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Exceptional Ventures joins Europe’s health and wellness goldrush with a new $24M fund – TechCrunch
With the after-effect of the pandemic set to play out for years, VCs specializing in health, wellness, and general ‘joy’ would appear to have rising fortunes. Funds such as Able Partners and Joyance have appeared in recent years to invest in startups that make people’s lives healthier, or at least more fun. In Europe this …
Building Health Care AI in Europe’s Strict Regulatory Environment
Executive Summary Although European countries have centralized healthcare systems, patient data is distributed across many different databases. In leveraging AI to improve and tailor treatments, tech companies struggle with getting training data for their algorithms. Drawing from the experience of three startups, this article describes a five-step process for consolidating the data. © Eggy Sayoga/Getty …
Europe’s small Vega rocket returns to action
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Vega left its Kourou launch pad at 22:51 local time, Wednesday (02:51 BST Thursday) The European Vega rocket is back in business. An enforced hiatus following the loss of a vehicle in July 2019 ended late on Wednesday with the successful deployment of 53 new satellites. …
What Europe’s cities are doing to handle heatwaves
Image copyright EPA On Wednesday central London saw its longest stretch of high temperatures in almost six decades, with thermometers reading 34 degrees C or above for six consecutive days. Those fortunate enough to be able to get away to the countryside and coast for holidays may be enjoying slightly cooler temperatures, but many residents …
Europe’s earliest bone tools found in Britain
Image copyright UCL Institute of Archaeology Image caption One of the oldest organic tools in the world. A bone hammer used to make the fine flint bifaces from Boxgrove. The bone shows scraping marks used to prepare the bone as well as pitting left behind from its use in making flint tools Archaeologists say they’ve …
Solar Orbiter: Europe’s Sun mission makes first close pass
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat is Solar Orbiter and what’s it going to do? Europe’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) probe makes its first close pass of the Sun on Monday, tracking by at a distance of just over 77 million km. SolO was launched in February and is on a mission to …
Europe’s major telescopes ‘can meet satellite challenge’
Image copyright ESO Image caption Elevation on the sky at the VLT in Chile: Most visible satellites will be below 30 degrees Europe’s flagship telescopes will be “moderately affected” by the new satellite mega-constellations now being launched, according to a new study. Having thousands more bright objects in the sky will create inconvenience and extra …
Europe’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover to make ‘pit stop’ for repair
Image copyright EMMA UNDERWOOD/Airbus Image caption The glue issue has occurred in the brackets holding the solar panel wings in place Europe’s Mars rover will have to make a “pit stop” for a minor repair when it is moved from France to Italy. The vehicle, which is currently undergoing final preparations in Cannes prior to …
Coronavirus Tests Europe’s Open Borders as Italy Death Toll Rises
Italy reported a sixth death from the coronavirus Monday, as authorities imposed quarantines and other restrictions in the country’s economic heartland to fight what is now the world’s third-biggest national outbreak after China and South Korea. Italian authorities on Monday shut down schools, universities and museums across the country’s north, and banned public and private …
Cycling through Europe’s deadliest air
Cities in parts of Europe have been suffering from some of the worst air quality in the world. Winter smog has become a big issue in the Western Balkans. Serbia is the country with the highest rate of pollution-related deaths in Europe, according to the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution. Jasna Cizler is a …
