Horizon is the EU’s Research and Innovation Magazine, delivering daily news and features on groundbreaking science and EU-funded research. Published in English on behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for…
News
By Ali Jones – This article was originally published in Horizon the EU Research and Innovation Magazine. On a test track in southern Germany, engineers watch as an automated vehicle drives through simulated heavy…
United Nations
About 60 per cent of the population – some 1.2 million people – is already acutely food insecure, according to WFP.Food assistance is being transported along river routes, but rising insecurity…
United Nations
From biometric grain dispensers and smart warehouses to crisis-mapping platforms and humanitarian communication avatars, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) showcase at the Artificial Intelligence Impact Summit demonstrated how data and machine learning are being applied to…
science-technology
A ship with a crane floats in the Mediterranean sun at a marina in Marseille, France. The crane whirs as it hauls waste from the seabed and, when the wire…
United Nations
According to government reports, more than 800 people have been injured and nine remain missing.The cyclone has caused widespread damage: more than 470,000 people have been affected and over 35,000…
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Commission targets “addictive design” and recommender transparency as scrutiny widens beyond Big Tech The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against the online fast-fashion giant Shein under the Digital Services…
Environment
By Barbara Pinho – This article was originally published in Horizon the EU Research and Innovation Magazine. Around 40% of the EU’s population lives within 50 kilometres of the coast, and large parts of the continent’s…
Europe
By Jonathan O’Callaghan - This article was originally published in Horizon the EU Research and Innovation Magazine. In 2019, a strange event was observed in the depths of space. Called GW190521, the event…
science-technology
treating serious brain disorders has often meant making a difficult trade-off.
