Interview

Jordan Casey, a young programmer and entrepreneur from Waterford, Ireland, believes that computer programmers should start early.

innovation convention | interview | innovation union

14 February 2014

Aspiring computer programmers should start early, says 14-year-old entrepreneur Jordan Casey

Jordan Casey, a 14-year-old programmer and entrepreneur from Waterford, Ireland, believes that computer programmers should start early. Since 2012 he has founded two companies: Casey Games, a games company, and TeachWare, an app for teachers. He will be speaking at the EU’s Innovation Convention on 10 March, 2014.

Xavier Damman, the co-founder of online news site Storify. He will be speaking at the EU's Innovation Convention on 11 March, 2014.

innovation convention | interview | innovation union

07 February 2014

Entrepreneurs need to travel to the centre of their industry - Storify’s Xavier Damman

Entrepreneurs need to travel to the region that specialises in their industry to have the best chance of success, according to Xavier Damman, the co-founder of online news site Storify. He will be speaking about innovation and life in Silicon Valley at the EU’s Innovation Convention on 11 March, 2014.

Professor François Englert won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 along with Professor Peter Higgs. Image: ULB

interview | frontier research | innovation union

10 December 2013

How to become a Nobel Prize winner

Professor François Englert, from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, is receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 on 10 December from the hands of King Carl Gustav of Sweden. He shares this award with the Scottish physicist Professor Peter Higgs. Horizon took part in a joint interview with Prof. Englert in Brussels. He answered questions on the future of physics, CERN, large particle accelerators, and … the rest of the universe.

Professor Ghassem Asrar, the former director of the World Meteorological Organization’s World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), during The International Conference on Regional Climate - CORDEX 2013 in Brussels, November 2013. © Antoine Soto

interview

15 November 2013

Solid climate forecasting ‘could take until 2050’

It could take until 2050 for climate forecasters to make concrete predictions for extreme weather ten or more years in advance, according to Professor Ghassem Asrar, the former director of the World Meteorological Organization’s World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dr Anne Stenros, chair of a group of experts that helped formulate the EU’s Capital of Innovation (iCapital) competition.

interview

18 September 2013

Innovation comes from Europe's citizens – Dr Anne Stenros

Dr Anne Stenros, who chaired a group of experts that helped formulate the concept of the EU’s Capital of Innovation (iCapital) competition and is also Design Director at Finnish lift-maker KONE, believes the EUR 500 000 award can help stimulate 'grass roots’ innovation through things like 3D printing and high-tech design.

Professor Dirk Verellen, from the Medical Faculty of the Free University of Brussels, shared his views with scientists and medical doctors at the 2nd Estro Forum held in April in Geneva © ESTRO

interview | health

17 June 2013

Radiotherapy needs to become more individualised

Professor Dirk Verellen, director of the medical physics group at the Medical Faculty of the Free University of Brussels, outlines his vision on the future of radiotherapy in Europe.

Thanks to the research carried out by Prof. Gyorgy Buzsaki, it is now clear that during extensive seizures, neurons in the middle part of the Hippocampus often degenerate. The device developed in collaboration with Dr Antal Berényi of Hungary’s Szeged University helps prevent these seizures by detecting abnormal brain activity and delivers electrical current to restore it to a normal state, stopping the seizure. (c) Prof. Buzsaki

health | interview

12 June 2013

Stopping epileptic seizures in their tracks

A carry-around device or implant to predict or prevent seizures could be life changing for millions of people with epilepsy.

The EU stand at the AAAS 2013 in Boston. © Horizon Magazine

interview | frontier research

17 May 2013

For research, Europe is the place to be

With the ‘Destination Europe’ initiative, the European Union is trying to attract new brains from around the world. The message is clear: research and innovation culture in Europe is vibrant and exciting. Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), agrees. ‘Europe is developing a coherent research area,’ he said during the annual meeting of the AAAS. ‘And good science anywhere is good for science everywhere.’

Dr Geneviève Almouzni is Deputy Director of the Institut Curie in Paris, France. © Pedro Lombardi/Institut Curie

interview | women in science

26 April 2013

What’s in a prize?

Dr Geneviève Almouzni is Deputy Director of the Institut Curie in Paris, France. She is the laureate of the 2013 FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award, a joint initiative of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) and the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). Launched in 2007, the aim of the award is to highlight the major contributions made by female scientists to life sciences research. We asked Dr Almouzni what she thinks about such awards specifically dedicated to female scientists.

Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research based in Geneva. © CERN

interview | frontier research

20 March 2013

Dark matter: the next quest of Europe’s Large Hadron Collider

After the discovery of the so-called ‘God particle’, scientists could turn the world's biggest particle accelerator to uncovering dark matter, or even shedding light on parallel universes.