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Mapping the future of manufacturing research
What will manufacturing look like in a decade’s time? Professor Marco Taisch explains how an international consortium of companies and universities is mapping the challenges that must be met in order to develop a highly competitive but sustainable industry of the future..
The BiG Idea
Modern research techniques produce amounts of data far beyond the storage capacities of conventional computing environments. Grid computing offers an effective, efficient and reliable way to manage large volumes of data, say Arjen van Rijn and Dr. Maurice Bouwhuis of the BiG Grid project..
The next generation of Cloud Computing Platforms
Cloud computing is transforming the way we use the web but there’s still a long way to go before we make full use of the promise it offers. Professor Ignacio Martin Llorente looks ahead to a more flexible and agile future of internet-enabled service provision in a virtual computing environment..
Exploring genetics to tailor Radiotherapy treatment
Attempts to establish whether genetic factors make some patients react badly to radiotherapy have so far been unsuccessful – perhaps because the test doses in previous studies were too high. Professor Peter O’Neill explains how a new approach is examining whether low doses have any predictive power..
Exploring the last great frontier
The oceans play a significant role in regulating the Earth’s climate and as source of natural hazards – yet there is much that we don’t understand about oceanic circulation or, indeed, the deep sea floor itself. That’s why a European network of deep water observatories is planned, says project coordinator Paolo Favali..
New clean fuels herald Green motoring revolution
Natural gas vehicles were launched more than a decade ago but still make up a small share of the market. Massimo Ferrera, Fiat’s head of research into alternative fuel engines, explains how the development of a custom-designed engine for compressed natural gas will usher in a new era of clean-fuel motoring. .
New service opportunities for consumers and providers
Growth in the service economy has highlighted key challenges in IT-supported service provisioning, particularly the need for formal service level agreements. Wolfgang Theilmann and John Kennedy of the SLA@SOI project outline how their work in this area will allow services to be traded in a flexible and dependable way..
The impact of ICT for energy-efficient buildings
The built environment is responsible for a large part of the energy consumption in Europe and around 30 per cent of its carbon emissions. Alain Zarli, REEB Project Coordinator explains how the use of intelligent systems is crucial in ushering in a new era of sustainable ‘smart’ buildings..
Zinc metalloenzyme targeted drugs
Zinc-containing enzymes are key modulators of serious diseases, including cancer, but developing effective therapies against this family of proteins has proved challenging. Dr Paul Finn explains how using an integrated technology approach has opened new opportunities for drug design..
A voice for local government on energy and climate
Maryke Van Staden emphasises the advantages of a networking action that involves local governments in the European Union and which gives them access to the ongoing, increasingly complex and time-sensitive international debate on energy and climate.