Below the waves of the Mediterranean, Europe’s KM3NeT neutrino telescope is on a cosmic hunt. Towering strings of sensors stretch a kilometre down to the seafloor, arranged in a vast 3D grid. Its mission? To capture ghostly subatomic particles called neutrinos, messengers that can travel unhindered across the universe – even through planets
Olli Hellmann, University of Waikato Generative AI has revolutionised how we make and consume images. Tools such as Midjourney, DALL-E and Sora can now conjure anything, from realistic photos to oil-like paintings – all from a short text prompt. These images circulate through social media in ways that make their artificial origins difficult
Ph. The Louvre Museum, in Paris, France. Sergii Figurnyi/Shutterstock Carmen Jordá Sanz, Universidad Camilo José Cela On Sunday October 19, criminals managed to steal eight pieces of extremely valuable jewellery from the Louvre Museum’s Gallery of Apollo, in Paris. The robbery highlights long-standing issues for criminology in the field of cultural heritage, as
Ph. The tiara of Empress Eugénie was one of eight priceless pieces of jewelry stolen from the Louvre in Paris on Oct. 19, 2025. Zhang Mingming/VCG via Getty Images Leila Amineddoleh, New York University The high-profile heist at the Louvre in Paris on Oct 19, 2025, played out like a scene from a
Nel vecchio mondo, il mentoring era passaggio di competenze. Nel nuovo mondo, il mentoring è trasferimento di presenza. Oggi, le persone non vogliono solo imparare. • Vogliono sentirti. • Vogliono sapere come ti regoli quando sei sotto pressione, cosa fai con le tue paure, come trasformi il caos in scelta… . Read full
Flash Vector/Shutterstock Stefano Arlaud, Queen Mary University of London Most animals, including humans, carry an internal lunar clock, tuned to the 29.5-day rhythm of the Moon. It guides sleep, reproduction and migration of many species. But in the age of artificial light, that ancient signal is fading – washed out by the glow
Tawanda Zininga, Stellenbosch University Malaria remains one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year. In Africa, the illness is mostly caused by a parasite carried by mosquitoes – Plasmodium falciparum. When the parasite invades the human body, it faces a hostile environment: soaring fevers,
Blake Lawrence, University of Technology Sydney Three frogs, a shark, a unicorn and a Tyrannosaurus rex dance in front of a line of heavily armoured police in riot gear. Over the past few weeks, activists taking part in protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the United States have donned inflatable animal
One of the biggest challenges in studying how diet impacts disease is understanding what people really eat. Food diaries and surveys are still the standard tools, but they often fall short as people forget, misjudge portions, or play down less healthy choices. To tackle this, EU-funded researchers are testing something new: a discreet wearable
What if the biggest untapped resource in European agriculture is not technology or funding – but the women already working in the sector? At 34, Albertine Ekkels from the Netherlands found herself torn between daily life on a dairy farm and her dream of starting a business. “The biggest challenge for me was