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Robots play a role in post-disaster relief work in situations that are too dangerous for humans. Image Credit - Centauro

ICT | 22 January 2019

The robots being readied to enter nuclear no-go zones

AI has been successfully tested in a real-world, radioactive environment.

Pinpointing how accents change and influence each other can tell us how languages form. Image Credit - Eric Bridiers, for U.S. Mission. CC BY-ND 2.0

Science in society | 21 January 2019

Why do people discriminate against speakers with foreign accents?

There might be a cognitive explanation for why bias exists.

Researchers plan to use drones to monitor bridges and tunnels during intense weather events. Image credit - FADA CATEC

Security | 17 January 2019

Preparing for extreme weather

Increasingly severe weather could cripple our roads and railways. Here’s how we’re getting ready.

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Interview | 11 January 2019

Drone jamming system to protect European airports, public spaces

More regulations won't prevent drone disruption, says security expert Dan Hermansen.

Interview | 09 January 2019

Understanding immune system switches will spark new drugs

Prof. Luke O’Neill says studying the innate immune system could offer new treatments for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and cancer.

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The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as by its French acronym CERN, makes all of its results widely available through an open source digital library. Image credit: 2005-2016 CERN

Open Science

Science is currently undergoing a revolution thanks to a new approach to the scientific process based on openness, inclusiveness and cooperation, known as Open Science.

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Compact photonic chips will be able to be used with any standard optical microscope. Image credit - Geir Antonsen

Next-gen nanoscopes can take super-res images of the atomic world - Dr Singh Ahluwalia

Florian Guillermet, the executive director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking, believes there needs to be a fundamental change in the way air traffic is managed.

Europe needs to modernise its sky - Florian Guillermet

Professor Vera Regitz-Zagrosek wants clinical trials to move away from using predominately male subjects. Image courtesy of Professor Vera Regitz-Zagrosek

Drug trials need gender balance – Prof. Vera Regitz-Zagrosek

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