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Bridging real human movement with digital technology

Bridging real human movement with digital technology

MIT.nano Immersion Lab collaborates with Emerson College students to advance the art of virtual production “Avatar,” the highest-grossing film of all time, took viewers to a new world, Pandora, and it advanced filmmaking to its own new world: developing the field of virtual production.  Leveraging a wide range of technologies such as performance capture, LED…
Venice at a crossroads: why no adaptation strategy can save the city as we know it

Venice at a crossroads: why no adaptation strategy can save the city as we know it

An EU-backed study explores different long-term adaptation pathways for Venice under rising seas. Venice has coexisted with the sea for 1 500 years, but accelerating sea level rise and land subsidence now threaten its very existence. A new study(opens in new window) supported by the EU-funded P2R(opens in new window) and CoCliCo(opens in new window)…
Single-minded pursuit of profit can get firms in trouble. Same thing with AI

Single-minded pursuit of profit can get firms in trouble. Same thing with AI

Researchers see lesson for lawmakers, executives as systems asked to run business, maximize gain resort to unethical, fraudulent tactics If you give artificial intelligence a goal of maximizing profit, how far will it go?  AI agents appear capable of lying, concealing, and colluding, according to new research from Harvard Business School. Researchers found that AI…
Los avances biotecnológicos ayudan a los agricultores a cultivar más con menos

Biotech breakthrough helping farmers grow more with less

A cutting-edge manufacturing platform is turning agricultural waste into sustainable farming solutions European farmers face mounting pressure to produce more with fewer resources. Skyrocketing costs and regulations target synthetic fertilisers that rely heavily on fossil fuels and energy-intensive production processes. Meanwhile, Europe produces huge amounts of underused agricultural and organic waste that represent an untapped…

Europe and Japan push supercomputing boundaries

From predicting climate change to developing new medicines, supercomputers underpin modern science. Europe and Japan are now working together to make them even more powerful and reliable Stepping inside a supercomputer facility is usually an overwhelming experience. These vast machines contain hundreds of thousands of processors working together to perform calculations far beyond the reach of…
AI not yet good enough to mark university essays, rewarding ‘style over substance’

AI not yet good enough to mark university essays, rewarding ‘style over substance’

Top AI systems show bias towards rewarding overly complex prose styles and only match human examiners for grade bands around half the time, research finds Researchers have used top Generative AI models to grade hundreds of undergraduate essays and found that AI only matched human-awarded degree classification around half the time, with AI often failing to assess the best and worst submissions accurately. A University of Cambridge-led…
Fusing genomics and AI to personalise heart care

Fusing genomics and AI to personalise heart care

The NextGen project integrates genomics and clinical data into AI systems to revolutionise the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases The EU-funded NextGen(opens in new window) project is transforming cardiology by merging genomic sequences with clinical data into a secure ‘digital fabric’. This breakthrough enables AI models to deliver truly personalised therapies for heart…
Twelve points go to… data? Decoding 70 years of Eurovision

Twelve points go to… data? Decoding 70 years of Eurovision

A study covering nearly seven decades of Eurovision entries explores the unpredictability of the world’s largest and most-watched music competition It all started in 1956 as a bold experiment in TV broadcasting. As the Eurovision Song Contest(opens in new window) turns 70 this year, it has become a major extravaganza that brings together talented, eccentric…
Facilitating the production of sustainable proteins

Facilitating the production of sustainable proteins

A new production process shows that it is possible to sustainably produce bio-based alternatives to animal protein at scale Occupying nearly 80 % of the world’s agricultural land, the production of livestock and animal feed is a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and biodiversity loss. As the world population grows, so too will…
Las Rozas will showcase its innovation and technological development projects at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2026

Las Rozas will showcase its innovation and technological development projects at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2026

The city will have its own dedicated space to disseminate its strategy for the intelligent transformation as a benchmark in technological innovation applied to urban management This year, Las Rozas City Council will take part in the Smart City Expo World Congress 2026 (SCEWC26), which will be held at  Fira de Barcelona from 3rd to…

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