Tech News

Amid economic uncertainty, 2022 sees record number of European patents

The European Patent Office reported 193,460 patent applications by companies and inventors were made in 2022.

3 April 2023

Euronews Debates

Euronews Debates: How can Europe regain pole position in innovation?

Innovation is seen as key to solving some of Europe’s biggest societal, environmental and economic challenges. But competitiveness is lagging and renewed geopolitical uncertainty and Russia’s war in Ukraine are adding additional pressures.

21 March 2023

Smart Regions

Greek organisation Corallia helps small businesses grow

In partnership with the European Commission

The Greek organisation, Corallia, helps small businesses grow and take on global markets through a network of business accelerators and mentoring programmes.

13 March 2023

Work

Gender parity in tech: Where in Europe are women inventing the most?

The gap between men and women inventors is wider in Europe than in other parts of the world. But women in these countries are leading the way.

8 March 2023

Spain

Digital Nomad Visas in Spain

Spain's new Digital Nomad Visa is part of a start-up law aimed at attracting creatives and integrating them into the community. Euronews reporter Jaime Velázquez met the people working as 'nomads'.

14 February 2023

Earth News

Firing moon dust into space could reverse global warming, study claims

It sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel. But scientists think that firing moon dust into space could shade the earth from global warming.

10 February 2023

Work

3 years on, UK tech and innovation are stagnating in Brexit Britain

Three years since the UK officially left the European Union, the promised benefits, particularly in the tech world, have yet to materialise.

1 February 2023

Smart Regions

The success behind Brno's business-boosting hub

In partnership with the European Commission

Euronews explores how the success of the JIC business hub helped reinvent Brno from a former textile city, into an innovation ecosystem

30 January 2023

Tech News

Chameleon car to dog translators: The most eye-catching tech from CES

Flying cars and talking dogs: nothing is out of reach at this year’s CES in Las Vegas.

7 January 2023

Smart Regions

Cluj-Napoca: Europe's fastest growing city invests in automation

In partnership with the European Commission

“I think that automatisation needs to be seen as an opportunity, not as a risk. We can create more jobs relying on our creativity as humans,” Ovidiu Cîmpean says Ovidiu Cîmpean, Project Manager Cluj's Future of work project.

2 January 2023

Tech News

The zaniest robots of 2022

Robots were omnipresent in 2022 and were able to pick up fragile eggs, sculpt Italian marble and even paint portraits.

29 December 2022

Tech News

Is Norway’s start-up scene Europe’s best-kept secret?

Norway and its engineering talent are diversifying away from oil and gas, but the country's tech start-ups need a boost.

13 December 2022

Hungary

Cleaning rivers in Hungary using an automated solar-powered boat

Robo-Collect has been designed to collect waste from rivers in Hungary. It’s the country’s first automated solar-powered cleaning vessel and will begin work next year

13 December 2022

Earth News

UK’s first carbon capture plant could start pulling in CO2 by 2027

It was announced on the same day as a new coal mine was approved in England, but the technology is still unproven.

9 December 2022

Partner content

Prototypes for Humanity: 100 ideas to change the world

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

In Dubai, we hear from some of the brightest young academic minds across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania as the event showcases 100 original, impactful, and innovative ideas created by students and recent graduates from around the world.

7 December 2022

Health news

This ‘smart sensor’ dressing can tell you how well a wound is healing

The “smart” dressing works by monitoring the pH level of a wound, a key piece of data that can inform doctors how well it is healing.

29 November 2022

Ecotech

This floating solar farm chases the sun to absorb more energy

It is the first floating solar farm in the world to use the technology.

22 November 2022

Ecotech

Australian rubbish tip removes forever chemicals from rainwater

The technology uses minimal energy and no extra chemicals, says the company.

22 November 2022

Work

Meet 'Flippy 2,' an AI-powered French fry robot speeding up fast food

US company Miso robotics is inventing robots that can unburden kitchen staff at fast food chains.

11 October 2022

Health news

Beyond condoms: How birth control is now becoming a male affair

From a male birth control pill to reversible vasectomy and a hormonal shoulder gel: what’s in the works for male contraceptives?

14 September 2022