New alternative to pollutive ferroelectric material used in sensors

Researchers use a technique to explore the structure of a potential alternative to lead titanate, a ferroelectric material used for sensors.

RNO-G: the next-generation ultra-high energy neutrino observatory

Professor Nick van Eijndhoven from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB-ELEM) speaks to The Innovation Platform’s International Editor, Clifford Holt, about the Radio Neutrino Observatory, a proposed next-generation ultra-high energy neutrino observatory to be built in Greenland. Neutrinos are unique messengers. They...

Particle physics activities at SLAC

SLAC’s Dr JoAnne Hewett spoke to The Innovation Network's Clifford Holt about some of the many physics activities the national laboratory is involved in.

The future of urban transport

Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General of POLIS, spoke to The Innovation Platform about some of the challenges facing urban transport.

X-ray instrument to change face of high resolution microscopy

An X-ray instrument is to improve upon its brightest X-ray beamline and enable microscopy with higher X-ray energies.

New AI tool to revolutionise analysis of microscopic images

Scientists have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that offers new opportunities for analysing images taken with microscopes.

Photonic microcomb could find new exoplanets and monitor people’s health

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a photonic microcomb that could be used to find new exoplanets.

Radiation in healthcare and beyond

The Innovation Platform explores the positive uses of radiation in healthcare and the negative effects caused by extreme exposure.

Vegetable protein waste from rapeseed farming replaces petroleum-based raw materials

German researchers are using vegetable proteins from agricultural waste to replace petroleum-based raw materials in industrial applications.

Physicists from ALICE discuss the strong interaction between hadrons

Physicists Oton Vazquez Doce and Laura Fabbietti from CERN’s ALICE collaboration spoke to Caitlin Magee about the strong interaction hadrons.

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