Bio-based artificial lungs to change pat...by Brigid Burke European Innovation CouncilCellMembrane, a Horizon Europe project led by Irish medtech firm Smart Reactors, is developing a nanocellulose membrane that could transform the fortunes of those with lung disease around the world. “We’re taking woody plant matter, effectively like sawdust, processing it at a nanoscale level and building a scaffold that will act as an artificial lung,” explains Mark Brassil, Smart Reactor’s co-founder and CTO. Read More
Modernising the sky with SESARby Brigid Burke Horizon EuropeAs a leader in air traffic management (ATM) telecommunications, Airtel has worked in partnership with other European companies on the Horizon Europe-funded Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) initiative since its inception under FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme 2007-2013). Read More