The development of 5th generation mobile broadband systems, 5G to replace today's 4G, is in full swing. Chalmers is part of a two-year project that brings together industry and academia to develop a common global standard for future vehicle communication.
The University of Amsterdam (UvA)’s Faculty of Science, UvA Ventures Holding B.V. and Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA-UvA) are pooling their resources to fund Macrobian Biotech BV, a single asset biotech company that will further develop medicine for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
The Werner Siemens-Foundation has donated CHF 12 million to establish the Centre for Single-Atom Electronics and Photonics. ETH Zurich and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are establishing the centre to develop new types of integrated circuits for communications networks
A government position paper avoids mention of money and the hard line stance on immigration is unchanged, but the UK aims to stay part of EU R&D - in a closer partnership than any of the 16 associated countries
The largest and most powerful X-ray laser in world has opened in Hamburg. The machine can generate ultrashort X-ray flashes 27,000 times per second, with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than the best conventional X-ray radiation sources.
German researchers are in the process of establishing the Industrial Data Space, a virtual construct for secure data sharing based on standardized communication interfaces
Quality of life measures used to assess the value of medical treatments fail to capture what matters to patients and carers. A UK project to develop new metrics could lead to an overhaul of how cost-effectiveness is judged
Aalto placed at the top of the Shanghai ranking in Marine/Ocean Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering and Management research.
Strategy report calls for funding to create new industries, increased collaboration between pharmaceutical companies and the National Health Service, and incentives to keep the UK attractive to world class scientists after it leaves the EU
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