Climate Change and Environment

What could be reducing the capacity and performance of state-of-the-art battery materials for electric vehicles (EVs)? According to EU-backed researchers, it’s the irregular movement of lithium ions.

The textile and food industries are among the most profitable but also environmentally draining. Blockchain architecture addresses the issue via a scalable, flexible platform allowing access to secure product data.

Several years ago, the EU-funded Wave Scale project developed a technology that produces clean electricity from sea and ocean waves. The pioneering wave energy conversion technology has now made its way to the shores of the United States (US).

Researchers have discovered the missing force that explains how drops of water move on surfaces. It turns out, it’s electrostatics.

Ancient Rome is still visible today, in buildings that have survived for millennia. Is a lost recipe for super concrete the key? Our expert Liberato Ferrara breaks things down.

Much of the southern continent remains frozen in time, providing a window into Earth’s past. Our expert Robert Mulvaney reveals how far back these records go.

Flight tests held at Pontoise airfield simulated avoidance manoeuvres in three different real-world scenarios, proving that safe flight with urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft is possible.

A cutting-edge diagnostic system limits disease spread in modern animal production systems using photonics biosensors, promoting animal and food safety.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has announced the winner of the Mining the Future competition held to promote innovative ideas for excavated molasse material reuse.

Scientists have identified the supergene that makes efficient cross-pollination possible in flowers.

An estimated 22 000 km and 370 days later, a mission to collect critical ocean data from the tropical Atlantic ends with success.

The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to two EU-backed scientists for the second year in a row. This time it is for groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states.

From cave paintings to videos, newly launched exhibition features 150 works by over 50 artists.

New evidence points to slower continental plate movement as the cause of our planet’s largest volcanic events.

Her seminal work on ice sheet dynamics has earned Danish researcher and European Research Council grantee Dorthe Dahl-Jensen recognition from the Balzan Foundation.

Research into the legal and policy implications of autonomous vessels in international shipping has stumbled on an issue related not to law or security, but gender.

Better supply, fewer emissions: An EU-funded smart grid demonstrator set up in New Delhi aims to improve grid resilience and electricity supply security while also increasing the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid.

In October 2020, the Results Pack Social Sciences and Humanities in Energy Research featured PROSEU, a project that empowered ordinary citizens to play a key role in Europe’s transition to clean energy. Did it succeed in helping European prosumers – people who produce and consume their own renewable energy – become main actors in this transition?

As digital technologies transform the energy sector, users can more easily manage and control their appliances and systems. However, there are many solutions and standards to choose from, and not all of these can be combined and work together seamlessly. This complicates consumers’ lives, and it is a barrier to a more rapid uptake of smart appliances and services.

Study reveals that a full-scale nuclear war between the two superpowers would lead to global famine and kill billions.