The EU supports scientists, researchers and innovators in pushing the boundaries of knowledge. Discover some of the groundbreaking work in sectors such as wine production, blockchain, AI and medicine.
Project examples
Counterfeit spirits and wine are estimated to cost European businesses €1.3 billion a year. To tackle this, EU-supported research saw the development of smart tags for bottles that use blockchain technology to confirm the wine’s unique chemical signature. This ‘digital fingerprint’ can help assure consumers that they are drinking a genuine product.
Lower back pain is a very common affliction worldwide, but the interaction of genetic, environmental, cellular and psychological factors that cause it is often poorly understood. A multidisciplinary EU-supported consortium came together to search for biomarkers of back pain with the aid of AI-enhanced computer modelling. The endeavour was also geared towards training a new generation of early-stage researchers in this area.