Faster, lighter, more durable, and, at the end of the day, also much cheaper: the benefits of photonic circuits are considerable, for a wide range of applications. And the Netherlands plays an important role, globally, in the development and application…
How can innovation help make the EU less vulnerable when food supplies are in imminent danger? The war in Ukraine, Europe’s granary, has made this question more topical than ever. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24th led not only…
For centuries, farmers have relied on pesticides to keep plants healthy and increase the capacity of their food production. However, the use of too many chemical pesticides causes environmental pollution and they are not always beneficial to health. BioMosae is…
This week, Auke is once again getting “old-fashioned” angry. He disagrees with the statements of Oliver Zipse, the CEO of BMW. What did the director of the German car brand have to say? That 2035 is too soon for the…
Professional football eagerly anticipates innovations, as they can pave the way for new victories. For example, elite athletes use data and algorithms for a multitude of purposes, such as tracking performance during training sessions and matches. PSV Eindhoven – one…
“Lots of blah, blah, but not enough action.” This statement by Professor Mariana Mazucatto of University College London summarizes in a nutshell what the common thread was during the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue held Tuesday and Wednesday. The economics professor…
It seems like one of the most obvious solutions to the emissions problem: hop on your bike! Yet only 9 of the 26 member states have a serious approach to this in their corona recovery plan. Take Belgium, for example.…
Personnel and job planning in clinics is complex and ties up considerable human resources. Founder Lisa Holzgruber knows this from her own experience. She was responsible for physician training management and physician rotation planning for a Viennese hospital group. Since…
A consortium of nine partners is joining forces to boost the development of clean hydrogen innovation, demonstration, and knowledge sharing in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine, as a first step toward the large-scale roll-out of a clean hydrogen economy. The working area…
Anyone who hands in a few used plastic PET bottles at the collection machine in a supermarket might easily think that we in the Netherlands are doing well when it comes to recycling plastics. That falls short in practice, because…