Research*EU Magazine | Number 98 (December 2020 – January 2021)

Special Feature: Data Protection: New Technologies to Protect Privacy

Summary:

This issue’s special feature introduces you to seven EU-funded projects that have been working at the heart of Europe’s drive for better data protection standards, working with enterprises to help them ensure they understand and are able to comply with the new regime, as well as look ahead to how rapidly developing digital technologies can remain faithful to the GDPR.  Meanwhile, Project of the Month highlights a new breakthrough in COVID-19 research, centred on a better understanding of how the virus became so infectious to humans, with this new knowledge being potentially game-changing in developing effective therapies against the disease. Life After catches-up with the ReconCell project team, who have pioneered a cutting-edge workcell that makes robot solutions commercially viable for SMEs that otherwise may not have the time or resources to automate their production processes.  Finally, EU Agenda returns, highlighting a selection of online and in person events that will take place in the New Year.

Contents:

• • Health
    • Novel biodegradable bandage controls severe bleeding and leakage of body fluids during surgery
    • Pioneering foam therapy offers hope to lung patients
    • The next generation of in vitro diagnostics
  • Project of the Month
    • A new breakthrough in understanding SARS-CoV-2 invades human cells
  • Society
    • Securing the future of transnational Holocaust research
    • Tracing the Medieval routes of modern theories of mind
    • Open schools initiative pushes for inclusive and innovative societies
  • Transport and Mobility
    • Advanced solution offers seamless Wi-Fi connectivity on buses, trains, ships and planes
    • Speech recognition and AI help take the pressure off aircrew
    • A toolbox to make level crossings safer
  • Climate Change and Environment
    • Leaf-based miniature ecosystems reveal processes behind rainforest biodiversity
    • Moss study evaluates climate change impact on Artic ecosystems
  • Special Feature
    • Data-protection: New technologies to protect privacy
  • Food and Natural Resources
    • Novel sensors monitor environmental threats to bees
    • Protecting crops by unravelling the mysteries of plant immunity
    • Better quality fish, longer shelf life thanks to low-cost, animal-friendly ice technology
  • Industrial Technologies
    • Model-based technologies modernise European manufacturing
    • New concrete mixture and design tools extend energy infrastructure lifespans
    • A recipe for success turns composites manufacturing into a piece of cake
  • Life After...
    • Catching-up with ReconCell: Major progress in bringing cutting-edge next-gen (and SME-friendly!) robotic solutions to the market
  • Digital Economy
    • Using behavioural models to upgrade User Interface design
    • Fog and cloud computing work hand in hand
  • Space
    • New compact antenna designs poised to enhance nanosatellite communications
    • Massive stars could be born in clusters, lower-mass stars could leave 'home'
  • Fundamental Research
    • How graphics cards are helping to capture the rarest event in the universe
    • Removing restrictions to only whole-number solutions to Fermat's Last Theorem
  • Agenda
    • February 2021

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