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Net zero targets must become a reality to keep Paris temperature goals live

A world-leading database, maintained by Oxford volunteers, sheds light on the integrity of net zero commitments The globally-agreed mission to curtail climate change will be impossible unless governments, authorities and the largest companies urgently strengthen their targets, according to the 2023 Net Zero Stocktake report today from an international team, including Oxford researchers and students.…

Keeping the circadian rhythms in check is important for sleep, digestion and mood Influenced by light, biological rhythms say a lot about health

Life patterns help humans and other animals stay in sync with nature and in good form For several days after each November full moon, a wondrous spectacle occurs on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia: corals release into the water billions of eggs and sperm that unite to form free-floating larvae. These eventually settle, seeding…

FIWARE Global Summit Agenda for June 12

Get ready to learn and be inspired by so many recognisable names from our industry speaking at the FIWARE Global Summit Grand Opening GRAND OPENING 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm CEST Get ready to learn and be inspired by so many recognisable names from our industry speaking at the FIWARE Global Summit Grand Opening. Welcome…

VTT creates a biodegradable ECG patch and paves the way to a more sustainable future for wearable electronic devices

The new nanocellulose and carbon ECG patch aims to reduce the carbon footprint of plastics and electronics for one of the world’s largest waste-producing sectors: healthcare VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new sustainable electrocardiogram (ECG, also known as EKG) patch that is fully recyclable and made of biomaterials. The device is modular,…

100 Million women per year will need to adopt mobile internet to close the gender gap by 2030, GSMA report reveals

The sixth annual Mobile Gender Gap Report evaluates mobile ownership and mobile internet usage across low- and middle-income countries Over 800 million women will need to adopt mobile internet in order to close the digital gender gap by 2030 across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to the latest Mobile Gender Gap Report published by the GSMA…

Life in a hologram

Physicist Daniel Harlow explores an alternate quantum reality in search of fundamental truths to our physical universe MIT physicist Daniel Harlow seeks to understand how our universe can abide by two incompatible rulebooks, the Standard Model of Physics and Einstein’s theory of general relativity. He is looking for answers in an alternate “boomerang” reality that…

Brain disorders trigger search for new clues and cures

Scientists are refining their understanding of neural networks and sharpening diagnoses. For two years, Dr. Islem Rekik ran an EU-funded study to establish what the neural networks in a healthy brain looked like so that dysfunctional ones could become easier to spot. Rekik and her team took a large amount of data from 3D brain…

FIWARE announces the launch of DOME Marketplace for Cloud Services in Europe

Will propose a catalogue of cloud-to-edge services, that can be bundled into products made available through a federated collection of independent marketplaces connected to the offering of Cloud and platform providers FIWARE Foundation is thrilled to announce the launch of the DOME Project, which main objective is to deploy a Distributed Open Marketplace for Cloud and Edge Services…

EIB first multilateral development bank to encourage European local governments to disclose environmental data through CDP

European cities require US$17 billion in financing to fund their green transition, CDP data shows. Financing institutions like the EIB rely on environmental disclosure data to back sustainable investment programmes The European Investment Bank (EIB) has become the first multilateral development bank to encourage local governments to disclose their environmental data through CDP, the non-profit…

The European Digital Innovation Hubs Network Summit unites 227 innovation hubs poised to lead the digital transformation of Europe in the coming years

The Network’s core goal is to boost the capacities of SMEs and the public sector by integrating these technologies into their products and services The first summit of the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) Network, which brought together more than 400 participants who share the goal of promoting digital transformation across Europe, concluded successfully last…