It hasn’t saved the climate right away, but politicians in Brussels have at least achieved their own goal of agreeing on most of the climate laws proposed last year by European Commissioner Frans Timmermans before the start of the summer…
“The first slight heatwave is now behind us and the cooling system worked extremely well,” says Antoine Post enthusiastically. When we spoke to him at the beginning of the year, he was still getting used to living in his own…
It will be some time before road and water transport in Europe runs entirely on sustainable fuels or electricity. To bridge the transition period from fossil to sustainable freight transport, fuel producer Eco Fuels in Eemshaven has developed a procedure:…
It’s easy to look towards the sky on a clear night and imagine an infinite and disorganized expanse of galaxies and rock. Putting order to such an unimaginably large space would be a daunting task for anyone, but a small…
There is no consensus on what circularity means, which can slow down the transition to a circular economy, PhD research by Rachel Greer shows. Also, the focus is often on ‘flashy’ innovations whereas phasing out waste gets less attention. “To…
Just like artisans who work with wood or iron, orthopedists are also skilled craftspeople. They also share some of the tools with the master artists who sculpt stone and wood. However, the focus of their work has always been to…
After winning the Dutch Higher Education Award last year, TU/e innovation Space today ended first in the European contest ‘Innovation and Collaboration Space of the Year’. In the finale, during the ACEEU (Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities) Stakeholders Forum in Florence,…
The vast majority of Dutch people (83%) would like to spend more time in nature. But in practice, this is easier said than done. With the plant wall and special lamp from the Norwegian start-up Skogluft, you no longer have…
The technology behind breast cancer lymphedema treatment in clinics has not been updated for a long time. This has made people, suffering from it, experience uncomfortable situations. They have to sit for hours waiting for the current equipment to squeeze…
A crisis such as COVID-19 calls for robust measures. The European Commission created the Recovery and Resilience Facility, which is comprised of over € 723.8 billion in grants and loans. To claim a share of this budget, member states had…