Category: All features
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Artificial intelligence helps design an ultra-aerodynamic bike
Thanks to a software developed by an EPFL spin-off, bicycle engineers can quickly calculate the most aerodynamic shape for a bike.
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Data correlation helps recognize pickpockets
In the fight against mobile banditry, the police, together with Eindhoven University of Technology, are going to do a trial with data correlation.
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CRISPR scissors editing embryos
Genetic engineering is developing on human embryos, raising both hopes and ethical concerns.
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BaTIO3 – a wonder material decoded
A Danish-developed X-ray microscope reveals novel dynamics in the material barium titanate, which is used in phones, cars, and computers.
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Plastics under fire
As environmental pressure increases, industry is responding with innovative products made from organic sources and more responsible use of plastics derived from petroleum.
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CEOs change course when they resemble their predecessors
The greater the similarity of newly appointed CEOs to their predecessors, the more likely they are to change the company’s strategy.
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Cryopreservation: a new miracle?
Women who want to delay their pregnancies can now freeze their eggs effectively and safely. But success is not guaranteed.
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Wood chips as a new sound-absorbent material
The laminated wood from the manufacturer used as acoustic panel. What to do with 9,000 tonnes of wood chips, which is a by-product of a large-scale production of glued laminated wood for furniture, windows, staircases, etc.?
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Europe’s shortage of children
Births are falling across the continent – although not in France. Why do women working in tech have fewer kids? And why are there more premature births?
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Striking the right balance between wind energy and biodiversity
EPFL researchers have developed a simulator that can calculate the performance of wind farms over 30 years.
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TU/e launches Center for Quantum Materials and Technology
Everything indicates that technology based on ‘quantum’ will change society radically in the near future, for example via ultra-fast computers, a ‘quantum internet’ or by developing new medicines much more quickly.
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“We’ll be thankful for all the progress in healthcare”
Physician, businessman and writer, France’s Laurent Alexandre brings a range of perspectives to the challenges posed by such new technologies as artificial intelligence.
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AI method increases the power of artificial neural networks
A new method could make it possible in one to two years for supercomputers to utilize artificial neural networks that quadratically exceed the possibilities of those used today.
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Calculator works out the price of sustainable transition
DTU students have developed a sustainability calculator, which they are now working to make freely available on the web.
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The technology that helps women get pregnant
Swiss start-up Ava’s wristband collects data on fertility. The goal: to help couples have a baby.
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Unicorns: still on the margin
Lagging behind Germany, France has produced only three start-ups valued at more than $1 billion. But it is starting to catch up.
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The transparent soccer player
A sports data scientist has developed a model that can be used to measure how likely a team is to score a goal during a match.
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More power from the sun
Pere Roca is making solar-panel manufacturing cheap and efficient
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The search engine with a difference
France’s Qwant was built to have two competitive advantages: respecting privacy and being a credible alternative to its American rivals.
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France leads a new revolution
Will the US and China dominate the development of AI? President Macron has ideas that can keep Europe in the game.