Research*EU Magazine | Number 107 (November 2021)

Special Feature: Squaring the Arctic Circle: Protecting and Preserving Earth's Far North

Summary:

This issue’s special section focuses on the Arctic research underpinning the action needed to meet the EU's ambitions for a peaceful, sustainable and prosperous Arctic, bolstered against the impacts of climate change, in the shared interest of the entire world.  Life After finds out how Bird Control Group’s laser-powered deterrent is keeping another type of frequent flyer safe.  Meanwhile, Project of the Month discovers how Safeguard captured worldwide interest in saving wild bees – as well as other less celebrated pollinators.

Contents:

• • Health
    • Turdledoves can carry bad tidings for swallows - and humans
    • Wearable robots provide extra muscle for children
    • Blood flow: opening the taps on our supply of stem cells
  • Society
    • Tracing the scientific contribution of female alchemists
    • Saviour, villain, agent, victim?  Untangling the relationship  between migrant and smuggler
    • The lessons sport offers young people, on and off the pitch
  • Energy
    • Transforming glass from inert shell to living skin
    • Plugging smart parts into the future energy grid
    • Batteries made of soil could offer dirt cheap green energy
  • Project of the Month
    • A race to save the world's wild pollinators
  • Climate Change and Environment
    • Shining a light on an age-old mystery
    • Heat transfer theory explains sudden cold snaps
  • Special Feature
    • Squaring the Arctic Circle: Protecting and preserving Earth's far north
  • Food and Natural Resources
    • Add fish for a more sustainable approach to aquaculture
    • Tree rings reveal a forest's vulnerability to drought
    • Quiet roots could protect crops from cyst nematodes
  • Industrial Technologies
    • An innovative, sustainable ink for printing digital porcelain
    • The ultra-clean water making a splash in the semiconductor industry
  • Digital Economy
    • Can Virtual Reality shift our perspective on issues like climate change and immigration?
    • New tech to stream high-quality video without sapping your data
    • Intelligent robots can learn to recycle hazardous hardware
  • Life After...
    • Catching up with BIRD RELEASE: Sky's the limit for bird-banishing laser
  • Security
    • The secret robot armies fighting to undermine democracy
    • New tools to help organisations become cyber-aware
  • Fundamental Research
    • Quantum simulations uncover exotic electron behaviour in extreme magnetic fields
    • Atomic clocks made of shattered zircon crystals can date asteroid impacts
  • Agenda
    • January - February 2022

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