He’s a mathematician, a chess player and the father of three children: meet Johan Kos, a principal R&D engineer principal with NLR, the Netherlands Aerospace Centre. Close on thirty years ago, he made the switch from the academic world to…
Copernicus Sentinel-5P, a collaboration between the ESA and the European Commission, has been monitoring atmospheric gases since 2017, with a particular focus on nitrogen dioxide. A recent image reveals concerning concentrations of NO2 above the UK, Belgium, and the Netherlands.…
Student team Solar Team Eindhoven from TU Eindhoven has reached the end point of their 1,000-kilometre test drive, from northern Morocco to the Sahara, with the world’s first off-road solar car Stella Terra. In Morocco, the solar car traversed dry…
In a whirlwind of changes, Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, now rebranded as X, is resphaping the social media landscape. While the new changes have raised concerns about their impact on environmental issues, there’s also hope stemming from Musk’s commitment…
Job van den Hurk is a neuroscientist and scientific director at ultra-high field MRI center Scannexus at the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus. However, he is best known as the host of the TV show Brainstorm on ZAPP. “Critical thinking should…
Report by ESA / Science & Exploration / Space Science / Gaia ESA’s Gaia mission has released a new goldmine of knowledge about our galaxy and beyond. Among other findings, the star surveyor surpasses its planned potential to reveal half a million new and faint stars in…
We already had a cow, a koala, a camel, and a Tasmanian devil. Now, a finch is joining us – and it comes from outside our galaxy. A team of astronomers led by Dutch researchers has discovered a blue flash…
Canon, a household name for its cameras, is making waves in the semiconductor industry with its newly launched FPA-1200NZ2C nanoimprint lithography system. This innovative technology is dubbed a potential game-changer, “challenging the dominance of optical lithography and offering high resolution,…
AI has finally beaten human smell. Applying machine learning to quantify, digitize, and engineer scent is now possible. Osmo AI has developed the Principal Odor Map (POM) as the olfactory version of RGB for colors. The map can predict scents…
In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there. Last month, I…