Researchers confirm human-made climate change is causing the Earth’s surface to warm while the upper atmosphere cools dramatically. This atmospheric paradox raises concerns for orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather patterns. NASA’s interest in the upper atmosphere stems…
Football is playing a pivotal role in empowering girls and women, breaking gender barriers, and improving self-esteem worldwide. In Ethiopia, football clubs and physical activity programs supported by organizations like Children Believe challenge patriarchal society and reshape gender norms. Initiatives…
A resurgence in regional air mobility (RAM) could revolutionize short-haul travel, driven by innovative technology, sustainability focus, frustration with existing transport options, and the emergence of mobility-as-a-service. Research by McKinsey Aerospace & Defense shows that the RAM passengers market potential…
The ‘Koelhuis District’ was recently launched in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Yet another new cultural ‘District’ for the Technique, Design, and Knowledge (TDK) community. This time it was conceived around the redevelopment of a former Koelhuis, which is being unlocked as…
In the world of Industry 4.0, all kinds of production processes are interconnected. The maintenance department receives a signal that a part needs to be replaced, even before it breaks down. The various machines in a production process are finely…
Sharing knowledge to develop new technologies together. That was why Mikrocentrum‘s High Tech Platform (HTP) was founded forty years ago. About 170 precision manufacturing companies from small and medium-sized enterprises joined. Forty years later, the network has 550 members. And…
The French government has presented two lithium battery recycling projects funded under France 2030. This is reported by the Dutch embassy in Paris on its website NL in France. The start-up MeCaWaRe is to install a pilot line at the…
A consortium of six Dutch organizations has developed and built an electric powertrain for trailers under the project name yDrive (pronounced Why Drive) and will soon start testing and demonstrating it. Equipping trailers with this technology transforms any fuel truck…
We can quickly call it the most significant energy transition challenge: the storage and transportation of green energy. The Netherlands is fully committed to wind and solar power, but the electricity grid needs to be fixed. With numerous projects, European…
Johannes Berger was 14 when he first came into contact with programming at school. At the time he bought a book to learn more about it. But the book didn’t make it any easier to get into the subject. Later…