Using fly eyes for inspiration: Anti-reflective coating for surfaces
UNIGE researchers have recreated an anti-reflective and anti-adhesive coating that typically covers the eyes of fruit flies.
Sustainability
Innovative batteries play a key role in the energy transition
Inventions for electricity storage increased by 14 percent annually over the past decade, according to a study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Dutch city of Rotterdam is to get a Hyperloop experience center
The municipality of Rotterdam is investing almost €70 million in the energy transition. It is also financing part of the future Mobility Campus as well as a Hyperloop experience center.
Climate Log: the car dilemma
"And yes, of course, nowadays the question is: what do you choose, petrol, hybrid or all electric?
Dutch robot helps clean The Hague’s beach on World Cleanup Day
On Saturday the World Cleanup Day has a very special participant. A robot is helping to clean up the beach in The Hague in the Netherlands this year.
Cleaner shipping with robot ship Mayflower and sailing ship Oceanbird
The Mayflower has embarked on its first voyage as an autonomous ship. The Oceanbird was also introduced last week.
Consumers haven’t noticed European plastic taxes so far
From 2021 on, the member states of the European Union will pay 80 cents per kilo of non-recyclable plastic packaging to the European Commission. What will be the effect of this?
Mass production of antibodies thanks to a single gene
In the wake of the current corona pandemic, Austrian scientists are gaining new insights into a specific gene that plays a key role in the body's own defense system.
Robots are like snakes: ‘They are self-evolving’
A very special kind of research at the Dutch Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam -Karine Miras has created virtual DNA and self-evolving robots.
Predictive wind turbines thanks to smart LIDAR systems
Scientists from the Wind Energy Institute at the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany are developing a technology that will help prevent any future damage to wind turbines.
Light replaces electricity as an energy source for robots
A mini robot that swims through your bloodstream in order to administer medication. It may sound like science fiction for now, but it can easily become reality.
Pineapple leaves, rotten mangos and apples as eco-friendly alternatives to leather
One of our best read stories this week was about mushroom leather. But pineapple leaves, apples, rotten mangos and raked leaves and twigs also provide an alternative to the leather industry.
Fe+male Tech Heroes dinner connects people, even in times of corona
The planned two-day conference of Fe+male Tech Heroes was cancelled in May. A dinner was held instead this week in full compliance with corona regulations.
App from Climars challenges people to live a more sustainable life
21 days without producing waste or emitting CO2 when you travel, plus eating vegan? The Climars app challenges people to live more sustainably.
CO2-neutral and vegan leather – made from mushrooms
An international team of scientists from the University of Vienna is continuing research into vegan and CO2-neutral leather made from fungi in a biologically and environmentally friendly way.
Regional business parks are a blind spot in the energy transition
With the help of the Cities: Skylines simulation game students want to literally visualize the consequences of energy measures.
Vitrimers will make plastics of the future sustainable
Scientists at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena in Germany are researching sustainable plastics that are capable of self-healing, have intelligent properties and can be recycled if required.
Light algorithm limits staring at a smartphone for a better night’s sleep
Students at the Dutch TU/e have developed a new app that uses algorithms to check if exposure to light is disrupting natural biorhythms, energy levels and and sleep patterns.
E-commerce is an important part of almost any business – this is how to do it
An e-commerce site implemented by an experienced agency will allow you to increase the reach of your business and collect detailed customer data
Start-up: Adding probiotics to delicious snacks to boost health
Marketing products that are not only good for your body but are really delicious. This is what the Bulgarian start-up Cardinal Bites is all about.