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Sharing data helps cities take anticipation to the next level

Scaling these efforts citywide has often been challenging due to barriers in data sharing across any given city’s agencies. Cities with robust data operations often aim to use that capacity to both manage performance and anticipate emerging challenges. It’s a pursuit that New York City helped pioneer as far back as 2010, when it began…

Charlotte, Data Sharing, Predictive Analytics, Public Services, Smart Cities, Urban Innovation

Hong Kong and Middle East: Partnering for Success

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), John Lee led a delegation of more than 50 business leaders and entrepreneurs from Hong Kong and Mainland China on a visit to Qatar and Kuwait. Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), John Lee, hailed as a "success" his recent visit…

CitizenBack: technology at the service of citizen participation

The project was born from a doctoral thesis (Joan Simó), with the support of SandBox Urbano and Valencia Innovation Capital Can technology transform citizens’ voices into tangible actions that improve urban environments? This is the question that drives CitizenBack, a pilot project born within the framework of a doctoral thesis at the Polytechnic University of…

Promoting materials research, advancing open science

Expansion of an open access database of critical materials characterisation data is well underway and an open call has been launched for the development of innovative open science projects Momentum Transfer, a materials characterisation platform based in Mannheim, Germany, has successfully completed the first phase of its open Materials Scattering Network database. Developed as part…

European Investment Bank, FAIR Data, Open Science, Synchrotron

Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals

Researchers built a perovskite and copper-based device that converts carbon dioxide into C2 products – precursor chemicals of innumerable products in our everyday lives, from plastic polymers to jet fuel Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) along with international collaborators have brought us one step closer to harnessing the…

Artificial Photosynthesis, Berkeley Lab, CO2 Conversion, energy, Smart Materials, Solar Fuels, Sustainable Technology

Cities of tomorrow: young Poles share vision for smarter, greener living

European cities of the future should be greener, smarter and more inclusive, according to young Poles who shared their vision during the EU Youth Policy Dialogue in Warsaw. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “city”? For most of us, it is crowds, busy roads and noise. But…

EU Cities, Inclusivity, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Youth Policy Dialogue

Smart cities on the move – how AI is helping improve urban flow

EU-funded researchers are using AI to help ease the flow in Europe’s cities, making urban environments both safer and greener At the Las Matas train station in the town of Las Rozas, just north of the Spanish capital Madrid, life is going on as usual. The sound of a highway can be heard in the…

Articial Intelligence, EU Cities Mission, EU Projects, Mobility, Recommended, Smart Cities, Urban planning

Microalgae for the megacity

Technical University of Munich (TUM) research and teaching is contributing to a sustainable future for the city state of Singapore. A visit on site Two centimeters of research data: the tiny green plants sprouting behind glass are soybeans. They are growing in climate chambers on the ground floor of the CREATE Tower on the campus…

Food Innovation, Green Energy, Smart Agriculture, Urban Sustainability

Las Rozas will host the World’s Smartest Cities at the Top7 Conference ICF in June

"Las Rozas continues to establish itself as a global benchmark in innovation, technological development, and talent attraction," says the city's mayor, José de la Uz. The city of Las Rozas is solidifying its status as an international leader in innovation and technological development. With a robust strategy for innovation and digital transformation, Las Rozas will…

Following the natural path to boosting city dwellers’ health and well-being

EU-backed studies evaluate the quality of life in a Greek city and adopt a health-relevant approach for assessing urban green spaces Cities should be human-centred. Inspired by this belief, in 2020 the EU-funded VARCITIES project set out to establish sustainable models for enhancing the health and well-being of citizens exposed to diverse climatic conditions and…