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Incidents of flooding are expected to increase if climate change continues its current course. Image credit: Shutterstock/ Skynavin

04 November 2015

Warmer Europe: how climate is changing our lives

As world leaders prepare to meet in Paris to try to agree ambitious emissions reduction goals, Horizon looks at EU research that is helping us understand how climate change will affect our lives, and how individuals and industries will have to adapt.

Our five senses enable us to perceive and interact with what's going on around us, but scientists still have questions about exactly how they work. Credit: Shutterstock/ melis

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01 October 2015

Making sense of the senses

Can blind people see with their ears? Could ultrasonic vibrations lead to a button-free future? Why do some people’s senses get mixed up?

Graphene is ultra-thin, flexible, electrically conductive and transparent. Credit: Shutterstock/ Artbox

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01 September 2015

What’s the point of graphene?

Removing carbon dioxide from natural gas to reduce emissions, creating biosensors to detect molecules and enhancing night vision goggles – the potential applications of graphene seem endless.

Developed by the EU project RobotCub, the iCub recognises faces and has the proportions of a four-year-old child. Image credit: Creative Commons - ShareAlike 3.0

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04 August 2015

Dreaming robots and creative computation – the future of AI takes shape

From Terminator to Blade Runner, artificial intelligence (AI) inspires fear and awe in equal measure, but how does the reality match up to the fiction, and what’s going to happen next?

Open science means opening up access to scientific papers and data. Credit: Shutterstock/ChiccoDodiFC

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02 July 2015

Open Science – lifting the lid on research

Open access, open data, open source – science is changing and the possibilities could be endless.

Car platoons could be one way of introducing automated cars onto Europe's motorways. Image © SARTRE

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01 June 2015

Robots at the wheel

Could self-driving cars ever really replace human drivers? How will they interact with other traffic? Who would be liable in the event of an accident?

The Expo Milano World Fair explores how to feed the next generation. Credit: EU

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04 May 2015

Expo Milano, food for all

Horizon takes you to the Expo Milano 2015 world fair in Italy, where researchers show how they will feed future generations nutritiously and sustainably.