EU-funded researchers are accelerating the rollout of self-driving trucks on public roads to solve driver shortages and improve safety and sustainability in Europe’s logistics sector.
EU-funded researchers have developed adaptable robots that could transform the way we recycle electronic…
EU-funded researchers are developing a smarter system of sustainable cooling, replacing toxic refrigerants…
Automated coal mining equipment is helping cut down on wastage in Europe's coal mines, and make the process cleaner and safer.
As the moon spins around the earth, its gravity creates a bulge in the oceans that causes tides. Researchers are working out ways to tap into this immense power, and smart sensors could help them do…
Techniques are being devised to capture greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane from the burning or extracting of fossil fuels - before they cause damage to the atmosphere.
Dr Suchitra Sebastian is looking for materials that are so conductive they do not lose any energy at all, and if she succeeds it would be a step towards reducing the amount of electricity required to…
Researchers are working on ways to make silicon-free solar cells that are more energy-efficient.
Ministers representing many of the world's main economic powers met on 6 September 2013 to show their support for one of the world’s most ambitious scientific experiments – a nuclear fusion reactor…
Sustainable buildings should be different depending on where they are in Europe - that's according to the developers of one of the world's greenest office buildings.
A German computer scientist has hit on a new way of modelling objects for films and video games that could create much richer images than current methods achieve, and cost less.
Magnets and nano-sized magnetic particles could help to change the way plastics are sorted for recycling, saving billions of euros in raw material imports, and providing new tools to erode Europe’s…
Electronic systems are at the heart of new technology, and a partnership between the EU and industry aims to secure Europe's supply.