Jeremy Wilks
Climate Now
Counting carbon: CO2 monitoring in a changing climate
In partnership with Copernicus
We investigate one of the hottest topics in climate change in this episode of Climate Now, looking at how scientists are working to track emissions and differentiate between sources of CO2, be they human or natural.
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Quantum tech promises 'unhackable' phones and super-secure networks
In partnership with The European Commission
Quantum technologies promise a profound change in our digital lives. By harnessing the power of quantum physics, they can create absolutely un-hackable microchips and totally secure communication networks and they are being developed here in Europe
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Luca Parmitano reveals unique pre-flight astronaut rituals
Astronauts are trained to think rationally, ready at any moment to respond to danger with a clear head and nerves of steel. But behind the scientific facade, they are as superstitious as the rest of us, European Space Agency Astronaut Luca Parmitano reveals.
France
Meet the French astronomers still making new discoveries thanks to the Apollo astronauts
It's 50 years since the Apollo Moon landings, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their first steps on the lunar surface. And instruments that those two astronauts placed on the Moon are still being used every day.
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The acid test: New way to recover resources from industrial waste
In partnership with The European Commission
The galvanizing business involves hot and arduous work, turning corroding steel into protected metal using baths of hydrochloric acid and molten zinc. It's also a business which EU researchers believe they can make cleaner and greener. Their tech is now facing, quite literally, the acid test.
France
French technology summit VivaTech boots up in Paris
The three-day VivaTech summit begins in Paris on Thursday, with President Emmanuel Macron in attendance along with industry leaders such as Jack Ma from Alibaba, Mickey Mikitani from Rakuten, the European Commission’s Margrethe Vestager and Ginni Rometty from IBM.
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The Human Brain Project: Slicing brains and thinking machines
In partnership with The European Commission
Can we create a thinking machine? Can we build a model of the human brain inside a computer? How do our minds really work? Those are some of the questions that researchers in the EU's Human Brain Project are trying to answer.
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