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Figure 1. The value chain of crystalline silicon photovoltaic module manufacture, from silicon to wafers to cells and modules, shows the share of production in different countries (comparing the years 2010 and 2021). Recycling and recovery of materials from PV modules at the end-of-life is an industry at its initial stages.

Can Europe recover its photovoltaic manufacturing capacity?

Antonio Urbina, from the Department of Sciences and Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics (INAMAT2), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), based at Pamplona in...

A novel route to secure and low-power accelerators for edge computing

Dr. Fabio Pavanello, Researcher at CNRS/CROMA Laboratory, guides us through a novel route to secure and low-power accelerators for edge computing, or in other words, the NEUROPULS approach.
Figure 1: Youth Forum Observations

A traditional ecological knowledge summit

The Global Center for Climate Change and Transboundary Waters (GCTW) cohosts a Traditional Ecological Knowledge Summit (1), as Gail Krantzberg (2), Peter Czajkowski, Dawn Martin-Hill, Rohini Patel, Hiliary Monteith, and Drew Gronewold explain.
Abstract gravity wave background - 3d rendered image. Hologram view, physical process. Futuristic AR topography view.

Intra-operative imaging solutions for surgeons

Birgitta Dresp from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) discusses the challenges associated with intra-operative imaging technology and the quest for gold standards of surgical skill.
Autumn forest at sunrise with a golden sun shining in in the English countryside

Stakeholder engagement, governance analysis, and co-creation for more effective WEFE Nexus management

Dr Janez Sušnik, from the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and Coordinator of NEXOGENESIS, provides insights on stakeholder engagement, governance analysis, and co-creation to enhance WEFE Nexus management.
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Floreon technology, redefining polylactic acid

Dr Andrew Gill, CTO, and Dr Sandrine Garnier, CEO of Floreon Technology Ltd., explain how the company is redefining Polylactic Acid, starting with who they are and what they offer.
Figure 1: Box plots of performance measures showing all data points of 250 patients at three months across AzBio in Quiet, AzBio in Background Noise, and CNC in Quiet. All measurements were made with the CI-only condition. There was substantial variability across all speech recognition measures among CI recipients.

Predicting cochlear implant performance: Impact of demographic, audiologic, surgical factors, and cochlear health

Amit Walia, Matt Shew and Craig A. Buchman from Washington University School of Medicine, explain the challenges of understanding variables or factors informing CI performance and how this can be addressed.
Figure: Shifts needed in science curricular programs (from NASEM, 2019, p. 83)

How do we prepare our youth for a world of big data?

Nancy Butler Songer, Associate Provost of STEM Education at the University of Utah, considers the importance of developing primary and secondary school programs in STEM fields that support students in developing the competencies with big data.
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Confronting digital ageism: Towards a better aging future

Kim Sawchuk, Professor of Communication Studies at Concordia University, explores tackling digital ageism to build a better future for aging.
Figure 1: An optical image of a photonic circuit. (Inset) A Silicon Nitride waveguide monolithically coupled to the Silicon SPAD detector.

A portable quantum simulator on a silicon chip

Mher Ghulinyan, Senior researcher at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler’s Centre for Sensors and Devices, tells us about the EPIQUS project and the creation of a cost-effective, user-friendly, and high-performance quantum simulator based on full integration of silicon nitride photonics with silicon electronics.

Towards digitalisation with zero-energy consumption sensor system

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, a leading research and innovation partner, describes its journey toward digitalisation with a zero-energy consumption sensor system.
Dice form the words DEEPFAKE on wooden cube block. Deepfake concept matching facial movements.

Wrestling with the deepfakes: Detection and beyond

Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, delves into detection and beyond in the realm of DeepFakes, starting with a look at what they are.

Transnational flows of living cultural heritage: African screen media in the world

Dr. Sheila Petty, FRSC, Professor of Media Studies and SaskPower Research Chair in Cultural Heritage, at the University of Regina, explores transnational movements of living cultural heritage in African screen media.
Looking up view in a young replanted forest

Innovative climate research for guiding policy-making

Professor Phoebe Koundouri leads AE4RIA and UN SDSN Global Climate Hub, participating in innovative climate research impact projects.
Kanpur Planting rice in the villages, wastewater treatment

Pavitra Ganga successfully demonstrates robust and low-energy wastewater technologies in India

Paul Campling is the coordinator and Anshuman is the scientific coordinator of the EU-India Horizon 2020 project Pavitra Ganga that ran from 2019 until the beginning of this year. This research and innovation project brought European and Indian partners together to collaborate on tackling wastewater treatment challenges and to unlock some of the resource recovery opportunities.
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Tuneable phononic crystals and topological acoustics

Sourav Banerjee, Professor from the University of South Carolina, navigates the field of tuneable phononic crystals and topological acoustics.

Hearing and auditory research for cochlear implant outcomes

Amit Walia, Matthew Shew, and Craig A Buchman from Washington University School of Medicine, guide us through hearing and auditory research predictive models for cochlear implant outcomes in adults.

Toward human systems integration maturity

FlexTech Chair’s founder, Professor Guy André Boy, briefly traces the development of human systems integration.

Energy harvesting for unlimited lifetime systems

The Internet of Things (IoT) and services, wireless sensor networks (WSNs), trillions of sensors, Industry 4.0, and digitalisation – all these are hungry for data, and their common challenge is energy.

Digital twins shake up heat exchanger design: Vestas Aircoil and University of Sheffield forge...

Beyond blueprints, beyond prototypes, lies a future where humans and machines design in harmony. Dive into the groundbreaking collaboration between Vestas Aircoil and the University of Sheffield, where digital twins unlock sustainable engineering breakthroughs.

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