We are contending with a rise in sea levels. As a Delta country, the Netherlands is tasked with the major chore of reinforcing as many as 1,500 kilometers of dikes over the next few years. In Groningen, construction consortium EcoShape…
The agricultural sector is struggling as fewer and fewer people want to work in this sector, which means that agriculture and horticulture have to consider automation. An increasing number of robots in the agricultural sector are equipped with VBTI’s technology.…
Anyone who develops a food allergy as an adult is often out of luck: you can’t get rid of it. With young children, however, it is a different story. A food allergy can disappear on its own in some cases,…
When buying groceries nowadays, you stumble across many bottles, containers, or tubs with a stamp saying, “Made with recycled plastics.” Conversely, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), only 9 percent of plastic is…
Although the technology is enormously complex, it is not difficult to explain what Cellcius, a startup that originated at Eindhoven University of Technology and TNO, aims to do. This battery collects waste heat in one place, stores it in a…
The hurricane that swept over Florida last week, the summer drought in Europe, floods in Pakistan, forest fires and the melting of glaciers in the Alps: these were all topics that came up last week at the 12th ExtremWetterKongress in…
Manufacturers of products that make use of artificial intelligence are liable for any eventual damage at all times. In an effort to provide users’ rights with better protection, the European Commission is tightening the AI Liability Directive. This summer, the…
Government, media, and the energy industry publish fake news about renewable energy. The planned 21-gigawatt offshore wind power in 2030 is said to be 75 percent of the Dutch electricity consumption. That is true assuming that all this wind power…
Forests are the Earth’s leading ‘carbon sinks’. They absorb CO2, and that’s a good thing. Contrary to what we previously thought, there is quite a difference between one forest and another. According to researchers at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), it…
Our global economy is amid a disruptive shift catalyzed by Covid-19, the Ukraine War, inflation, sanctions, and the imminent rise of China as the world’s largest economy. All eyes are currently on China’s 20th Party Congress in October regarding how…