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€100m to fund research into battery life expectancy and battery recycling
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany, has recently announced the investment of a further €100m in battery research, aiming to increase...
Commercialised innovation: technology transfer through spin-off creation
The Institute for Materials and Wood Technology at Bern University of Applied Sciences is now supporting commercialised innovation. Here, Professor Dr Frédéric Pichelin outlines...
CEA – dark matter and dark energy shape the Universe
Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille explains how the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will be able to address several of the most challenging questions of cosmology and...
Blue Unit: revolutionising fish farm data management
The Blue Unit solution to fish farm data stands to revolutionise performance in the aquaculture sector through innovative fish farm data management.
Blue Unit’s business...
The importance of protecting energy start-ups during the pandemic
Elena Bou, Innovation Director at EIT InnoEnergy, warns of the consequences of not supporting energy start-ups in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering...
Exploiting high energy physics technology at IARC
The head of IARC and deputy head of technology development and industry engagements at Fermilab, Mauricio Suarez, discusses amongst other things, the miniaturisation of...
The evolution of meteorological research
Dr Stoyka Netcheva, Scientific Officer at World Meteorological Organization’s Global Atmosphere Watch Programme (GAW), explains how meteorological research has evolved and illustrates how GAW...
Prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment, and research
Becky Campbell and Jason Musni from the Prostate Cancer Foundation discuss prostate cancer – from the basics to cutting-edge research.
Cancer is a condition in...
COVID-19 cyber-attacks: cybersecurity in the healthcare sector
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) works to promote cybersecurity in the healthcare sector and protect citizens against malicious COVID-19 cyber-attacks.
COVID-19 has changed...
Could post-COVID-19 societal changes influence new digital technologies?
EIT Digital’s CEO Willem Jonker spoke to The Innovation Platform about how post-COVID-19 societal changes can influence new digital technologies.
EIT Digital is a leading...