its effects on teen mental health? EU-backed researchers conducted a survey to find out and to see how willing people are to fact-check.

Previously Research*eu highlighted the exciting work of BIRD RELEASE, a project developing smart laser technology to harmlessly deter birds from agricultural sites like fields and orchards. One year on, we catch up with Steinar Henskes, founder of the company behind the technology, Bird Control BV.

A new study shows a link between the windborne iron aerosols from Australia’s 2019-2020 wildfires deposited in the Southern Ocean and the massive algal blooms observed there, raising new questions about oceanic carbon uptake.

New research has revealed that moments of silence interspersed in music trigger similar brain activity as when we imagine a song, giving us better insight into the brain mechanism of sensory prediction.

Meet two of this year’s best EU-funded innovators: Finnish company MetGen, the overall Grand Prix winner, and C2CA Technology, the Netherlands, winner of the Sustainability Tech category.

For the first time, scientists have produced a stable 2D silicon compound, paving the way for new uses of silicon in molecular chemistry.

Whether on a laptop or supercomputer, scientists investigating neural networks now have access to an enhanced brain simulator thanks to a digital pan-European research infrastructure.

A non-destructive way to manipulate donor impurities in a silicon lattice with atomic precision may pave the way for the fabrication of solid-state qubits.

A quantum tech start-up is building the world’s first scalable quantum computer in a race against key industry players.

Yearning for a book that looks, feels and smells like an ordinary book, but that you can also connect wirelessly to digital devices? Well, your wish may soon come true thanks to a Greek start-up backed by an EU-funded project.

A novel approach combining conventional white light with advanced photonics and optical imaging could help save up to 80 000 lives by helping doctors detect bowel cancer in the early stages.

We featured the BILLON project in the October 2020 issue of Research*eu and learnt about their innovative blockchain technology that allows all Europeans, regardless of age, wealth or nationality to participate in the ever-growing digital economy. Robert Kaluza, e-money CEO of the Billon Group based in the United Kingdom and Poland, fills us in on how far their technology has advanced and their most exciting recent developments.

A hybrid concrete-plastic floating platform and its components have been validated for offshore wind energy use.

How do Europeans expect connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) to affect driving efficiency, road safety, data protection and sustainability? A recent survey has the answers.

How can we make Europe’s SMEs more competitive? An EU-funded project’s second call for proposals is giving innovative SMEs the opportunity to access technologies related to high-performance computing (HPC).

Current forecasting methods underestimate technological progress in energy technologies, predicting higher costs than actually observed, a new study reports.