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Romanian environmental economist, Dr Monica Ardeleanu, is on a mission to make the world’s housing and living solutions greener, with the help of EU funding and 17 partner organisations from all over…
Combining concentrated heat from the sun and stored compressed air could help solve solar energy’s supply and demand issue. © Alex Tihonovs, Shutterstock.com
EU-funded researchers are looking to hot air to overcome the supply and demand issues faced by solar energy…
EU-funded researchers will continue pushing the boundaries in 2025 with advances to benefit society and the environment. © chayanuphol, Shutterstock.com
From solar energy beamed from space to genetic brain maps and live self-repairing bridges, research in 2025…
Researchers are going beyond conventional solar panels in a bid to generate heat and electricity from the other external surfaces of buildings.
A group of critical raw materials may help Europe reduce supply-chain vulnerabilities.
In addition to generating clean energy, sea locations with turbines could be used to grow mussels, oysters and seaweed.
Five experts who appeared in Horizon Magazine in 2023 outline how their areas of activity will evolve in the coming year and beyond.
Artificial intelligence, which can already generate texts and mimic human speech, might also help the world prepare for the worsening effects of climate change.
Sensors, “smart” buoys and high-tech traps can make fisheries in Europe more sustainable and profitable.
Extracting gold, silver and other commodities from discarded goods has industrial, geopolitical and environmental benefits for the EU.
As it moves away from fossil fuels and towards climate-neutrality, the EU is placing strategic importance on the market for batteries and stepping up research in the field.
As Europe turns increasingly to clean sources of energy, EU researchers are on a quest to make hydrogen from solar rays and heat.
“Smart” technologies in homes reduce energy use and bills, prompting stepped-up European research in the field.