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First pictures show uncontacted tribe in Brazil

Drone captures first ever images of jungle group.

France

What's killing France's dolphins?

Some 700 dolphins washed up dead on French beaches over the winter, figures reveal, most of them victims of the fishing industry.

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How to make customs checks more effective

Inside the millions of containers arriving in Europe, there are also illegal goods such as weapons, drugs or radioactive materials. How to make customs controls more effective without slowing down unloading operations? An answer comes from the C-Bord project.

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How a robot in deep water can bring enlightenment

A European research project is using a robot to boldly go where no one has potentially gone before. An underwater sphere stuffed to the gills with technology is capable of entering a mine, mapping it and returning on its own.

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Making a splash: European innovation for a brighter future

According to some data, 85% of productivity growth in modern developed economies is the direct result of innovation

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Nuclear inspection: 3D scanner for easier checks at underground site

'Futuris' went to Finland for a demonstration of an innovative device developed by European researchers

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An alternative to chemically de-icing planes

Researchers are seeking solutions because propylene glycol, used to de-ice planes, is a pollutant that harms the environment

Cult

Europe's largest aquarium opens in France

An extension to the French National Sea Centre in Calais allows the building to house one of the largest water tanks in the world holding the equivalent of four Olympic swimming pools

Smart Regions

Laser research in Europe set to revolutionise our lives!

In partnership with the European Commission

The EU is pursuing cutting-edge research with the international 'Extreme Light Infrastructure' (ELI) project. As part of the groundbreaking work, the world's most powerful laser is being built

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Airplanes and material gains

When you board an airplane for a flight, do you ever consider what it is made of?

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Could Butanol be our new alternative to fossil fuels?

Biologists across Europe have been carrying out detailed research to find out how effective Butanext, a biofuel from wheat straw, could be to replace finite fossil fuels.

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Tackling microplastic pollution in Europe's rivers

How much plastic ends up in our rivers? And what are the effects on our health and the environment? A group of Italian citizens and scientists have come together to try to answer these questions.

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European research teams find new ways to map the seafloor

Armed with what looks like a small army of autonomous robots, a European research team are finding new ways to explore the seafloor.

New Zealand

Robots and racism: We discriminate against 'darker-coloured' humanoids

Humans have similar automatic biases towards 'darker-coloured' robots as they do toward 'people with a darker skin colour', according to new research from the University of Canterbury.

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Heat produced in our cities is affecting human mortality

How can we make cities more eco-sustainable?

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Solar power: the next generation

Why Scientists are excited by 'next-generation' solar cells and what they could mean for the future of energy.

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The new cameras that will revolutionise underwater research

Futuris travels to Spain to meet the scientist developing a new camera which could revolutionise underwater filming.

France

Orca learns to say ‘hello’ and ‘bye bye’

Researchers say a new study proves that killer whales are capable of imitating human speech.

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The future of work: human-robot collaboration

Italian scientists are developing humanoid robots that can observe and learn from human behaviour. Those robots can then collaborate with humans across a range of sectors.

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Flora Robotica: The team of European scientists putting plants and machines together to construct the buildings of the future

Using robots and plants, scientists, architects and robotics researchers are trying to find a way to grow green cities out of the ground.