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A French start-up has developed a green process to up-cycle raw materials from solar panels. ROSI just won the EU's new Industry of the Future Award and Horizon Magazine met them as they celebrated, and heard about their plans to scale up.  From start-up success to bright young minds geared to address global challenges, Horizon Magazine brings you the winners of the first ever EU TalentOn competition. The winning team, SoilFix, developed a way to help communities restore urban soils in their neighbourhoods. Grey whales disappeared from the Atlantic Ocean centuries ago, and now live in the North Pacific. But scientists are preparing for a potentially big welcome-home event. Recent sightings of the species in the Atlantic have inspired researchers to investigate the causes of their disappearance and how to protect them if they make a return. EDITOR'S PICK French tech start-up wins EU's new Industry of the Future Award with raw-materials prowess Recycling silicon from solar panels advances Europe's green goals as well as creating jobs and harnessing scarce resources. Learn More

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Grey whale's disappearance from Atlantic Ocean holds clues to possible return The grey whale is the focus of research projects anticipating its eventual return to European waters after an absence of half a millennium. Learn more

First ever EU TalentOn brings science to life in competition to solve global challenges A competition to create solutions to major challenges recently brought out the entrepreneurs and scientists at EU TalentOn. Learn more

Good vibrations The Internet of Things is evolving at an unstoppable rate with a predicted one trillion IoT sensors in the world by 2050. Now researchers are coming up with new ways to power the small devices we've come to rely on, by "harvesting" energy from the environment Watch video

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'Some cancer screening changes are relatively straightforward and should be cost effective' - Prof Rebecca Fitzgerald The EU has just announced recommendations on a new approach of 'screening more and screening better' to combat cancer cases. Learn more

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