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Dutch startup Sympower secures €21M to balance out the energy grid
Electricity grids around the world are struggling to adapt to the influx of renewable energies like wind and solar. Sympower ...
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Why learning 10 programming languages doesn’t make you a more interesting job candidate
Does having more programming languages under your belt actually help software developers to score more jobs? Maybe not.
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At 30 years old, is Ruby in a mid-life crisis or a renaissance?
If you remove the several-year peak of Ruby’s interest after Rails’ release, then Ruby is as popular as it was 30 years ago.
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Battery recycling startup Tozero bags €11M to boost Europe’s lithium supply
The German startup has just raised €11 million as it pursues rapid growth for its novel battery recycling technology.
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Apophis: a European space mission gets up close with an asteroid set to brush by Earth
The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as ...
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Do we need a European DARPA to cope with technological challenges in Europe?
Founded in 1958, DARPA operates under the US Department of Defense (DoD) with a straightforward mission: to fund high-risk technological programmes that could lead to radical innovation.
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EU funding powers 10% of European startup ecosystem, study finds
About one in every 10 European startups that have raised VC investment are also backed by an EU grant of equity financing, according to a research project conducted by Dealroom and Dealflow.eu.