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UK-based innovation network to address environmental challenges

An innovation network, named KTN, has launched a new strategy to address some of Britain’s greatest environmental and societal challenges. The UK’s largest innovation network, KTN, allows communities to create real-world solutions to the biggest challenges faced by British industries....
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Sustainable innovation – the rise of seaweed-based bioplastics in Europe

The raw materials used in bioplastics compete for land and resources with food crops, however the development of seaweed-based bioplastics can offer a solution to plastic waste and food shortages. The use of plastics is heavily ingrained in our culture,...
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EuroStruct – bridging European infrastructure needs

EuroStruct President, Professor José C Matos, spoke to The Innovation Platform about the use of sensors (and other technologies) in bridge assessments, the importance of training for engineers and inspectors, and the need for additional funding to adequately maintain...
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EIT InnoEnergy offers €7.3m to energy innovators during COVID-19

EIT InnoEnergy will mobilise €7.3m in funding to support energy innovators during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing start-ups to maintain existing operations and capitalise on emerging opportunities. EIT InnoEnergy will distribute €7.3m in funding from the European Institute of Innovation &...
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Technology in relativistic heavy ion collider physics research

Professor John W Harris, from Yale University’s Wright Laboratory, outlines the development of accelerator technologies and the evolution in relativistic heavy ion collider physics research we have seen along with it. The field of relativistic heavy ion physics seeks to...
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Small groups in Big Science: hunting the laws of the Universe

Professor Anna Lipniacka from the Department of Physics and Technology at the University of Bergen, highlights the role of the Norwegian physics community in Big Science of the LHC and explains how this involvement has stimulated new and innovative...
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Study reveals the properties of astatine, the rarest element on Earth

Researchers at CERN’s ISOLDE facility have successfully measured the electron affinity of astatine, the rarest naturally occurring element on Earth. For the first time, scientists using CERN’s ISOLDE nuclear-physics facility have measured the electron affinity of the chemical element astatine,...
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Scientists increase our control of solar power by harvesting hot electron holes

A new study conducted by Upsala University, Sweden, has demonstrated ‘outstanding success’ in harvesting hot electron holes, potentially revolutionising solar cells, photochemical reactions, and photosensors. Some metallic nanoparticles can absorb light and generate both positive and negative electrical charges. If...
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ArgonCube – Lego for the world of cryogenic neutrino detectors

Physicists from the University of Bern have developed a novel approach to large neutrino detectors based on liquid argon. In the zoo of elementary particles, neutrinos are somewhat special. Before a neutrino manifests itself in an interaction it may, on...
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New findings on spinel oxides may improve hydrogen extraction

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have identified the parameters that determine the efficiency of spinel oxides, a low-cost catalyst that aids the extraction of hydrogen from water. Spinel oxides can improve the productivity of electrolysis and address the energy...
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