With the Clusters4Future competition, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research aims to promote the rapid transfer of ideas from research to practice. The Munich Cluster for the Future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions (M Cube), coordinated by the…
There are innumerable ways to live more sustainably. From taking shorter showers and eating plant-based food more often, to installing a heat pump and solar panels. “The challenge is not to build a house that is completely self-reliant in terms…
Eindhoven-based health tech startup AlphaBeats is partnering with Berlin-based Kenkou to develop stress measurement that does not require wearables. The use of a cell phone will be sufficient for a medically sound measurement of heart rate variability. AlphaBeats uses a…
“If we want to achieve a climate-neutral Europe by 2050, we have to transform the entire energy system. Because that won’t happen quickly, we’re taking a step-by-step approach. First, we use more efficient technologies with significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions…
It cannot be said often enough: Investing in research and development (R&D) pays off. This was once again demonstrated by a study published today by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The two institutions…
Whether you operate a multinational company or own a local small business, how often do you find yourself buried under mountains of papers and files? Between administrative forms, accounting, contracts, reports, purchase orders, receipts, and so much more, it certainly…
More and more environmentally friendly alternatives to plastic are appearing on the market. Scientists from Groningen and China at the Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center have succeeded made plastic from the natural molecule lipoic acid. This material is…
Scientists in Germany believe they have found a solution for people suffering from retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and macular degeneration (MD), as was explained in last week’s best-read story. RP is a congenital eye disorder that occurs in people between the…
The ground level of a building, the part that you can see most clearly from the street as a pedestrian, attracts a great deal of attention. The eye-level area of a city is also referred to as the plinth. In…
Let the figures speak for themselves: An artificial island in the North Sea measuring 120,000 square meters, i.e., 18 soccer fields, that is good for supplying energy to every Danish household. And there is plenty left over for neighboring countries…