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The production of steel is one of the largest sources of CO2 emissions worldwide. The steel industry accounts for millions of tons of CO₂ emissions every year, making it one of the biggest challenges on the path toward a sustainable future. However, steel is infinitely recyclable, and the use of scrap can make steel production cleaner and more sustainable. But recycling scrap comes with new challenges: residual elements like copper and nickel present in the scrap can affect the strength of the steel, especially in the heat-affected zone of a weld.

On 5 September 2025, we had the honor of attending the inauguration ceremony of Europe’s first exascale supercomputer JUPITER, capable of performing an astonishing one quintillion (10²⁰) calculations per second — an extraordinary milestone in European high-performance computing. Held at Forschungszentrum Jülich, the event brought together distinguished guests from politics, science, and industry.

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in Europe, yet the methods used to test new drugs are still outdated, slow, and often unreliable. After more than four years of dedicated research, the EU-funded EMAPS-Cardio project has concluded with a breakthrough that promises wide-reaching benefits for patients and society at large.

The translation of novel scientific knowledge and research results into real-world applications with societal and economic benefits is a challenge many researchers face. Creating lasting impact requires a tailored dissemination and exploitation strategy, a task that is typically not part of everyday academic work.

GreenNanoBone, a new European research project focused on developing a novel and sustainable treatment pathway for medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ), kicked-off its activities end of June with its first consortium meeting in Gdańsk. With €8.6 million in funding from the European Union, this four-year project expands EURICE’s commitment to advancing healthcare innovation through collaborative, interdisciplinary research.

The EURICE team is currently at the METASCIENCE 2025 event in London, the leading international conference dedicated to the science of science, taking place from 1–3 July 2025. The event brings together researchers, policymakers, and innovators to explore how science is practiced, communicated, and supported.

On 4 June, the two projects EMPHASIS and INERRANT came together in Athens, Greece for a joint hybrid workshop. Hosted by Pleione Energy, this cluster event aimed to foster collaboration between the two complementary projects working on advanced electrochemical energy storage technologies: EMPHASIS focusing on supercapacitors, and INERRANT on batteries.

EURICE has been invited to participate in EUIndTech2025, the European Union’s flagship conference on industrial technologies, taking place from 2–4 June 2025 at the Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. This prestigious event is organized under the auspices of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and serves as a key platform for discussing the future of European industry and innovation.

With the conclusion of the EU research project AGENT (Activated GEnebank NeTwork), a five-year period of coordinated research in the field of plant genetic resources (PGR) has come to an end. The project, funded under the Horizon 2020 programme, brought together 18 partners from across Europe to address the challenges of access, use, and data standardisation in genebank collections.

Joining the international NoVir consortium alongside project coordinator Ethris GmbH, as well as the Technical University of Munich and Aarhus University, EURICE expands its portfolio of projects seeking to advance future mRNA-based therapies. Funded through the European Union’s EU4Health Programme with nearly €10 million over the next two years, NoVir aims to enhance public health resilience in future pandemics.

In April 2025, the RURACTIVE project consortium came together in the picturesque coastal city of Zadar, Croatia, for its annual knowledge transfer and progress meeting. This key event brought together all 29 project partners along with dedicated local community trainers to exchange ideas, reflect on achievements, and map the path forward.

Health research is entering a new era, one that goes beyond treatment to focus on prevention, early detection and empowering people to take control of their health. From chronic diseases to cancer, and from global pandemics to AI-driven breakthroughs, innovation is moving fast and at EURICE we are excited to be a part of it.