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Computing with super-human powers

Processing power beyond Moore’s Law

Single electron electronics developed by EU project TOLOP could pave the way for industrial scale quantum computing

Science-based civic projects

DEDALE: mathematical tools to help navigate the Big Data maze

Smart society: a winding road towards the future

SceneNet: video crowdsourcing for immersive event reconstructions

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Latest stories in Biotech & Health

Shedding new light on human well-being

Improving the imperfect: photosynthesis for the future

Engineering novel pathways to potentially boost plant yield nets finalist place in the EU Innovation Radar Prize

Do you speak DNA?

FET People: Michela Chiappalone & Stefano Buccelli

FET People: Sten Grillner

FET People: Afonso Ferreira

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Latest stories in Culture & Society

A fresh look at how we live our lives

Why should interdisciplinary high-risk research on disruptive technologies be supported?

Five FET experts from academia, research companies and politics explain why public funds should be allocated to research on high-risk science and technology

High-risk research returns

Financing the next generation of “deep-tech” research innovators

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Latest stories in Energy & Environment

Revolutionary ideas to protect the planet

Will energy-free computing reactions ever take place?

Zero-power processing could be closer as European researchers take on the Landauer Limit

All you need is batteries

FET People: Raquel Garde

Fuel from diamonds?

Intelligence in the abyss: robots colonise Venice lagoon

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Latest stories in Nanotech & Materials

Tiny thinking with huge potential

Stealing from the sun: doubling the efficiency of solar energy capture

The dream of highly efficient solar conversion to meet the world's growing energy demands is a step closer

Metamaterials lead the way to treatments by travelling through ‘innerspace’

FET People: Matteo Mascagni

FET People: Arvydas Tamulis

“Microscopic Lego” for scientists to develop materials of tomorrow

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