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Aerial view of the old town in Vilnius with Cathedral of the Theotokos, Lithuania

Vilnius is a nice, green place to live—and it’s turning that into a competitive advantage for its economy

Sama Bilbao y Leon, director general of the World Nuclear Association, speaks at the 2024 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Monday, March 18, 2024. More than 7,000 people are headed to Houston to attend the conference with a key question in mind: How to meet increasing demand for power amid the transition to clean energy. Photographer: F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Will small nuclear reactors start Europe’s atomic renaissance?

Peter Carlsson, chief executive officer of NorthVolt AB, during the Federation of German Industries (BDI) conference in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, June 19, 2023. Germany’s economy will probably stagnate this year, according to the BDI Federation of German Industries, which told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung that it cut its outlook. Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg via Getty Images

What can Northvolt’s failure teach us about Europe’s competitive future?

Nokia's Nishant Batra

Nokia helped build the mobile world. Now it wants to seed the next one—from inside Bell Labs

Aluminum comes in many forms, from airplane wings to building frames.

Can Iceland help the U.S. clean up its aluminum industry?

Low-angle view of a young male Caucasian architect/building contractor or an engineer, using mobile phone, on a construction site

Kraaft, the “WhatsApp for construction” that hopes to become a verb—has already won over giants like Bouygues and VINCI

CAPTAIN CAUSE à Paris Georges Basdevant (veste jaune clair) ) Frederic Mazzella ( veste jean bleue)<br />
Maxence Mathey( cheveux longs chemise bleue ) Nathanael Romano ( barbe )<br />
Clara Pigé (chemise fleurs)<br />
Laura Dessalces (pull bleu )

‘Making a difference together’: Dift helps partners including Accor and BNP Paribas combine social impact with emotional marketing

Munich-based dual-use startup ARX Robotics’ technology helps convert traditional military equipment like trucks and tanks into unmanned, autonomous vehicles.

With war on their doorstep, European defense tech startups are gunning for a slice of growing military budgets

Hearing impaired woman using cellphone at home

How companies could embrace digital accessibility with help from startups and AI

A worker trims cannabis plants inside the Burey SA Grune Labs greenhouse in Pando, Uruguay, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. Uruguay led the world in legalizing marijuana a decade ago, but its dream of building a medical cannabis and hemp powerhouse employing thousands of people with $1 billion in exports is facing a harsh reality check. Photographer: Ana Ferreira/Bloomberg via Getty Images

German medical cannabis companies aren’t coming down from their high—they‘re predicted to bring in $1 billion in sales by 2028

Luc Piguet, ClearSpace CEO and cofounder.

The European Space Agency committed to zero space junk. Swiss startup ClearSpace is already on it

Bobby Healy, chief executive officer of Manna Aero, poses for a photograph next to the MNA-1090 delivery drone at his home in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Manna.aero is preparing to run a couple of hundred drone test flights per day over several weeks to lay the groundwork for a permanent food delivery service for small Irish towns. Photographer: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Europe’s drone-friendly regulations are helping Manna soar above U.S. delivery rivals