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Calling for zero-emission waterborne transport technologies

MarLEN announces first transnational call for research and innovation projects promoting pollution-free transport in Europe’s waters The EU-funded MarLEN(opens in new window) project recently issued its first transnational call(opens in new window) for projects supporting the decarbonisation of maritime and inland waterway transport. The call offers researchers and innovators the opportunity to secure funding that…

Maritime Innovation, Sustainability, transport

Catching up with RURALIZATION: Promoting a more populated, diverse and sustainable rural society

More than 2 years after the EU-funded RURALIZATION project’s end, its outcomes continue to drive efforts to foster rural regeneration across Europe In 2019, the RURALIZATION(opens in new window) project set out to combat the unequal development of rural and urban areas. Its aim was to help develop a new rural frontier by overcoming population…

EU Projects, Smart Rural, Sustainability

Battling the heat: Europe takes action to protect health in a warming world

EU-funded researchers are developing strategies to protect people from rising temperatures, focusing on vulnerable groups and clearer climate-health communication. By Vittoria D’Alessio The environmental impact of climate change – shifting weather patterns or vanishing biodiversity – is widely recognised. But do we truly understand the toll rising temperatures are taking on human health? Members of…

Climate Change, Climate Change Solutions, EU Research, Public Health, Sustainability

Experts urge policies that recognize women’s vital role in development

Researchers at the King Center on Global Development are addressing challenges such as gender-based violence and low labor participation, with the aim to inform supportive policy interventions When it comes to managing the administrative tasks that are required to run a home and raise a family, women bear the brunt of the responsibility. According to…

Education, research

Meeting the challenges of cyber disinformation

Deepfakes, biased algorithms: it’s starting to feel like online disinformation might be around every corner. What can be done? Content can lead to hate crimes and other violence, but many European Police Authorities do not have access to any specialised tools or technologies to help them tackle the issue – how can they be helped?…

artificial intelligence, European Union, Predictive Algorithms

Smarter airports, seamless journeys: How SESAR is transforming European transport

The new Projects Info Pack from CORDIS showcases how the SESAR Joint Undertaking is making airports smarter and more connected, offering passengers more reliable and resilient transport Airports are at the heart of Europe’s transport system. As the European Union works to deliver smarter, more sustainable and connected mobility, transforming airport operations and linking air…

Airport, Sustainable Mobility, transport

Novel cancer-killing mechanism opens path to new treatments

Researchers at Stanford have identified a new mechanism of cell death linked to the cancer drug candidate tegavivint, calling it a potential “new weapon in the battle against cancer” A cancer drug currently undergoing clinical trials in human patients may work in a different way than previously understood. A Stanford-led research team has discovered a…

cancer, Medical Research, Stanford Research

As chatbots get smarter, humans’ unique language abilities are becoming less special

UC Berkeley researchers say large language models have gained “metalinguistic ability,” a hallmark of human language and cognition no other animal has displayed AI platforms like ChatGPT are widely understood to be sophisticated prediction machines. Trained on vast troves of content ranging from news articles and books to film scripts and Reddit posts, they anticipate…

artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, Linguistics, UC Berkeley

How Stanford researchers are designing fair and trustworthy AI systems

A look at the work of three experts examining the successes and failures of AI to create solutions that lead to a better world When John McCarthy, founder of the Stanford AI Lab, coined the term “artificial intelligence” in 1955 to describe “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines,” the defining feature of this…

artificial intelligence, automation, Ethics in Technology, SmartHealth, social justice, technologynews

Are we attracting aliens to Earth?

Study finds that we have been accidentally transmitting powerful signals into space that might reveal our existence to alien civilisations You’re at a busy airport like London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle or Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Crowds and noise, long queues, fear of flying, baggage collection and transfer times are some of the things going…