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Data platform fuels real-world innovation at Green Village

Green Village is a living lab on the TU Delft campus where researchers and companies test new technologies in a real-world setting. SURF’s Green Village Data Platform plays a key role in supporting this innovation.

Climate Science Environment

Europe | SURF (Netherlands) |

How Moldova is bringing cervical cancer screening closer to home

With support from Moldova’s research and education network RENAM, a national colposcopy network is using digital tools and telemedicine to transform cervical cancer prevention and saving lives.

Health & Medicine

EaPConnect (Europe's Eastern Partnership countries) | Europe | RENAM (Moldova) |

Flexible exams in Finland reduce stress and boost student success

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

CSC (Finland) | Europe |

How satellite data is helping farmers fight drought and grow smarter

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

Nordic collaboration enhances Arctic sea ice forecasting for safer navigation

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 |

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