Building supply chain resilience in European SMEs
Empowering traditional and tech‑savvy European SMEs to innovate together and strengthen Europe’s industrial ecosystems. In the contemporary industrial landscape, the global economy has been fundamentally reshaped by a succession of unprecedented crises, most notably the COVID-19 pandemic, the geopolitical instability resulting from the conflict in Ukraine, the rise of protectionist trade policies, and recent threats […]
Increase in space debris threatens US systems, NRO warns
The dramatic increase in the number of satellites in orbit has increased the amount of space debris, posing a serious threat to the capabilities of America’s national space system. In a keynote address at the Space Policy, Science, and Technology Symposium hosted by the Purdue Institute for Policy Studies, Maj. Gen. Chris Povak, deputy director […]
UK launches £1bn pandemic preparedness strategy
The framework entails around £1 billion of funding aimed at strengthening vaccine access, surveillance systems and national testing capacity. The strategy, published by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), is in line with the Government’s formal response to the findings of the Module 2 report of the Coronavirus Inquiry, which examined decision-making and […]
EU unveils new strategy to tackle growing wildfires in Europe
The European Commission has outlined a continent-wide framework focused on prevention, preparedness and recovery from the record bushfire disaster. Wildfires in Europe are entering a more destructive phase due to rising temperatures and prolonged droughts linked to climate change. European authorities say the scale of the threat is no longer temporary but structural and requires […]
Goonhilly Earth Station tracks Artemis II mission to the moon
The Goonhilly Earth Station will play a role in NASA’s historic Artemis II mission by passively tracking the Orion spacecraft as it orbits the Moon and returns to Earth. As the Artemis mission prepares to return humans to lunar orbit for the first time in more than 50 years, Goonhilly will be tasked with tracking […]
University of Bath bio-based polymer removes PFAS from water
British scientists have developed a reusable bio-based membrane that is highly effective at capturing PFAS, potentially revolutionizing sustainable water treatment. A research team at the University of Bath has developed a bio-based polymer membrane that can extract persistent per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as permanent chemicals, from water while maintaining reusability. This is […]
CERN achieves controlled movement of antiprotons for the first time
The major advances made by the BASE experiment may enable high-precision antimatter research beyond CERN. A team of physicists working on the BASE experiment at CERN has successfully demonstrated the transport of antimatter in a controlled environment for the first time. The group was able to move a container containing antiprotons around CERN’s main campus […]
UK battery manufacturing to be strengthened with apprenticeship units
A new battery manufacturing apprenticeship unit has been developed following rapid consultation with employers and sector experts to support the UK’s growing battery sector. The sector is expected to remove skills barriers in battery manufacturing in the UK by creating jobs in the South West and beyond. The initiative was rapidly developed by Skills England’s […]
Plasma disruption changes the future of PFAS remediation
As regulatory pressures increase and the costs of PFAS remediation rise, industry and government leaders are faced with a common question: how to permanently remove PFAS contamination from clean drinking water efficiently, safely, and at scale. For decades, most treatment approaches have focused on separation rather than destruction, removing PFAS from water through filtration or […]
Australia’s joining of Horizon Europe moves towards start in 2027
The Australian Government has initiated a treaty process to join the EU’s flagship research and innovation program. Australia has taken a formal step towards joining Horizon Europe, the European Union’s main research and innovation framework, with treaty negotiations currently underway. If the agreement is completed on schedule, it is expected that Australian educational institutions will […]