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Rice production under climate change
Members of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan, have been conducting ‘Free-Air CO2 Enrichment’ experiments to ascertain the impact that climate change...
Gravitational wave observatories and multi-messenger astronomy
Joey Shapiro Key, an Assistant Professor at University of Washington Bothell, looks at the advent of multi-messenger astronomy and the role that gravitational wave...
The use of food waste in the development of biomaterials
Innovation News Network's digital editor, Caitlin Magee, explores the role of food waste in the development of biomaterials.
1.3 billion tonnes of food waste enters...
e-shape: bridging Earth observation communities to change lives
Research Directors from the National Observatory of Athens describe how their Earth observation expertise poises them to contribute meaningfully to the pioneering e-shape project.
The...
electroCore: Innovation to treat COVID-19
The team from electroCore, Inc spoke to The Innovation Platform about the gammaCore Sapphire™ device, which, although mainly used for adults who suffer from...
Searching for mysterious dark matter particles and the mass of neutrinos
Solving the common puzzles of cosmology, dark matter particles, and the mass of neutrinos using sensitive experiments requires continuous technological progress and, in particular,...
UK Fisheries Bill: What is next for British fishing and aquaculture?
Next month, the British Government will conduct a second reading of the new Fisheries Bill, offering more decision-making powers to devolved administrations.
As the UK...
Innovate UK has funded new clinical trials for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
Innovate UK has granted a spin-out of Cambridge University, DIOSynVax, £1.9m to begin clinical trials of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
At a microscopic level, SARS-CoV-2 has...
EDRS – the ‘SpaceDataHighway’ for Earth Observation data
EDRS Project Manager, Michael Witting, speaks to The Innovation Platform about how the SpaceDataHighway has evolved and what the future might hold.
Dubbed the ‘SpaceDataHighway’,...
UK to launch new facility for converting plastic waste into hydrogen energy
Infrastructure development company, Peel L&P Environmental plan on building the UK’s first facility for converting plastic waste into hydrogen energy.
The waste-to-energy eco-plant is to...