quantum materials

New project to create new quantum materials with extraordinary properties

As part of a recently launched collaborative research project, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) aims to create new quantum materials by exploiting the strong...

An innovative approach for enhancing the lifetime and safety of batteries

Dr Carlos Ziebert, head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, explains how battery calorimeters can help researchers enhance the lifetime and safety of batteries. Established in...
high-capacity lithium batteries

Increasing energy densities in high-capacity lithium batteries

A team of researchers from Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a processing technology for amplifying energy densities of high-capacity lithium...
COVID-19 technologies

How successful is the new wave of COVID-19 technologies?

Scientists have developed a multitude of new innovative COVID-19 technologies – but which can successfully aid the global recovery from the recent pandemic? Since the...
gene banks

IMAGE: providing access to data from Europe’s animal gene banks

Discover the portal that integrates and presents data from gene banks with genomics data and geographical information systems data. One of the key challenges facing...
Tactile Score

Tactile Score: the science of touch

The Innovation Platform speaks to Yasuhiro Suzuki of Nagoya University about their proposed method of converting the Tactile Score to measure vibrotactile sensations. Humans have...

Sustainable agriculture: Nutrient removal from agricultural runoff

The NuReDrain project discuss their work developing innovative technologies for removing the nutrients from agricultural runoff. The North Sea region is recognised as an intensive...
green economy

Packaging and transporting food for the green economy

The Innovation Platform speaks to Nuria Ballester, Strategy and Innovation Director at Logifruit, about their role in packaging and transporting food for the green...
Could financial incentives help preserve tropical forests?

Could financial incentives help preserve tropical forests?

Environmental scientists from St. Edward’s University discuss how paying landowners to protect trees could help preserve tropical forests. Tropical forests are home to half of...
wastewater

New European initiative to transform wastewater into a valuable resource

University of Exeter has joined a new pan-European initiative to create new techniques to turn wastewater into a valuable resource. A team from University of...