Author: Gareth Willmer

As cities across Europe sweltered under a heatwave in June 2026, professor Michael Janoschka was focused on a longer term problem: how to make homes affordable and energy-efficient in a continent facing a housing crisis. Janoschka has spent much of his career studying how rising house prices, property speculation and urban inequality are reshaping European […]

Četrdeset metara ispod mora u sjeverozapadnoj Italiji nalazi se jedna od najbolje očuvanih brodskih olupina iz Drugog svjetskog rata. Talijanski lovac na podmornice Equa, opremljen topovima, potonuo je bez žrtava nakon što ga je 1944. slučajno udario njemački brod. Na brodu se sada nalazi bogata morska fauna koja privlači ronioce i ribare. Lokacija je ključni […]

Italian architect and researcher Dr Chiara Mazzarella has long been captivated by the idea of finding better ways to use empty buildings. Across Europe, millions of homes and commercial buildings lie vacant, even as housing shortages and rising rents leave many people in precarious living situations. “We talk a lot about the circular economy, but […]

Imagine using space technology not just to explore the stars, but to stop a disease outbreak before it starts, or predict and monitor natural disasters such as floods.  That is exactly what European researchers are doing with Earth observation (EO) – turning satellite data into real-world solutions that protect people and the planet. Mosquito monitor Since 2020, a […]

In 1609, the Spanish galleon San Francisco sank off Japan after sailing through storms and hurricanes en route from the Philippines to Acapulco in Mexico. The shipwreck took with it many vital clues about centuries of trans-Pacific trade and cultural exchange. Now, over 400 years later, the San Francisco’s fate has inspired an international team of EU-funded […]

In Groruddalen, a large urban valley in north-eastern Oslo, Norway, the groundwork is being laid for an important shift in city transport.  Five self-driving electric cars began ferrying the public around the area in early February 2025. This marks a key milestone in an EU-funded initiative to integrate automated vehicles into public transport systems.  The Norwegian launch […]

David Clarke has a busy life juggling two jobs. He works three days a week recycling waste at a supermarket in Drogheda, his home town in eastern Ireland. On other days, he takes the hour-long bus ride to the capital Dublin to work in a gift hamper warehouse. Aged 44 and living with Down syndrome, […]

A hospital in central Paris has had an unexpected helper: a full-sized talking humanoid robot. Created by an international team of EU-funded researchers, it can interact with patients, provide practical information and answer questions to help people navigate around the hospital. Trials of the orange-and-white robot named ARI have shown promise, according to the team […]