Category: All features
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The Herculean tasks of quantum computing
Forget the hype, quantum computing is still in its experimental infancy. Researchers must overcome five big challenges before real-world applications can emerge.
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Fair phone vs. iPhone
The Fairphone is a smartphone built with “ethical” components. Now it hopes to compete with the iPhone.
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Time to rethink the meaning of work
Automation has already eliminated numerous tasks, and now artificial intelligence will add to the carnage. Humans may have to reconsider their obsession with labour.
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Meet Celonis, Munich’s first unicorn
Munich-based start-up Celonis helps companies refine their everyday processes.
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Getting in on the game
Increasingly, organisations are using entertaining ways to train and motivate their employees.
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How AI threatens white-collar jobs
In the beginning, technology eliminated many clerical tasks. Now the danger is extending to positions that require a high level of skill.
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Gérard Mourou, 2018 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
He shares this award with Donna Strickland for developing a method for generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.
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The turbulent world of technological unemployment
Labour-saving advances usually increase both jobs and wages, but the unequal path of change can cause major friction.
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At the cutting edge of language tech
European universities and start-ups are developing translation tools that have become popular the world over.
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Drone Ranger
Michael Linden-Vørnle hopes to turn Denmark into a leader.
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Patrolling Europe’s low-altitude airspace
How do you keep the skies from becoming a giant, noisy, dangerous cloud of drones? Manufacturers and regulators are working on the answers.
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Europe’s battle for more innovation impact
How can European countries become leaders of innovation? Two experts discuss the continent’s weaknesses and possibilities.
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What even Einstein didn’t know
A team of researchers determines absolute duration of photoelectric effect for the first time.
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L’X and the Institut Pasteur form a joint bioengineering research team
École Polytechnique and the Institut Pasteur have set up a shared team for the research of physical microfluidics and bioengineering.
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The race for flying cars
Everyone from Airbus to Uber is interested. They could be part of the urban landscape in the next decade.
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Industrial processes to be electrified
An ambitious research project wants to find electric solutions to replace heat treatment in for instance the food industry and in laundries.
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Europe’s drone opportunity
China may have a corner on the recreational market, and the US on military uses, but Europe is poised to find its own niche.
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A thinner bridge with enormous strength
The first railroad bridge in Germany made of ultra-high performance concrete has gone into operation on Bavaria’s Tegernsee-Bahn railroad route.
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Drones designed like bugs
Hundreds of millions of years of evolution have given insects the ability to fly efficiently and robustly. Roboticists are taking note.
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Managing the new world of transport
Anticipating a decline in car ownership, start-ups like Bestmile and Amber plan to power seamless on-demand services.