Top Stories of the Week: May 16-20

                                  A roundup of this week's top stories:

• Smart glasses bring video calls to the next level

  Smart glasses are often considered the "next big thing" in consumer electronics and could provide a number of benefits for industry...

• Tomatoes could help battle droughts in California

  Up to one billion litres of freshwater squeezed from tomatoes could be used to alleviate water shortages in drought-prone areas such as California...

• Covid-19 highlights need for "resilient & sustainable healthcare" - EIT

  The Covid-19 pandemic was an eye-opener on the need to better equip systems for public health crises. Consumers and shareholders are pushing firms towards greater sustainability and lockdowns and quarantine tested supply chains - with the...

• "Lunar farmers?" Scientists have grown plants in moon soil

  While dreams of terraforming other planets and humanity conquering the stars may yet be lightyears away, a team of scientists have, for the first time in human history, managed to grow plants in soil taken from the Moon...

• China is going to 3D print a dam with AI-controlled robots

  China is set to push industrial engineering to its limit by 3D printing a 590-foot dam in Tibet using robots that could provide up to 5 billion kilowatt-hours of hydroelectricity per year - and the entire process is set to be automated using...

• Europe's top 400 companies ranked on biodiversity reporting

  How do the largest businesses in Europe report their impact on, their dependence on and their work with biodiversity? The Ecogain Biodiversity Index (EBI) has released its report on how 400 of Europe's largest companies report on biodiversity...

• EU & Japan strengthen digital, trade & security ties

  The 28th EU-Japan Summit in Tokyo saw the two sides further strengthening ties in a range of areas including trade and investments, digital tech, sustainability, climate action, biodiversity protection, and - in light of the Russian invasion of...