Research*EU Magazine | Number 108 (December 2021/January 2022)

Special Feature: The farms of the future – it’s all about precision

Summary:

This feature-packed issue includes an additional four pages looking back at Research*EU’s accomplishments over the years.  The Special Section examines the practices and technologies being developed under the umbrella of precision farming.  Automated management systems, animal and plant-borne sensors, pocket diagnostic devices and farm robots are all helping to bring new efficiencies to Europe’s farmers, supporting Europe’s transition to a high-value agricultural system.  As Always, this issue brings you the latest EU-funded research and innovation from a range of sectors, including health, society, industry and space.  Life After, also catches-up with past project BPR4GDPR and discovers how it is continuing to help EU businesses keep their clients’ data safe.  Finally, this month's Project of the Month, takes a look at SHAPES, an Irish start-up that is helping to make the entire world accessible to everyone.

Contents:

• • Health
    • Fertility drug shows promise for combating antibiotic resistance
    • Molecular evidence on how obesity may alter medication safety
    • Unblocking the body's natural defence against cancer
  • Society
    • Why the smell of babies may increase aggression in women but decrease it in men
    • Study of ancient glass provides a window into the past
    • Gestational surrogacy: mapping reformist and abolitionist debates in Italy, Mexico and the United States
  • Project of the Month
    • Making everywhere accessible to everyone
  • Transport and Mobility
    • World's first long-range solar car charges on the move
    • Lighter, greener, safer: the next generation of fuel bladders
    • Advanced fuselage shielding could help propfan aircraft take off
  • Climate Change and Environment
    • Wood forms a central plank in nearly-zero energy buildings
    • The world's first biodegradable laundry fragrance microcapsules
  • Special Feature
    • The farms of the future - it's all about precision
  • Retrospective
    • Celebrating 10 years of Research*EU
  • Food and Natural Resources
    • A is for aphid, B is for beetle: the order pests arrive makes a big difference to crops
    • Engineered plants could be green chemical factories of the future
    • Towards a blockchain scenario to guarantee virgin olive oil authenticity
  • Industrial Technologies
    • Natural floor tiles support a sustainable building sector
    • Laser innovation lights up electronic display sector
  • Digital Economy
    • AI factcheckers aid the battle against fake news
    • Upgrading Europe's maritime data infrastructure
    • Virtual touch and feel: a new frontier of digital reality
  • Life After...
    • Catching-up with BPR4GDPR:  Helping businesses keep citizens' personal data safe
  • Space
    • Reducing the risk of collisions in space through better thermosphere modelling
    • Novel ways of analysing observations of exoplanet atmospheres
  • Fundamental Research
    • Magnetic polymers set to be a material of the future
    • Searching for treasure in the 'dark matter' of microbial genes
  • Agenda
    • March 2022

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