Walton AI Facility boosts AI research in Ireland with €1 million investment
Ireland’s drive to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities has taken a concrete step with the launch of the Walton AI facility in Waterford. The project, backed by more than €1 million in funding secured by South East University of Technology’s Walton Institute (SETU), forms part of a wider national investment of €17 million announced […]
Satellite startup raises $32 million to become Europe’s largest carrier
Satellite internet startup Univiti has also secured a €31 million contract from French space agency CNES, with a total of €68 million to help support efforts to launch more than 3,000 satellites. A European competitor is seeking to challenge the dominance of American communications satellites, with a 68 million euro investment from France. Unity closed […]
New East African bat coronavirus can invade human cells
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-funded researchers have identified a new bat coronavirus in East Africa that can invade human cells, raising concerns about the potential for future outbreaks. The study, led by the Perbright Institute and published in the journal Nature, focused on viruses circulating in bat populations and their potential to make […]
Addressing the flexible plastic waste challenge
Jean-Loup Masson, Director of Circular Solutions Center at The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, discusses the Alliance’s latest report on flexible plastic waste management. To address the growing problem of soft plastic waste, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste has released a new report titled “Soft Plastic Packaging Waste Challenges and Solutions”. By taking a […]
EuroHPC supports €290 million AI supercomputer for IT4LIA AI factory
Significant public investment is being put into the next phase of Italy’s high-performance AI infrastructure, with a new AI supercomputer being commissioned at the IT4LIA AI factory in Bologna. The effort is being led by the European High Performance Computing Joint Venture (EuroHPC JU) in partnership with E4 Computer Engineering and Dell Technologies. The system […]
EuroHPC and Bull collaborate to bring AI supercomputer to Mimer AIF
EuroHPC Joint Undertaining (EuroHPC JU) has signed a procurement agreement with Bull to install a new AI supercomputer in Linköping, Sweden. The system will underpin the next phase of the Mimer AI Factory (AIF) initiative and expand Europe’s AI infrastructure. The AI supercomputer will be hosted and operated by the Swedish National Academic Infrastructure for […]
Texas A&M’s optical propulsion technology could cut travel time to Alpha Centauri to 20 years
Researchers at Texas A&M University have demonstrated optical propulsion using a laser-driven “metajet” with full three-dimensional control. Their laboratory-scale results suggest that a light-powered propulsion system could reduce travel time to Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our own, to about 20 years. With current space propulsion technology, this journey would take hundreds of […]
New U.S. method triples yield of renewable natural gas from waste
A Washington State University (WSU) research team has developed a wastewater treatment method that significantly increases the production of renewable natural gas while cutting treatment costs in half. The pilot study, published in the Chemical Engineering Journal, focuses on improving anaerobic digestion, a widely used wastewater treatment method in which microorganisms break down organic materials […]
PFAS remediation using microbial and fungal systems
Myconaut integrates macro and microbiology to transform PFAS contamination into manageable environmental solutions PFAS are no longer an emerging issue. They are a distributed, system-level constraint across water infrastructure, agricultural land, industrial supply chains, and human health. Their defining characteristic, the strength of the carbon-fluorine bond, has made them resistant to environmental degradation and many […]
EEA highlights barriers slowing growth of European circular economy
Europe’s commitment to a more sustainable economic model is entering a decisive phase. Two new assessments published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) argue that achieving a functioning European circular economy depends not just on ambition, but on how well policies work for people, from entrepreneurs to workers to consumers. EEA Director-General Leena Ila-Mononen explained: […]