It depends a bit on which study you pick up, but on average, the success rate of a start-up is estimated at about 20%. So eight out of ten start-ups fail. In some categories, such as deeptech and MedTech, the…
The contrast is stark: next to the brand-new ELEO factory stands Lightyear’s ailing factory. The companies have many similarities. Both are spin-offs from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), both once started out as student teams. Lightyear with electric cars,…
Many types of cancer have become increasingly treatable over the years. But sadly, the survival rate of the most aggressive type of brain cancer, glioblastoma, remains low. Two years after diagnosis, only 20 percent of the patients are still alive.…
In the Netherlands, that stagnation already began in 2015. “We still have the same added value per worked hour as seven years ago. If you look at the rest of Europe, only Italy is doing worse. There, productivity per hour…
The aim of the Dutch government is to build one million additional homes within ten years. A great ambition for which start-up OMRT thinks it has the solution. According to co-founder Andreja Andrejević, we should not build more but make…
For many of us, drones are primarily toys. But they are able to do more and more. Civilian drones are increasingly taking on real tasks like transporting blood or medicine, inspecting railroad embankments, bridges, or industrial plants for damage, or…
“Whenever my friends wanted to visit me – I live in Trentino Alto Adige, Italy – I used to spend hours checking all the mountain routes to hike. I did not want to make a fool out of myself. I…
Wildfires in the Netherlands will become more intense in the coming years and sometimes even unextinguishable, experts from KNMI, Wageningen University, VU University Amsterdam, Deltares, and the Netherlands Institute for Public Security (NIPV) warn in a study. Fortunately, many companies…
It is very important that people with dementia remain part of society as much as possible. This is shown by a German study (in German). The scientists drew the conclusion that dementia patients who are cared for in their familiar…
You have probably heard that argan oil and olive oil are good for your hair. But did you know that coffee oil, an ingredient extracted from coffee grounds, is also moisturizing and nourishing? It is one of the components that…