In an era when global competition for skilled talent is peaking, the Netherlands faces a paradoxical and potentially self-destructive policy shift. Following the Nov. 22 elections, the noise calling for a drastic reduction in the number of asylum seekers and…
The commonly used temperature limit for human survival in extreme heat should be adjusted downward. So write Coen Bongers of the Radboudumc and scientists from Australia and the US in an article in Nature Communications. The limit is considerably lower…
An international consortium of six leading organizations has begun research into the positive zooming effects of wind turbines with tilted rotors. Gerard & Anton Award winner TouchWind is leading the project of a floating wind turbine with one tilted rotor…
As the digital horizon expands, so too does the competitive landscape of AI-specific chips. Tech giants such as NVIDIA, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have recently unveiled their latest offerings, each poised to revolutionize artificial intelligence workloads. In the span of…
The circumstances were ideal: the Frits Philips Lounge was filled with representatives of almost all former Gerard & Anton Award winners, the networking stakeholders were there, and PSV also won its fifteenth consecutive game this season. No wonder the over…
Throughout history, people have developed tools and systems to augment and amplify their own capabilities. Whether the printing press or the assembly line, these innovations have allowed us to do more than we ever could alone. Jobs changed, new professions…
Research by Christina Rott, a behavioural economist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, has revealed that a message from a company’s CEO can have a compelling impact on attracting applications from minority groups. This finding is a remarkable insight into the power…
Eurostat data shows natural gas is behind 33 percent of final energy consumption in residential buildings. Most used for heating purposes, the share rises to 71 percent in the Netherlands. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, many European…
They’ve been talking about it in Brussels since 2018. A revolutionary piece of legislation: the AI Act is considered the world’s first attempt to regulate artificial intelligence in a comprehensive, ethics-based, and environmentally sustainable way. Everything looked like the Act…
India embarks on a groundbreaking journey by constructing the world’s largest renewable energy park in the Khavda desert, Gujarat. This ambitious project, costing at least $2.26 billion, will stretch over 726 square kilometers—comparable to the size of Singapore. Upon completion,…