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RoadAI in action: collecting data, improving road maintenance efficiency

Disruptive technologies like RoadAI can reduce manual labour tasks and make data collection more efficient and accurate. Disruptive technologies present opportunities to make laborious manual...
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Borders, checks and Brexit: a Gordian knot around the EU Customs Union?

Tony Smith CBE, former Head of UK Border Force and expert panellist to the UK Parliamentary Commission for Alternative Arrangements to the Irish Border,...
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Connecting Europe Facility 2021 – 2027: an overview

The Connecting Europe Facility will have benefits for both the economy and for the social inclusion of European citizens, says Herald Ruijters. The Multiannual Financial...
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Biodiversity loss: one million species threatened with extinction

With one million species facing the threat of extinction, the WWF explains how the EU can mitigate biodiversity loss. Biodiversity is in crisis. This catastrophic...
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Butterfly data can inform Europe’s environmental policy

Butterflies and moths are vital indicators of the health of Europe’s biodiversity and a new project is helping to get a clear picture of...
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Quantum internet on the cusp of the internet revolution

Europe’s Quantum Internet Alliance is working on the development of networks which can provide many benefits, including impenetrable end to end communication. The Quantum Internet...
Hyperloop

Hyperloop a step closer to offering a green alternative to short haul flights

EIT InnoEnergy, Europe’s sustainable energy engine, has celebrated the success of startup Hardt Hyperloop, which has successfully completed two years of feasibility tests for...
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Heat flux sensors to advance thermal management of lithium-ion cells

Dr. Carlos Ziebert, head of the Calorimeter Center at the Institute of Applied Materials - Applied Materials Physics, outlines how heat flux sensors can...
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Pneumatically Stabilized Platform can help in unprotected waters

Pneumatically Stabilized Platform (PSP) is a marine technology specifically designed as a very large floating platform located in unprotected ocean waters. Float Inc. has come...
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Definition of terrorism: has it become a toxic term?

Vicente Medina Ph.D., Associate Professor at Seton Hall University’s Department of Philosophy, asks: how is the function of the term ‘terrorism’ useful if there...