Innovation News

Brussels, 4 May 2020 – Research and Innovation actors from the public, private and academic sectors represented by the Knowledge4Innovation Forum in the European Parliament, addressed a letter to [...]

In the framework of EUREC’s networking activities, we are organising the Workshop ‘Mission on 100 climate-neutral cities by 2030’, which will take place online on the 8th of June 2020, from 1pm [...]

May 18th – 29th 2020 As Agents of Innovation we need to do our part in addressing the societal challenges the planet faces and at least try to address some of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals [...]

Securing a sustainable supply of raw materials and advanced materials – for Europe’s green future and competitiveness The current COVID-19 pandemic has already by now caused profound effects at [...]

With almost half of the world under lockdown, the continued supply of certain critical raw materials needed for an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has become a concern. The Active [...]

As the coronavirus, and its related consequences, spread across the globe, EGI and Open Science Grid (OSG) in the USA are joining forces to commit specialised technical support, simulation tools, [...]

This survey was commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) under the powers delegated by the European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, [...]

The Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU organised an informal videoconference of EU research ministers to discuss joint research and innovation response to COVID-19. The videoconference [...]

Greenhouse gas emissions are down and air quality has gone up, as governments react to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, has [...]

The EC’s ambitious new Industrial Strategy names Photonics among a list of KETs which are vital to the industrial transformation of Europe by 2030. Photonics and a whole host of Key Enabling [...]

Photonics technologies can contribute to 3 billion tons less carbon dioxide per year by 2030. A new study by SPECTARIS, the Fraunhofer Institute, TEMATYS and Messe Munchen shows that photonics [...]

Anti-fouling, ‘hydrophobic’ metal or plastic surfaces that imitate shark skins, engraved by a new laser technology being developed by European scientists, could soon replace the toxic varnishes [...]