Innovation News Network brings you the latest research and innovation news from the fields of science, environment, energy, critical raw materials, technology, and electric vehicles.
Developing an AI enabled breast cancer detection method
A new study, published in Lancet Digital Health, shows the added value of AI-aided breast cancer detection from mammography images.
The study, conducted by Korean...
EU project adapted spider and worm silks to create bio-plastics
A research project, funded by Horizon 2020, has developed a biobased polymer using silks from spiders and worms to potentially complete the existing thermoplastics...
Using Earth observation to improve the health of city dwellers
As many as seven million people per year die due to polluted air. Can satellites improve the health of city dwellers?
Air pollution causes many...
2020 Railway Forum: the rise of Saudi infrastructure
According to reports from the 2020 Railway Forum, 400bn Saudi riyals were invested in infrastructure within the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Under the patronage of...
Record number of exports from developing countries to the EU
Exports from developing countries to the European Union using special tariff preferences under the EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) reached a new high...
Researchers have virtually unrolled lithium batteries
An international team, led by the University College London, have virtually ‘unrolled’ the coil of electrode layers from a lithium battery using an algorithm...
Environmentally sustainable retail tags made using nanotechnology
Researchers at the University of Sussex have developed an ink using nanotechnology that reduces metal waste in the retail industry.
Following the £8m ESRC investment...
What does the EIC hope for the future?
We spoke with the head of the European Innovation Council’s advisory board, Professor Mark Ferguson, about his hopes for how the EIC will function...
Detecting epileptic foci in the human brain
Researchers at Yokohama City University, Japan, have developed a compound that helps doctors detect epileptic foci in the human brain.
A radiotracer specifically binds to...
$50m to progress collaboration between Canada and EU
The Canadian government have announced the launch of new funding opportunities to boost scientific collaboration with other countries.
Out of the C$50m available over the...