Grains, hops, and water form the basic ingredients for making beer. In addition to these, a fourth one is also essential: yeast. After the brewer has created a mixture of grains and water, yeast then comes in, transforming sugars into…
The advancement of batteries is important for the energy transition. Now, Marnix Wagemaker, Dutch professor of electrochemical energy storage, and his colleagues have increased the chaos in a battery by mixing five salts together. That chaos soon transformed into something…
In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, look back on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He picks a subject, makes a drawing, and we take it from there. A while…
The government uses a fallacy. The net metering scheme for solar panels is said to be an unfair subsidy for people who have enough money to purchase them. That is why our government wants to phase out this successful scheme…
Londoners call their metro system the Tube. That’s what most underground transport lines look like in most of the world: cavities where trains pass by with a high frequency. What about improving this concept and using a vacuum to move…
Cricket is not a major sport in the Netherlands. Yet there are more than 460 million players worldwide. In India, it is even the number one national sport. Start-up Ludimos does see the potential of this global sport. They are…
The discovery of new lithium reserves in Jammu and Kashmir could benefit the Indian economy by reducing its reliance on imported resources for electric vehicles, creating jobs in mining and manufacturing sectors, making electric vehicles more affordable for consumers through…
Modern society can no longer ignore artificial intelligence (AI). We see it used in everything, from applications in phone cameras to digital art. But AI goes beyond that. Anyone walking around Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) can get a taste of…
Fertilizer is indispensable for our food supply. However, growers worldwide still often rely on chemical variants, which are not too healthy for the soil structure and the plants. Biota Nutri wants to do things differently and produces organic fertilizers made…
Whether it concerns shipping, aerospace or agriculture & horticulture, our society cannot function without the manufacturing technology industry. That this industry is deeply rooted in South Holland will soon become obvious in March to those who visit ZIE 2023, the…