Innovation News Network brings you the latest research and innovation news from the fields of science, environment, energy, critical raw materials, technology, and electric vehicles.
The impact of COVID-19 on the digitisation of public transport
Anne Grünkorn, Managing Director of LogPay Mobility Services, speaks to The Innovation Platform about the influence of COVID-19 on the digitisation of public transport...
Understanding the origin of the universe with particle detector technologies
Dr Giovanni Lamanna, Director of Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules, speak to The Innovation Platform about particle detector technologies and the significance of...
Tannins from forest biomass to reduce the burden of parasite in livestock
Professor Frédéric Pichelin from the Institute for Materials and Wood Technology at Bern University of Applied Sciences explains why tannins from forest biomass represent...
Microplastics can inhibit plant growth and seedling development
Scientists have recently discovered that positively charged microplastics accumulate at relatively low levels in root tips, inhibiting plant growth and seedling development.
Environmental scientists have...
New project to create new quantum materials with extraordinary properties
As part of a recently launched collaborative research project, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) aims to create new quantum materials by exploiting the strong...
An innovative approach for enhancing the lifetime and safety of batteries
Dr Carlos Ziebert, head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, explains how battery calorimeters can help researchers enhance the lifetime and safety of batteries.
Established in...
Increasing energy densities in high-capacity lithium batteries
A team of researchers from Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a processing technology for amplifying energy densities of high-capacity lithium...
How successful is the new wave of COVID-19 technologies?
Scientists have developed a multitude of new innovative COVID-19 technologies – but which can successfully aid the global recovery from the recent pandemic?
Since the...
IMAGE: providing access to data from Europe’s animal gene banks
Discover the portal that integrates and presents data from gene banks with genomics data and geographical information systems data.
One of the key challenges facing...
Tactile Score: the science of touch
The Innovation Platform speaks to Yasuhiro Suzuki of Nagoya University about their proposed method of converting the Tactile Score to measure vibrotactile sensations.
Humans have...