Self-driving trucks: en route to transform Europe’s freight sector

In the not-so-distant future, unusual looking cargo vehicles – sporting large black windscreens and with no human driver behind the wheel – could become a common sight on European roads. These are automated long-haul trucks, key players in the future of Europe’s freight sector. EU-funded researchers are working hard to make their roll-out as smooth […]

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Researchers combine citizens’ help and cutting-edge tech to track biodiversity

In 1998, in a small park in Zurich, Switzerland, one bug woke up in a new world. The bricks on the roof of a local garden, imported from China, had brought with them a hidden guest: a brown marmorated stink bug. Fast forward to 2024, and the species – Halyomorpha halys – has become an […]

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