Environment

Our cities are getting hotter and hotter. Buildings, air conditioning systems, traffic and industrial activities release heat that changes the energy balance of urban areas, affecting the environment and the health of citizens. How can we make cities more eco-sustainable? This is the answer that the URBANFLUXES project is looking for.

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Heat produced in our cities is affecting human mortality

Solar power: the next generation

Developing the next generation of hybrid vehicles in Europe

Airplanes and material gains

Could Butanol be our new alternative to fossil fuels?

Aluminium production: what to do with 150 million tons of waste

An alternative to chemically de-icing planes

Lasers to imitate lizards! How reptiles and bugs are boosting innovation

Can industrial waste be mined and recycled in sustainable ways?

Finding new cures for Osteoarthritis

Tackling microplastic pollution in Europe's rivers

Leanships: changing the tide in shipbuilding

Underwater cameras: The Next Generation

A global reference tool to fight Alzheimer's

Take a trip to Tilos: The self-sufficient island

Tomorrow's hydrogen car

Making green energy cheaper

Digging deeper: can hot air provide sustainable source of electricity?

Fish in a new climate

Scientists absorbed by deep-sea sponges

Climate change and Europe's water supply

Europe's cathedrals get new life thanks to nanoparticles

Solar scientists gather to calibrate the sun's strength

Cargo vessels: a cleaner alternative to lorries