Society

This year’s Innovation Radar Prize has been awarded to an overall winner as well as three category winners representing environmentally sustainable innovations, disruptive health technologies and hidden gems in the early stages of development.

A new documentary looks into responsible mining of energy-transition metals in Europe. Can it be done?

An EU project named in honour of the founder of modern nursing is developing a novel toolkit to help first responders as they go about saving lives.

EU-backed researchers are using serious games and gamification to engage consumers in energy efficiency.

In the summer of 2022, an EU-backed project challenged students to find novel environmental and societal applications for particle accelerators.

A new technology promises to make our clothes more sustainable.

EU-backed researchers are lending a helping hand towards a future with trustworthy AI with a roadmap identifying major research challenges and a handbook containing major AI-related scientific and technical terms.

The textile and food industries are among the most profitable but also environmentally draining. Blockchain architecture addresses the issue via a scalable, flexible platform allowing access to secure product data.

Effective science communication has never been more crucial to countering misinformation. The EU-funded ENJOI project is developing standards to make it more reliable and impactful.

Wearables have become ‘must have’ fashion – how can we make assistive technology as desirable? The most sophisticated device is useless if it is uncomfortable or unattractive. This episode, we are looking at the interface between design and engineering and how the next generation of smart textiles could make assistive tech, invisible.

Drone flight demonstrations are underway in Norway to increase insight into urban air mobility (UAM) possibilities in emergency medical service delivery.

Our ancestors knew a balanced diet was more than mammoth meat. And their food choices allowed us to gobble up every corner of the globe, says expert Emanuela Cristiani.

Flight tests held at Pontoise airfield simulated avoidance manoeuvres in three different real-world scenarios, proving that safe flight with urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft is possible.

Every single one of us probably walks, cycles or drives along a road every single day. But when did humans first begin using them? We beat a path to expert Tuna Kalayci.

According to researchers, when gossip is honest it can help to promote cooperation among individuals. But when are we more likely to spread honest gossip? An EU-backed study looks for the answer.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has announced the winner of the Mining the Future competition held to promote innovative ideas for excavated molasse material reuse.

Scientists have identified the supergene that makes efficient cross-pollination possible in flowers.

For his work in laying the foundations for a functional form of chemistry, Danish chemist Morten Meldal has received the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to two EU-backed scientists for the second year in a row. This time it is for groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states.

Swedish palaeogeneticist Svante Pääbo wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking research on Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA.