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Why are healthy farm animals fed antibiotics?
Though banned in the EU, some countries continue to feed healthy animals antibiotics – a practice that microbial ecologist Greta Reintjes says is both unnecessary and dangerous.
Water on Mars?
By investigating the nature of water on early Mars, researchers hope to open the door to better understanding how the planet could have once supported life.
A compact, fully electric vehicle for urban mobility
A light, reconfigurable, feature-packed electric vehicle looks to fill in some of the gaps not served by public transportation.
Archaeology goes digital
By combining building information modelling with geographical information systems, researchers develop new tools that look to bring archaeological fieldwork into the digital age.
A model library of driving behaviours
A new library of models of human driving behaviour developed by the EU-funded i4Driving project will serve as a road safety baseline for assessing automated driving functions.
Agroforestry as a route to more sustainable agriculture
By mixing different land uses, especially agroforestry, into traditional agriculture, farmers can decrease income instability while increasing sustainability.
How do heatwaves kill?
Tens of thousands of Europeans die due to extreme heat stress every year. Expert Kristin Aunan explains the impact that rising temperatures have on the human body.
New insights on how planets are formed
Using high-resolution telescopes, researchers are able to bust through the dust that has clouded our understanding of how planets are born.
Seeing widowhood as a source of musical creativity
Research introduces new ways of thinking about widowhood and its impact on women’s agency, creativity and professional opportunity.
New surveillance technologies designed to protect society’s soft targets
Collaboration and technology are the keys to improving the security and safety of public spaces before, during and after a terrorist attack.
‘Ayahuasca is not a psychedelic’ – centring Indigenous forms of knowledge in research
Indigenous leaders and traditional practitioners increasingly contest the medicalisation of ayahuasca underway under the auspices of the psychedelic renaissance in mental health.
Leveraging machine learning to better predict heatwaves
Researchers used an advanced sub-seasonal to seasonal forecast model based on machine learning algorithms to predict regional monthly mean temperatures over southern Europe with a 1-month lead time.
Treating osteoarthritis starts with early detection
Identifying meniscal degradation in the human knee as an early sign of osteoarthritis opens the door to new ways of treating this challenging joint disease.
Understanding the socio-economic impact of environmentally sustainable urban redevelopment plans
New research explores how disadvantaged neighbourhoods can balance the need to go green with guaranteeing residents the right to remain.
More than a means of talking, language also helps us think
New research shows how people use language to support such cognitive functions as concrete and abstract thinking.