(IN BRIEF) The University of Exeter has launched a new Outdoor Play Research Centre with a landmark study showing that UK children now start playing outdoors without supervision at an average age of 10.8 years, compared with 9.7 years for … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, News, Non Profit, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged 5 to 11 year olds, adventurous play, anxiety, British Children’s Play Survey, busy roads, caregivers, charities, Child Psychology, child wellbeing, childhood health, children’s mental health, children’s play, Children’s Play and Independent Mobility in 2025, depression, Exeter, Exeter Study Reveals UK Children Are Starting Independent Outdoor Play Later Than Ever, generational play gap, Happiness, independent mobility, independent outdoor play, London regional disparities, mental health, national organisations, New Centre at Exeter to Advance Evidence-Based Solutions for Children’s Outdoor Play, New Outdoor Play Research Centre Highlights Generational Gap in Children’s Play, outdoor play, outdoor play research, Outdoor Play Research Centre, philanthropic gift, physical activity, play spaces, policy and practice, preprint research paper, Professor Helen Dodd, public health priority, scalable solutions, screen time, Sir Sajid Javid, social norms, street play, Tom Seymour, UK parents, United Kingdom, University of Exeter
(IN BRIEF) Empa, SUPSI and Swiss machine manufacturer Bystronic have developed a self-guiding laser cutting method that uses cameras, microphones and machine learning to assess cut quality and adjust machine settings automatically. The project, supported by Innosuisse, addresses the challenge … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Education, Electronics & Machinery, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 10 mm, 15 mm, 25 mm, 6 mm, acoustic monitoring, Acoustics, Andreas Lüdi, Anna Ettlin, automotive industry, autonomous adjustment, autumn 2026, burr formation, Bystronic, cameras, control algorithm, cut quality, cut-edge roughness, cutting machines, Elia Iseli, Empa, industrial automation, industrial lasers, industrial metal processing, Innosuisse, Innosuisse Project Uses Cameras and Microphones to Improve Metal Laser Cutting, Konstantinos Skovolas, laser beam cutting, laser cutting, Machine Learning, manufacturing efficiency, material thickness, metal cutting, microphones, molten metal, Multifunctional Materials and Interfaces laboratory, Naval Mehta, near-infrared wavelengths, New Acoustic Method Helps Laser Cutting Machines Assess Cut Quality, optical monitoring, plasma, precision cutting, process gas, Researchers Develop Machine Learning System for Autonomous Laser Cutting Adjustment, retrofit, Roland Richter, self-correction, self-guiding laser, steel plate, SUPSI, Switzerland, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, vaporised metal
(IN BRIEF) The Science and Technology Facilities Council has announced the 2025 Ernest Rutherford Fellowship cohort, awarding £6 million to seven early-career physicists who will each lead independent research programmes at UK universities in areas including particle physics, astronomy and … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Education, Financial, Government, Investment, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 2025 Ernest Rutherford Fellows, antimatter, asteroid impacts, astronomy, axion dark matter, Big Bang theory, black holes, Chelyabinsk, Chicxulub, CMS experiment, comet impacts, cosmic strings, cratering, dark matter, dark sectors, Dr Aleksandra Sokolowska, Dr Benedikt Maier, Dr Brendan Kettle, Dr Hamish Hay, Dr Jamie McDonald, Dr Lucien Heurtier, Dr Robie Hennigar, Durham University, early universe, early-career researchers, Ernest Rutherford Fellowship, Europa, fusion reactions, Ganymede, hidden oceans, high-frequency gravitational waves, holography, icy moons, Imperial College London, inner horizons, King’s College London, Large Hadron Collider, laser-plasma accelerators, magnetic fields, Manchester Axion Novel Cavity eXperiment, Mars, materials science, mercury, Moon, Nuclear Physics, particle physics, planetary airbursts, planetary defence, planetary interiors, precision cosmology, primordial black holes, Professor Grahame Blair, quantum effects, quantum gravity, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Seven Early-Career Physicists Named as Latest Ernest Rutherford Fellows, singularities, SPACEFORCE, spacetime, STFC, STFC Awards £6 Million to Seven Ernest Rutherford Fellows, STFC Fellowship Funding to Support Research From Dark Matter to Black Holes, tidal magnetohydrodynamics, Tunguska, UK universities, ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy, University of Glasgow, University of Manchester, University of St Andrews, X-ray technology, £6 million funding
(IN BRIEF) Keolis has started operations and maintenance for Stage 3 of the Gold Coast Light Rail in Australia. The extension runs from Broadbeach South to Burleigh Heads and adds 6.7 kilometres of track, eight stations and five trams, bringing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, France, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 27 kilometre network, 6.7 kilometres of new track, access to education, access to jobs, Australia, Australian Government, Broadbeach South, Burleigh Heads, city connectivity, City of Gold Coast, customer-focused services, Department of Transport and Main Roads, eight new stations, entertainment, five new trams, Gold Coast, Gold Coast Light Rail, Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 3, GoldlinQ, healthcare access, Keolis, Keolis Continues Long-Term Role in Gold Coast Light Rail Operations, Keolis Marks New Chapter for Gold Coast Light Rail in Australia, Light Rail, more than 12 years of operations, network expansion, Operations and Maintenance, public transport, public transport investment, Queensland, Queensland Government, rail maintenance, rail operations, reliable transport, safe transport, shopping, Stage 3 Extension Strengthens Gold Coast Public Transport Network, tramway, transport infrastructure, urban growth, urban mobility
(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool has secured €4.4 million in Horizon Europe funding to establish the iDTC-MIF, an international doctoral training centre focused on advanced materials discovery and processing technologies. The five-year programme will train two cohorts of international … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Chemicals, Education, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, European Union, Industrial, Investment, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, advanced processing technologies, AI, artificial intelligence, automation, Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital and Automated Materials Chemistry, computational methods, construction, data science, digital materials design, Doctoral Training, Dr Esther Garcia-Tunon Blanca, ENERGY, Entrepreneurship, environmental benefits, EPSRC, European research funding, experimental research, Healthcare, High-Performance Materials, Horizon Europe, Horizon Europe Backs Liverpool Doctoral Centre for Future Materials Innovators, iDTC-MIF, industrial partners, interdisciplinary research, International Doctoral Training Centre, international fellows, leadership skills, Liverpool, Manufacturing, Materials Chemistry, materials discovery, Materials Discovery frontier, Materials Innovation Factory, Materials Innovators of the Future, materials research, MIF, net zero challenges, postgraduate students, robotic materials synthesis, robotics, sustainable innovation, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, United Kingdom, University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool Secures €4.4 Million Horizon Europe Funding for Materials Innovation Training, University of Liverpool to Train Next Generation of Materials Innovators Through iDTC-MIF
(IN BRIEF) Karevo, a spin-off from the Technical University of Munich, has developed an AI-powered potato sorting machine capable of processing up to ten tons of potatoes per hour with 95 percent accuracy. The system was trained on more than … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Education, Electronics & Machinery, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Investment, Small Business, Technology
Tagged 000 images, 95 percent accuracy, Agri-Tech, agricultural automation, agricultural machinery, AI-powered potato sorting, artificial intelligence, automated screening, Benedikt Keßler, Computer Vision, cracks, deep-tech startup, East Bavarian University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg, Entrepreneurship, family-run farms, farm productivity, farm technology, Felix Beck, Financial Times, food production technology, foreign object detection, Germany, high-tech workshop, Johannes von Wittke, Karevo, Karevo Brings AI-Based Defect Detection to Potato Farming, Karevo Develops AI-Powered Potato Sorting Machine for Small Farms, Linda Schinnenburg, Machine Learning, Makerspace, modular machine design, Munich, optical recognition system, potato defects, potato sorting, rot detection, small farms, sorting potatoes with AI, Startup Ecosystem, Technical University of Munich, ten tons per hour, TUM, TUM spin-off, TUM Spin-off Karevo Automates Potato Sorting With AI, TUM Venture Labs, Unternehmertum, UnternehmerTUM Incubator, unwashed potatoes, wireworms, £100
(IN BRIEF) New research from the University of East Anglia argues that a lost papal letter may change how historians understand the Norman Conquest of 1066. The study, published by Yale University Press in Harold: Warrior King by Professor Tom … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Education, France, Italy, Media, Religion, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged 1066, Battle of Hastings, Bayeux Tapestry, Bishop Cadalus of Parma, British Museum, church and monarchy, dynastic struggle, early medieval English history, Edward the Confessor, English crown, European history, followers of Satan, Harold Warrior King, historical research, Holy Roman Empire, Honorius II, Italy, just war, King Harold, lost papal letter, medieval canon law collection, medieval Church, medieval Europe, medieval history, New Book Argues 1066 Was Shaped by Church Politics as Well as Battlefield Events, Norman Conquest, Normandy, Norwich, papal letter, papal rescripts, papal schism, papal support for William, political conflict in Rome, Pope Alexander II, Professor David Fergusson, Professor Rory Naismith, Professor Tom Licence, religious conflict, rival popes, Rome, School of History and Art History, St Peter, UEA, United Kingdom, University of Cambridge, University of East Anglia, University of East Anglia Historian Links Norman Conquest to Rival Popes in Rome, Vatican, Vatican archives, Vatican Letter Excerpts Suggest Pope Alexander II Had Political Reasons to Back William, Western Christendom, William of Normandy, Yale University Press
(IN BRIEF) The University of Exeter has had five projects shortlisted for the UK and Ireland Green Gown Awards, which recognise sustainability initiatives across higher and further education. The shortlisted projects cover climate action, sustainable food systems, reuse, nature recovery … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Education, Environment, Food & Beverage, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged 2030 Climate Action, Beyond Offsetting, Building a Campus-wide Sustainable Food System, Campus Health Food and Drink, climate change, Creating Impact, EAUC, Exeter Sustainability Projects Recognised in UK and Ireland Green Gown Awards, fairer future, further education sustainability, Gift It Reuse It, Green Gown Awards, greener future, health and wellness, healthier future, higher education sustainability, Leeds awards ceremony, Louise Vennells, Lower Hoopern Valley, Nature Recovery, Nature Recovery at the Heart of the City, nature-positive, Nikki Buckley, November 16 2026, post-16 education, Professor Lisa Roberts, Science-led Climate Strategy, student engagement, sustainability awards, Sustainability Initiatives, sustainable innovation, The Belonging Game, UK and Ireland Green Gown Awards, UKRI, United Kingdom, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Celebrates Five Sustainability Award Shortlistings, University of Exeter Named Finalist Across Five Green Gown Award Categories, waste reduction
(IN BRIEF) Covestro has joined the KOLLEKT research project, a publicly funded consortium focused on developing recyclable product concepts for automotive lighting, mechatronic and electronic components. The project is coordinated by FORVIA HELLA and includes partners such as BMW, Fraunhofer … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automotive, Business, Chemicals, Education, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, European Union, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Science, Technology
Tagged AI-based data processing, AI-powered robotic dismantling, APEC, Automotive Lighting, automotive supply chain, Bayblend, BMFTR, BMW, car-to-car recycling, circular economy, Circular Intelligence, circular value chains, CircularGlowUp, Covestro, Covestro Joins KOLLEKT Project to Advance Circular Automotive Lighting Components, CQ, decarbonisation, Design for Circularity, digital product twins, digital traceability, electronic components, ELV targets, end-of-life vehicles, EU End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation, FORVIA HELLA, Fraunhofer IEM, Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Geba, German Federal Ministry for Research Technology and Space, Germany, Guido Naberfeld, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, headlamps, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, high-performance polymers, HZDR, industrial recycling, Karlsruhe Project Management Agency, KOLLEKT, KOLLEKT Project Applies Design for Circularity to Future Vehicle Lighting Systems, KOLLEKT Research Project Targets Fully Recyclable Automotive Lighting Systems, Makrolon®, material-pure disassembly, mechatronic components, Monique Buch, NALYSES, plastics recycling, Polycarbonate Recycling, post-consumer recycled materials, PTKA, R material line, recycle, recycled content quotas, remanufacture, RePAIR, resource efficiency, Reuse, RP material line, RV material line, sustainable mobility, SW Maschinenservice, University of Paderborn
(IN BRIEF) The University of East Anglia will become the first UK university to offer nursing students the opportunity to graduate with both a BSc Nursing degree and a Chartered Management Institute Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Management, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged applied learning, BSc Nursing, Chartered Management Institute, clearing, clinical examinations, clinical training, CMI, CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership, employability, healthcare education, healthcare leadership, leadership diploma, management diploma, Matt Overy, multidisciplinary teams, New UEA Nursing Curriculum Combines Clinical Training With Leadership Development, NHS, NHS Fit for the Future 10 Year Health Plan for England, NMC, Norwich, Nursing and Midwifery Council, nursing curriculum, nursing degree, Nursing Education, nursing leadership, nursing students, patient care, practice-focused assessment, professional credentials, Professor Christopher Burton, quality improvement training, regional healthcare partners, registered nurses, School of Health Sciences, service improvement, simulation-based learning, student nurses, UEA, UEA Launches Enhanced Nursing Programme With Built-In Management Qualification, UEA Strengthens Nursing Education With Chartered Management Institute Partnership, United Kingdom, University of East Anglia
(IN BRIEF) Vonovia is welcoming around 310 apprentices and dual-track students in August and September 2026, as the company begins its new training year. The new entrants will join commercial, technical, skilled trades and dual-track degree programmes across the housing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Real Estate, Technology
Tagged 220 trainees per year, 3, 310 apprentices and students, 500 square metres, apprentices, Apprenticeships, Berlin, Bochum, building technology, capital-forming benefits, career development, commercial training, company pension plan, continuing education, digital learning, driver’s licence subsidy, dual-track degree programmes, dual-track students, electronics, energy technology, Europe’s leading housing company, future skilled workers, Germany, hands-on training, heat pumps, housing company, journeyman’s examination, More Than 300 Young Talents Begin Careers at Vonovia, painting, performance-based bonuses, photovoltaics, plant mechanics, Ruth Werhahn, Skilled Trades Academy, skilled trades training, stock ownership programme, technical training, tile setting, training centre, training year 2026, vocational training, Vonovia, Vonovia Invests in Skilled Trades Training Through Berlin Academy, Vonovia SE, Vonovia Strengthens Future Workforce With New Training Year Intake, Vonovia Welcomes Around 310 New Apprentices and Dual-Track Students, workforce development
(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and their collaborators found that adults with type 2 diabetes who do not consistently take their prescribed glucose-lowering medication have a higher rate of cardiovascular disease. The study followed 79,510 adults newly … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged Andreas Bartholdy, blood sugar control, blood vessels, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular risk before age 55, CBMR, chronic disease management, clinical decision making, comorbidities, Danish national health registries, Danish Registry Study Highlights Importance of Staying on Diabetes Medication, Denmark, diabetes medication, diabetes treatment support, glucose-lowering therapy, heart attacks, heart health, Ischemic heart disease, Jordi Merino, Lise B Nielsen, long-term adherence, lower income, Majken K Jensen, major cardiovascular events, Marta Guasch-Ferré, medication adherence, nationwide cohort study, non-insulin medication, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, observational study, patients living alone, personalised patient support, pharmacy records, prescription records, public health, Simon Rasmussen, socioeconomic factors, strokes, The Lancet Regional Health Europe, Tri-Long Nguyen, type 2 diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes Patients With Low Medication Adherence Face Higher Heart Disease Risk, University of Copenhagen, younger adults, Younger Type 2 Diabetes Patients Face Higher Cardiovascular Risk When Treatment Adherence Drops
(IN BRIEF) The Technical University of Munich has announced that HappyRobot, a start-up founded by TUM alumni, has reached a valuation of $1.2 billion, making it the 23rd TUM unicorn. HappyRobot develops AI agents that automate complex business processes, including … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Germany, Internet & Online, Investment, Small Business, Technology
Tagged $1.2 billion valuation, 1, 100 companies founded at TUM, 100 start-up teams supported, 150 corporate customers, 23rd TUM unicorn, AI agents, artificial intelligence, business automation, business process automation, company valuation, corporate automation, Corporate customers, deep-tech hub, deep-tech start-up, document processing, email drafting, entrepreneurial university, entrepreneurship support, Europe’s best start-up centre, EXIST start-up grant, Financial Times, Germany, HappyRobot, HappyRobot Becomes 23rd Unicorn From the Technical University of Munich, innovation ecosystem, investment round, Javier Palafox, Luis Paarup, message drafting, Munich, Pablo Palafox, phone call automation, Professor Thomas F Hofmann, Start-up Ecosystem, start-up funding, student founders, Technical University of Munich, Technical University of Munich Adds HappyRobot to Its Growing List of Unicorns, TUM, TUM alumni, TUM Incubator, TUM spin-off, TUM unicorn, TUM Venture Labs, TUM-Backed AI Start-Up HappyRobot Achieves Unicorn Status, TUM.ai, Unternehmertum, venture capital, website search automation
(IN BRIEF) The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research is playing a leading role in DETECTIVE, a new European doctoral training programme backed by €4.4 million in EU funding through the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network programme. … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Denmark, Education, European Union, Financial, Finland, Healthcare, Netherlands, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Spain, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 14 doctoral researchers, academic partners, AI-based analytics, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, artificial intelligence, blood-donor surveillance, clinical data, culture models, CVR, CVR Takes Leading Role in European Effort to Strengthen Viral Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness, Data driven Excellence in Training of Epidemiological Clinical Technological and Innovative Virus Experts, data science, Denmark, DETECTIVE, diagnostics, doctoral researchers, Doctoral Training, Dr Ana Filipe, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, emerging viral threats, epidemic intelligence, European Commission, evidence-based decision making, Finland, healthcare delivery, healthcare partners, Horizon Europe, Horizon Europe Funding Supports New Doctoral Training Programme for Epidemic Intelligence, human viral diseases, human-animal interface, industry partners, infectious diseases, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, MSCA Doctoral Network, multi-omics, Netherlands, next-generation sequencing, Nordsjællands Hospital, organoid models, outbreak detection, outbreak response, Pandemic Preparedness, Professor Antonia Ho, public health, re-emerging viral infections, RIVM, Scotland, seven research institutions, severe respiratory infections, Spain, Tampere University, United Kingdom, University College London, University of Copenhagen, University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow Researchers to Lead Projects in European Virus Detection Network, University of Turku, UofG, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Barcelona, viral genomics, viral surveillance, virology, wastewater surveillance, €4.4 million EU funding
(IN BRIEF) Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London have identified features in some aggressive cancer cells that may make them vulnerable to ROCK inhibitors, a group of drugs already used to treat glaucoma. The research found relevant markers … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Healthcare, Non Profit, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acute myeloid leukaemia, aggressive cancer cells, AML, Barts Cancer Institute, Barts Charity, biomarker discovery, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Now, Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, cancer cell biology, Cancer Cell Shape and Gene Patterns May Help Identify Patients Suitable for Glaucoma Drug Trials, cancer research, Cancer Research UK, cancer spread, cell scaffolding, clinical trials, Dr Simon Vincent, drug repurposing, drug sensitivity database, E-Cadherin, epithelial solid tumours, glaucoma drugs, ICR, ICR Study Opens Path Toward Testing ROCK Inhibitors in Personalised Cancer Treatment, invasive border, iScience, Jaume Barcelo, laboratory validation, melanoma, metastasis, metastatic cancer, molecular fingerprint, mouse studies, NFKB, NHS glaucoma treatment, non-epithelial solid tumours, patient biopsies, personalised cancer treatment, Professor Victoria Sanz Moreno, Queen Mary University of London, Rho kinase, ROCK inhibitors, rounded cancer cells, The Institute of Cancer Research London, treatment resistance, tumour growth, tumour inflammation, tumour invasion, tumour samples, UK Research and Innovation, UKRI, Worldwide Cancer Research
(IN BRIEF) Hapag-Lloyd is again participating in the Association of German Shipowners’ summer seafaring programme, offering 35 pupils from across Germany the chance to spend several weeks aboard its container ships. Several participants will depart from Hamburg, including three young … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Germany, Society, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 1&1, 16-year-old participants, 333-metre container ship, 35 participants, 50 percent apprenticeship rate, 519 TEU, Association of German Shipowners, bridge operations, Callao, Captain Schmidt-Grunert, container shipping, container ships, Cordillera Express, deck operations, engine room, Erik Hirsch, Ferienfahrer, From Hamburg to South America: Hapag-Lloyd Pupils Experience Real Shipboard Operations, Germany maritime sector, Hamburg, Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd Container Ships Open Their Doors to 35 Young Maritime Career Explorers, Hapag-Lloyd Uses Summer Seafaring Programme to Spark Interest in Maritime Careers, Lias Denecke, maritime careers, maritime degree, maritime industry, maritime training, nautical apprenticeship, navigation, next generation of seafarers, Northern Europe South America route, Panama Canal, PERU, pupils, Santos Express, Schleswig-Holstein, seafarer apprenticeship, ship technology, students, summer seafarers, summer seafaring programme, Sylt, talent development, teamwork at sea, technical career on board, U.S. Gulf Coast, VDR, vocational orientation, Wolfram Guntermann, young people
(IN BRIEF) Empa is leading PreDiabeTx, a multidisciplinary Innosuisse Flagship project designed to improve the prevention of type 2 diabetes in Switzerland using data-driven digital tools, artificial intelligence, digital sensors and sustainable business models. The project brings together seven research … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Education, Food & Beverage, Government, Healthcare, Insurance, Internet & Online, Investment, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 2025 launch, 2029 completion, ACCYOURATE, AI-powered algorithms, Anna Ettlin, artificial intelligence, Bern University of Applied Sciences, blood pressure, blood sugar, Canton of St. Gallen, chest strap, chronic metabolic disorder, CSS, Cynthia Sob, diabetes prevention, diet, digital coach, digital health, digital sensors, Digital Sensors and Data to Support Diabetes Prevention, digital therapies, Elgar Fleisch, Empa, ETH Zurich, exercise, food as medicine, food industry, health data, health insurance, healthcare costs, healthcare system, healthy lifestyle, heart rate, Helsana, HOCH Health Ostschweiz, hospitals, incentive models, Innosuisse, Innosuisse Flagship Project Aims to Make Diabetes Prevention More Measurable and Accessible, Inselspital Bern, insulin response, LEALY, non-invasive monitoring, Obesity, oxygen saturation, Pathmate Technologies, patient support, personalised prevention, PreDiabeTx, PreDiabeTx Project Uses AI, preventive measures, public sector, RE-NUT, respiratory rate, risk analysis, Sanitas, sensor T-shirt, Simon Annaheim, standard care, sustainable business models, SWICA, Swiss Innovation Agency, Swiss Research Consortium Targets Type 2 Diabetes With Digital Prevention Tools, Switzerland, Switzerland Innovation Park Ost, textile sensors, Thijs Defraeye, type 2 diabetes, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Eastern Switzerland, University of St. Gallen, University of Zurich, vital signs, wearable sensors
(IN BRIEF) iF Design has opened its first UK representative office in London and appointed Brad Harper as its official representative for the United Kingdom. The move strengthens iF Design’s presence in one of Europe’s leading design markets and creates … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Business, Education, Germany, Marketing, Media, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged 000 submissions, 10, 70 countries, Architecture, Blond, Brad Harper, British design industry, communication design, creative talent, design awards, design consultancies, Design Excellence, design network, design recruitment, emerging design talent, Germany, global design community, Hannover, iF Design, iF Design Appoints Brad Harper as Official UK Representative, iF DESIGN AWARD, iF Design Opens First UK Representative Office in London, iF Design Strengthens UK Presence With New London Office, iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD, iF International Forum Design GmbH, iF Representative Office UK, iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE, institutions, interior architecture, international jury, London, packaging design, Polaroid, product design, professional concept, service design, SharkNinja, social impact, SURI, ui, UK design community, UN SDGs, United Kingdom, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, universities, user experience, user interface, Uwe Cremering, UX
(IN BRIEF) Finland is introducing a new study voucher on 5 August 2026 to support young people who completed upper secondary education but did not secure or accept a higher education study place in the spring 2026 joint application process. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Finland, Government, Internet & Online, Society, Technology
Tagged 30 study credits, 37 higher education institutions, academic year 2026-2027, Career Exploration, course enrolment, degree studies, education pathways, electronic payment method, field of study selection, Finland, Finnish Study Voucher Trial Opens Higher Education Pathways for Gap-Year Students, Finnish universities, Finnish-language studies, flexible learning., free higher education studies, gap year, higher education, higher education access, Jenni Krapu, joint application process, matriculation examination, New Study Voucher Gives Young People Without a Study Place Access to 30 Free Credits, open study offerings, Open University, open university route, Opin.fi, Opin.fi to Support New Study Voucher for Young People Exploring Higher Education, spring 2026 applications, student advice, student financial aid, study guidance, study rhythm, study voucher, Suomi.fi e-Identification, Swedish-language studies, under 29-year-olds, universities of applied sciences, University of Helsinki Open University, upper secondary education, vocational qualification, young people
(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have identified an unprecedented rise in aboveground biomass loss across Europe’s forests since 2018, using satellite data to assess changes in forest biomass rather than only tree cover. The study found … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, European Union, Germany, Investment, Technology
Tagged 310 megatonnes CO₂ equivalents, 3D laser scanner, aboveground biomass, Accelerating biomass loss from forest disturbances across Europe, bark beetles, biomass loss, carbon emissions, carbon sinks, carbon storage, Center for Alpine Forest Management, central Europe, climate adaptation, climate change, climate models, Climate-Linked Disturbances Drive Rising Biomass Loss Across Europe’s Forests, Cornelius Senf, CO₂ equivalents, drought, Earth observation, ecosystem management, ecosystems, ESA Climate Change Initiative, EU climate policy, European forests, European Space Agency, European Union climate goals, Europe’s forests, Forest Biomass, forest carbon sink capacity, forest disturbances, forest management, ForestPaths, Germany, Katja Kowalski, land use, Landsat Science Team, Mediterranean forests, NASA, Nature Geoscience, New Nature Geoscience Study Shows Sharp Increase in Carbon Losses From European Forests, RECCAP-2, satellite data, Scandinavian forests, storms, sustainable transformation, Technical University of Munich, timber harvesting, tree cover change, TUM, TUM Research Highlights Need for Climate-Adapted Forest Management in Europe, TUM School of Life Sciences, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, wildfires
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