Redacción de The Smart City Journal, Author at thesmartcityjournal.com

Europe’s first renewable energy valley wins prize

REFORMERS receives the 2025 World Hydrogen Award for its innovative contributions to regional energy resilience and autonomy The EU-funded REFORMERS(opens in new window) project was recently bestowed the 2025 World Hydrogen Award for its clean hydrogen initiative. Presented at the World Hydrogen 2025 Summit & Exhibition held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the award recognises the…

EU funding, Renewable Energy, Smart Grids

Supporting pioneering research, from fighting Parkinson’s disease to developing drought-resistant plants

For over 40 years, the European Union has supported cutting-edge science, research and innovation. By driving scientific progress, the EU R&I programme helps to tackle some of the most important challenges facing Europe, from cancer to climate change. This CORDIS Results Pack on Horizon in Denmark highlights the impact of EU funding in fostering scientific…

Denmark, Environmental Impact, Horizon Europe, Science, Smart health, Sustainable Development

The media’s long-term impact on public opinion

While much research has been done on the media’s short-term impact, the VARME project focuses on how this impact plays out over time Public opinion rests largely on how citizens perceive societal challenges. As these perceptions are often shaped by what we read or see in the news, the media plays a fundamental role in…

EU Research

AI brings healthcare to the edge of tomorrow

Tools developed by the AI-SPRINT project are helping healthcare researchers to integrate the power of data into patient care Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to have a major impact on the life sciences, especially healthcare. But delivering on that potential will require data – and lots of it. To get that data, developers must…

artificial intelligence, Edge Computing, EU Research, Healthcare

Report highlights AI’s potential to support learners with disabilities

Drawing on a collaborative event including students, educators, and policymakers, Stanford’s Accelerator for Learning has released a white paper calling for AI systems designed around the needs of individuals with learning differences A new white paper from the Stanford Accelerator for Learning highlights how artificial intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool to support students…

artificial intelligence, smartlearning, Stanford Research

Providing sustainable energy solutions for local communities

Two EU-backed projects show local energy communities the path to energy autonomy and sustainability In 2021, the EU-funded SERENE and SUSTENANCE projects set out to develop sustainable energy systems that ensure a green transition for local communities. They sought to create more efficient, integrated, cost-effective and customer-centric solutions that could enhance communities’ energy autonomy. Today,…

energy efficiency, Renewable Energy, Sustainability

Knowledge network helping in the fight against crime and terrorism

The EU-funded ENACT project has set up a European network to support the exchange of research and innovation knowledge, as well as the uptake of novel solutions in the fight against crime and terrorism Security research and innovation (R&I) in the EU is highly fragmented, posing challenges in the fight against crime and terrorism (FCT).…

ENACT, Europe, Innovation, research, Security, terrorism

This “smart coach” helps LLMs switch between text and code

The CodeSteer system could boost large language models’ accuracy when solving complex problems, such as scheduling shipments in a supply chain Large language models (LLMs) excel at using textual reasoning to understand the context of a document and provide a logical answer about its contents. But these same LLMs often struggle to correctly answer even…

artificial intelligence, automation, LLM, machine learning, MIT

Evaluating AI language models just got more effective and efficient

Assessing the progress of new AI language models can be as challenging as training them. Stanford researchers offer a new approach As new versions of artificial intelligence language models roll out with increasing frequency, many do so with claims of improved performance. Demonstrating that a new model is actually better than the last, however, remains…

artificial intelligence, language models, machine learning, Stanford Research

Art meets AI to reinvent tomorrow’s food systems

With support from the EU, artists, scientists and food companies are teaming up to find fresh, creative ways to make our food systems greener and more efficient New media artist Helena Nikonole is taking the art of sound to an unusual place – a city-based hydroponic plant farm. Together with a group of scientists, she…