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What if your old jeans could be reborn as catwalk fashion? Thanks to the EU-funded New Cotton project, this could soon be a reality. Led by Finnish start-up Infinited Fiber Company, the New Cotton project has shown that collaboration, innovation and determination can turn one of the fashion industry’s biggest problems into a circular solution.
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Increased digitalisation could be key to improving the delivery of essential public services. The EU-funded inGOV project developed tools to help digitalise fragmented services, and ran a variety of successful trials in real-life settings across Europe.
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The EU-funded MycoTWIN project took on one of agriculture’s toughest challenges: fungal compounds that contaminate food supplies, especially cereals, nuts and dried fruits. The project brought together researchers from Italy’s National Research Council (CNR-ISPA) and Spain’s University of Valencia (UV) to enhance research capabilities in Türkiye. The result is improved food safety in Europe and beyond.
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Europe needs new clean energy sources to decarbonise its economy. The EU-funded NPHyCo project assessed the viability of using Europe’s nuclear power plants to generate hydrogen. The project found that the technique is technically feasible and could even be economically viable in the near future.
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What does it mean to seek recognition, respect or esteem? For millennia, the concept of honour has defined human relationships, influencing how societies and individuals interact. The EU-funded project HCG aimed to uncover the complexities of honour in ancient Greece and examine its continued relevance today.
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It is a universal phenomenon that is as old as humanity. But migration is often framed in simplistic, crisis-driven terms. The EU-funded BRIDGES project challenged these reductive views, presenting a more nuanced picture of migration’s role in society.
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Sleep is one of biology’s most universal – and perplexing – phenomena. Why do animals need sleep, a state that seemingly leaves them vulnerable and unproductive? The EU-funded SleepSynapses project offered new insights to better understand sleep’s fundamental purpose.
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For many years, psychology and brain research were left underdeveloped in Romania. Now the EU-funded NEUROTWIN project has helped set up a top brain research institute in Cluj-Napoca through improved collaboration with EU neuroscience institutes. The benefits range from new medical treatments to technologies used in electrical grid maintenance and video games.
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The internet has become an integral part of young people’s lives, but comes with risks from cyberbullying to online grooming. Blending interactive storytelling with scientific research, the EU-funded project RAYUELA developed a unique tool that educates young people about online threats while providing data to shape better policy.