ATTRACT Selects Breakthrough Projects
170 breakthrough technology concepts have each won a €100,000 funding boost from ATTRACT.
The projects propose new technologies with the potential to change society.
One of the selected projects will bring astronomical technology to bear against cancer.
The MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope uses integral field spectroscopy to dissect galaxies.
This technique can also be used to recognise cancerous tissue in humans...
...providing a promising alternative to taking invasive tissue samples.
The key is to make the technique work fast enough for a clinical setting...
...taking MUSE technology from studying galaxies to studying diseases.
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