The take-away Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, predicted in 1965 a doubling every year in the number of components per integrated circuit. This rhythm is now actually slowing down. Future ...

The take-away Dams disrupt the ecosystems within and around rivers, reduce biodiversity and mess with water quality Solutions to make them more sustainable include using fish-friendly turbines or ...

Artificial Neural Networks (or ANN) are at the very heart of the AI revolution that is shaping every aspect of society and technology. But the ANNs that we have been able to handle so far are nowhere ...

The take-away The most promising innovations compensate for structural problems, like inefficient food distribution, inadequate waste management or unreliable energy infrastructure. None of this would ...

As anyone who has been in a clothing store recently knows, the market is booming. Between 2000 and 2014 sales doubled worldwide – much of it in Europe, where, according to the World Wildlife Fund, the ...

The take-away Algorithms using machine learning and image recognition can now work on increasingly complex tasks and compete with highly skilled professionals. Doctors, bankers and lawyers are among ...

They look like worms, but in fact they are insects – or, to be more precise, the larval form of a certain beetle. Mealworms have a high nutritional value, which is what inspired Antoine Hubert to ...

Apart from speeding up mobile internet access, the new 5G mobile communications generation will pave the way for such applications as reliable networked communications between industrial robots. A ...

The take-away Albert Einstein published pioneering works in which he explained that light energy is carried in quantum packets. He also anticipated the invention of the laser. The future lies in ...

Improving global food production and security is one of the biggest challenges of our time. The goal of organic agriculture is to minimize the negative effects on humans and nature by avoiding mineral ...

Researchers at DTU Environment have conducted several studies to gain more knowledge on plastic recycling. In Denmark, the primary focus has so far been on collecting as large amounts of plastic as ...

Most important, according to Isabel Casado Harrington, is not to obsess about making a perfect prototype, but instead to concentrate on showing how a concept works and how it might satisfy the needs ...