Europe

Finland excels in flexible exams

In just 8 years, a digital platform has conquered the Finnish higher education system. The EXAM solution allows students to choose when and where they take exams. Currently, 28 Finnish higher education institutions use the system, covering 88% of the country’s higher education students. In 2024, students completed over 350,000 exams using the system.

Education

Innovators use satellite data to boost farming and climate resilience

Satellite-derived humidity indices could help smallholder farmers in Panama reduce climate-related losses. The concept—Cosechas 4.0—was one of eight projects selected for support at InnovaInvest: Copernicus Edition, an event connecting researchers and entrepreneurs with investors to address environmental challenges in Latin America.

Climate Science Earth Observation Space

Europe | GÉANT (Europe) | Latin America | RedCLARA (Latin America) |

Finland takes first step towards a quantum secure network

For the first time, quantum encryption technology has been applied by a commercial operator in Finland.

Cyber Security

CSC (Finland) | Europe |

Dr. Nicole Ruiter with the next-generation breast cancer screening device.

Radiation-free breast cancer screenings come closer to reality

Researchers are improving ultrasound technology to better detect breast cancer in women with dense breasts, where mammograms may miss cancer or give false positives

Health & Medicine Technology

DFN (Germany) | Europe |

Subsea cable assists seismic research

Seismic monitoring technology at the Madeira Island, Portugal, allows a submarine optic cable to act as a sensor for seismic activity. This improves the chances of predicting earthquakes and tsunamis.

Disaster Warning

Momentum for quantum tech in Denmark

Danish researchers are testing devices that provide precise location data in remote areas without satellite navigation.

Technology

DeIC (Denmark) | Europe |

Cargo ship sailing through icy Arctic waters

Towards safer navigation in Arctic waters

With rising temperatures and decreasing sea ice, the Arctic shipping season is steadily being extended, though conditions continue to be challenging. A research collaboration across the European Nordic countries develops a sea ice modelling tool that helps the shipping industry estimate risks. The tool also calculates the climate indicator for sea ice to predict future…

Climate Science

CSC (Finland) | Europe |

Group of school children in uniforms smiling at camera

Post-pandemic: Ireland connects 1,000 schools

The HEAnet Schools Network is providing reliable high-speed internet connectivity to primary and post-primary schools nationwide.

Education

Europe | HEAnet (Ireland) |

A new piece of the climate puzzle

What role do clouds and particles play in global warming? That is what an instrument developed in the Netherlands, SPEXone, on board a new NASA climate satellite, is exploring. The data collected by SPEXone will be processed and stored at SURF and made available to the scientific community.

Technology

Europe | SURF (Netherlands) |

Fighting cervical cancer with supercomputing

According to Finnish research, vaccination against human papillomavirus HPV can provide herd immunity. The team uses High-performance computing provided by CSC, the NREN of Finland.

Health & Medicine

CSC (Finland) | Europe |

Increasing Ireland’s electric grid resilience

A study involving HEAnet finds that it will be possible to monitor the utility grid without satellite-based time data, thereby increasing resilience significantly.

Cyber Security Energy

Europe | HEAnet (Ireland) |

Supercomputer maps Roman empire trade

Researchers at Aarhus University, Denmark, analyse archaeological data to recreate ancient trading strategies with the help of high-performance computing

Archaeology Digital Humanities

DeIC (Denmark) | Europe |

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