Living technologies that mimic the mechanisms underlying biology to perform specific functions, robots for precision medicine, more efficient memories for the internet of things, rechargeable eco-batteries and new superconductors: these are some of the 170 innovations on which the European Commission has decided to invest 1.7 billion euros for two years through the Attract program, funded by the European Commission under the framework program for research Horizon 2020, was born thanks to the collaboration of the main European research organizations and experts in business management .
The focus is therefore on research and innovation to help revive the European economy by creating products, services, companies and jobs. "This is the first time that we connect science and innovation in such an open way in Europe", commented Jean-Eric Paquet, of the European Commission.
Among the leading projects for the future are the possible applications of synthetic biology, i.e. biology that aims to design organisms that do not exist in nature on the computer, such as bacteria capable of cleaning up pollutants from soil and water: a sector in which investments of over $ 25 billion are expected by 2024.
