Often overlooked, metrology – the science of measurement – underpins countless aspects of daily life, from accurately telling the time to ensuring the security of digital communications.
EU-funded researchers are accelerating the rollout of self-driving trucks on public roads to solve driver…
The future of urban mobility is near. EU-backed trials of driverless cars in public transport could make…
With its eye on the eventual reconstruction of Ukraine, Europe is helping academics from the country get their lives back on track.
New sails and boat designs are set to help shipowners slash fuel costs and emissions.
Needed to clean up road transport, battery-powered vehicles might also act as stored energy that the car owners could sell to electricity networks.
Five experts who appeared in Horizon Magazine in 2022 outline how their areas of activity will evolve in the coming year and more.
Greenhouse gas emissions have been declining steadily in the EU in recent years, dropping by over a quarter between 1990 and 2019. However, transport is one sector that has bucked the trend, despite…
Automated-driving technologies are advancing steadily with the promise of reducing road accidents.
Ports for planes and ships are gearing up for the era of sustainable fuels and renewable energy.
Hydrogen and battery-powered barges, tugs, container ships and ferries for inland waterways will help lower emissions from shipping.
Sound-diffracting walls and rubberised asphalt ingredients tackle the major environmental concern of noise pollution from traffic.
European cities have joined forces to find quicker ways of promoting clean energy and curbing fossil fuels, advancing climate goals made more urgent by Russia’s war in Ukraine.