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With a novel process, CO2 can be captured from the air with reduced energy consumption.

When natural disaster strikes, a building's survival often depends on how it's built.

Women with intellectual disabilities could receive added monitoring for breast cancer with the development of a smart textiles bra by researchers at the University of Glasgow and Nottingham Trent University (NTU).

From rethinking design to reducing waste and consumption in production processes, there are numerous examples and avenues to explore in order to reduce the environmental impact of plastic materials.

Considered as essential metals in numerous fields such as energy, mobility, digital technology, defence, and health, rare earths 1 have garnered special attention within an international supply context that is under pressure.

Energy consumption in the U.S. shifts perception of the environmental risks of AI Contrary to popular belief, new research finds that the use of artificial intelligence has a minimal effect on global greenhouse gas emissions and may actually benefit the environment and the economy.

The Thüringer Innovationszentrum Mobilität at the Technische Universität Ilmenau has launched a large-scale joint research project that promises greater safety for autonomous driving on roads and railways in complex environments.

The EU and the State of Salzburg are supporting five new research and transfer centres in Salzburg, two of which are based at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences.

Large Language Models change their judgment depending on who they think wrote a text, even when the content stays identical.

The research project CircuBAT aims to close the loop between the production, use and recycling of automotive lithium-ion batteries.

Particle colliders are unique instruments that allow the smallest constituents of matter and the laws of the universe to be studied at the most fundamental level.

Four new projects at Università della Svizzera italiana have been selected for the SNSF Spark programme, promoted by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to support innovative and unconventional ideas in the early stages of development.

An AI from the University of Würzburg autonomously controlled a satellite in orbit for the first time, demonstrating the potential of intelligent, self-learning space systems. A true milestone on the path to autonomous space systems: a research team at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) has successfully tested an AI-based attitude controller for satellites directly in orbit - a world first! The test was carried out aboard the 3U nanosatellite InnoCube.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly taking root in everyday life. Most people in Switzerland are worried about AI and the next generation of digital technology, but those who regularly use AI are more sanguine about it.

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With a €20 million grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the BioMotive consortium, based at UMC Utrecht and the University of Twente (TechMed Centre), is developing a new generation of MRI sca