sustainable development goals

Making the Sustainable Development Goals a reality

Dr Guy Schumann, CEO and Principal Scientist at RSS-Hydro Sarl-S, argues that more businesses need to include the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in their...
high strength aluminium alloys

Extended durability for high strength aluminium alloys

Professor Aude Simar’s team at the Université catholique de Louvain are using friction stir processing to enhance the durability of high strength aluminium alloys. Materials...
insect neuroatonomy

From insect neuroanatomy to nanophotonic computers

Lund University’s Stanley Heinze describes how his study of neuroanatomy in insects is leading to the development of nanophotonic computers. When I began to study...
two-dimensional crystals

Heteroepitaxial two-dimensional crystals: from growth to applications

The quantum device physics laboratory leads the creation of new two-dimensional crystals inspired by graphene, targeting applications in sensing, catalysis, and nanoelectronics. The precise control...
Metamaterials

Metamaterials and Omniconnectivity development: a turning point in electronics

The NanoEngineering Network explains how Smart Metasurface Technology (a class of metamaterials) and the related concept of ‘omniconnectivity’ has the potential to boost Europe’s competitiveness in the field of electronics
Finnish-American research

Finnish-American research collaboration opportunities through the Academy of Finland

The Academy of Finland and the United States government agency National Institutes of Health (NIH) have signed a provisional agreement on promoting Finnish-American research collaboration.q
clean electricity

Clean electricity from ocean waves

Jonas Kamf, CEO of Waves4Power AB, explains how the company’s patented technology generates clean electricity, free from CO2 emissions, by harvesting the energy of ocean waves.
sustainable fish feed

Developing sustainable fish feed from food waste

Ingmar Høgøy, CEO and Chairman of the Board at Greentech Innovators AS, spoke to The Innovation Platform about the company’s innovative and sustainable fish feed solution for the aquaculture industry
supermassive black hole

Earth is moving 7km/s faster and about 2,000 light-years closer to a supermassive black...

According to new measurements, Earth is moving 7km/s faster and about 2,000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy.
role of physics

The fundamental role of physics in understanding the universe

Professor Regina Demina, from the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Rochester, argues that the role of physics is finding the truth and making sense of the world, and should not be seen as only geared towards the discovery of wholly new phenomena