How electric vehicles will change emergency response
As electric vehicle adoption increases, crews must adapt in real time to new types of incidents: fires that burn hotter, last longer, and require more water to extinguish. When a car catches fire, the reaction used to be predictable. Crews arrive, deploy hoses, extinguish the flames, and bring the incident under control within a relatively […]
Biometrics in Zero Trust Architectures: Reimagining security around identity
As cyberattacks become increasingly sophisticated, cybersecurity must adopt a zero trust policy that verifies, verifies, and authenticates at every step. Biometrics can help reduce friction in this process. For years, cybersecurity has been built on the flawed premise that users can be trusted once they are inside a network. That premise has collapsed under the […]
EuroHPC JU launches €8.5 million ‘Lucy’ photonic quantum computer
Europe has taken another step in the global race for advanced computing with the unveiling of a new optical quantum computer near Paris. The system, named Lucy, reflects a broader strategy to strengthen technological sovereignty while accelerating research across science and industry. The machine was deployed under EuroHPC Joint Undertaining (EuroHPC JU), a pan-European initiative […]
Bringing the forestry and timber sector into the 21st century
The Horizon Europe project’s CoE LignoSilva uses advanced technologies such as 3D CT wood scanning to drive innovation in Europe’s forestry wood sector. The forest sector is entering a new era. Digital technologies, sustainable materials and circular bioeconomy principles are redefining the way wood is produced, processed and used across Europe. As industry increasingly looks […]
Northumbria University secures £4 million to decipher Earth’s radiation belts
Researchers at Northumbria University have been awarded £4 million to investigate one of space science’s most enduring mysteries: why Earth’s radiation belts behave so erratically. The five-year project aims to improve space weather predictions and strengthen the protection of the satellites that support modern life. Project leader Claire Watt, professor of astrophysics, explained the significance: […]
Perma-Fix’s PFAS waste/product destruction technology
Perma-Fix leverages advanced monitoring technology and university partnerships to develop a patented hydrolytic chemical destruction technology that effectively removes over 99.99% of PFAS. Perma-Fix has patented and commercialized a hydrolytic chemical destruction process for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that achieves greater than 99.99% destruction of both short- and long-chain PFAS. Commercial-scale liquid waste batch […]
UKFE launches £1.3bn UK integration strategy, UKAEA publishes national roadmap
The UK has significantly increased its clean energy ambitions with a series of major announcements, mainly around the UK Fusion Strategy. The development outlines a concerted national effort to commercialize fusion power and capture top share in a market predicted to reach £12 trillion by 2100. At the heart of this plan is UK Fusion […]
Platinum price pressures and market realities: the hydrogen economy
IDTechEx experts assess the future of proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology in the hydrogen economy The long-awaited development of a hydrogen economy is increasingly defined by the promise of a green tomorrow, but at the same time limited by economic constraints. Hydrogen production, particularly for green hydrogen, and hydrogen applications such as PEM fuel cells […]
The science of getting there
The idea of sending humans to Mars is often framed as a matter of ambition and funding. In reality, future missions to Mars are a logistical problem shaped by physics. Distance, energy, time, and mass define what is possible long before politics and budget matter. Mars is on average about 225 million kilometers from Earth. […]
X-SEED project: Supercritical membraneless electrolysis
A European consortium is promoting electrolysis with membrane-less electrolyzers to improve the production of renewable hydrogen to support Europe’s climate-neutral energy goals. X-SEED is a European research initiative to develop supercritical membraneless electrolysis technology to accelerate the production of renewable hydrogen. The consortium brings together industry and research partners to improve the efficiency, durability and […]