ReGEN Biomedical has opened a factory at Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus that makes equipment to create human tissue on a large scale. This tissue should become affordable and, thus, ultimately accessible to all patients. The Maastricht-based company automates cell and…
AMD is stepping up to challenge NVIDIA’s near monopoly in the AI market. Known for its GPU dominance, NVIDIA’s reign has been reinforced by its proprietary CUDA software and PyTorch’s growing popularity, with 92% of AI models being PyTorch exclusive.…
Intel is making waves in the technology sector, sparking a European revolution by launching its high-volume production of Intel 4 technology in Ireland. This marks the first instance of extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) used for European mass production. The move…
Exciting times are coming when space travel may become as normal as travelling by plane. With the arrival of Starship, SpaceX’s new flagship spacecraft that will take humans to Mars and eventually perhaps much further, we are cautiously beginning to…
The Covid-19 pandemic’s influence on health extends beyond the virus itself, with unexpected implications for the annual flu shot. The influenza B/Yamagata lineage, typically included in quadrivalent flu vaccines, has not been detected since March 2020, suggesting possible extinction. This…
High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE) launched 3EALITY, its Metaverse and spatial computing physical innovation hub. The announcement came during yesterday’s Immersive Tech Day, where the campus outlined its vision for 3EALITY, and eleven demo partners showcased their technologies, such as…
Dutch company Vivici is set to revolutionise the food and beverage industry with its ground-breaking animal-free protein. This innovative business, backed by powerhouses DSM and Fonterra, has successfully scaled up production of beta-lactoglobulin, a nutritious and versatile protein. Launching in…
Speed and scalability are the two main prerequisites if we want to meet our exploding data-rate needs. At the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Glasgow, a team of researchers from IDLab, an imec research group at Ghent University,…
Rong Wang, Fonger Ypma, and Milan Meyberg have advanced to the finals of the Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Award. “What a thankless task … six such good candidates and then only get to choose three,” said jury chairman Maurits Groen after…
A price war has erupted in the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) market, with Chinese manufacturers and Tesla slashing prices in an attempt to boost sales. This intense competition, particularly in China but also in South Korea, could potentially spill over…