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Artificial intelligence & IT

SceneNet: video crowdsourcing for immersive event reconstructions

Smartphone crowd recordings at public events can be combined into 3D videos

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Latest stories in Artificial intelligence & IT

Computing with super-human powers

Forget the internet you know! The future one will be safer

The quantum internet, which connects particles linked together by the principle of quantum entanglement, is like the early days of the classical internet – no one can yet imagine what uses it could have

A supercomputer will discover our future medicines

Verifying next-generation computing simulations

Plant roots inspire 3D-printed automotive sensors

Superfast all-RAM processors could bring high-performance computers to the masses

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Latest stories in Biotech & Health

Shedding new light on human well-being

Interfacing biology with computer science

RNA-based algorithms can advance cellular computing and enable new biological solutions for healthcare and industrial biotechnology

Challenging Darwin: an ‘evolution machine’ for biomolecules

International Women’s Day: Female scientists share their thoughts on gender balance in modern research

Can nanotechnology rewire an injured spinal cord?

Saving lives during cancer surgery by separating the good from the bad

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Latest stories in Culture & Society

A fresh look at how we live our lives

FET People: Daniela Corda on the importance of increasing research funds

"The future is based on disruptive ideas and work"

Understanding the Future of Emerging Technologies: Breakthrough and collaborative research for Europe’s future

Bridging the gap between revolutionary scientific research and society

Out of the lab EFFECTs

Happy birthday, FET!

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Latest stories in Energy & Environment

Revolutionary ideas to protect the planet

A robo-vegetal hybrid society is rising

Plants can grow elaborate shapes for public spaces through a network of sensors and 3D-printed robotic nodes

FET People: Martina Szopek and Vaios Papaspyros on the use of AI to protect species

Robotic spies among bees

Creating longer lasting batteries by using Jenga

All you need is batteries

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Latest stories in Nanotech & Materials

Tiny thinking with huge potential

Microscopic antennas to peer into nano-sized worlds

Affordable and highly sensitive infrared detectors could revolutionise molecular sensing

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

New ‘Quantum Sorter’ provides information on demand at the atomic scale

Lizard skins and bark bugs inspire energy saving materials

Trapping light using Tetris-like clusters of crystals

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