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Why we need to reimagine how we do research
The relentless drive for research excellence has created a culture in modern science that cares exclusively about what is achieved and not about how it is achieved. Read more [...]
What Does It Take for a Robot to Survive in Space?
The good news for our robotics and space programs is that human beings can build machines that vastly outperform us in durability. It takes some clever engineering, but humanity regularly builds probes and robots that can survive long journeys through some truly astonishing conditions. Read more [...]
Challenges and technological solutions to provide accessibility services in immersive media environments
Immersive Accessibility is a project aiming at exploring how accessibility services can be efficiently integrated with immersive media. Read more [...]
The Poetry of Science – Episode 2: A Thawing Habitat
Episode 2: A Thawing Habitat This episode explores new science which reveals how global warming may result in Siberia becoming more habitable during the 21st century. Read this episode’s science poem Your barren canvas stretchesTightly Read more [...]
HiLASE Centre of Excellence – H2020 Teaming Phase 2 project
HiLASE is a new technological infrastructure in the field of application-oriented laser research and development. Read more [...]
The Poetry of Science
Episode 1: Deep-sea Tremors This episode features an investigation into the relationship between deep-sea fish and earthquakes in Japan. Read this episode’s science poem From buried cracksAnd open woundsShrouded scalesBegin to seep.Cutting Read more [...]
Podcast: The Poetry of Science
The Poetry of Science is a weekly blog in which new scientific research is presented via the medium of poetry. Read more [...]
New Subtitling Training for Real-time Media and Events
Real-time subtitlers, also called live captioners, produce transcripts of what speakers say in many contexts: cultural events, workplaces, parliamentary assemblies, broadcasts, educational, other. Read more [...]
Fostering basics with Nobel Laureates
Many of the most impactful advancements laid in basic science decades or even centuries earlier and reveal the need for fundamental research. But the benefit of supporting basic research has been increasingly questioned in recent years while the concept of fundamental research seems to be undervalued. Read more [...]
Technology and the Future of European Industry
We're in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, dubbed Industry 4.0 by the experts, and this time the revolution is a digital one. European industry has been quick to adopt new technologies in the consumer sector but many industries, such as construction, textiles, and steel, are still clinging to outdated methods. Read more [...]
The secret lives of microbes
In the unique Sea Encounters Art (S.E.A.) project on the Dutch island Texel, marine scientists cooperate with artists. The result is exhibited this summer on various locations on the island.
Their BIOFILM project shows fascinating time-lapse images of microbial life, in which cyanobacteria play the lead role. Read more [...]
How laboratory digitIzation & automation is paving the way for research integrity
Technological advancements shape our daily life, from the way we communicate to how we function. This also applies within the laboratory. Scientists’ interactions with technology are shaping the ways in which research is conducted, for the better. Read more [...]
