Their dream is to make solar-powered transportation available to everyone. Solar cars do not have to be expensive. That is the idea behind Squad Mobility. In September, the Dutch start-up from Breda will present its first Solar City Car. At…
For the first time in perhaps 2,300 years of museum history, visitors are being viewed rather than (just) the artworks being exhibited. The ‘Collezioni comunali d’arte’, a municipal museum in the Italian city of Bologna, is conducting a test to…
An old Dutch saying goes like this: ‘Bitter in de mond, maakt het hart gezond’, i.e. ‘bitter in the mouth, makes the heart healthy.’ Interestingly enough, it turns out to be true. European researchers have discovered that the bitter substances…
Circularity is becoming increasingly more important. Certain raw materials for manufacturing products, such as precious metals, are running out. In the future, we will not simply throw products away, but reuse these materials to make new products. This forms the…
Electric trucks are the future. Not a particularly surprising statement from Auke. He’s been saying this for years. And given the latest developments in the world of transport, he might well be proven right. Last month Volkswagen opened a factory…
Concrete is considered an environmentally unfriendly building material. Since in many cases there is no viable alternative, scientists from Austria have come up with something else. They have developed a concrete that produces a quarter less CO₂ during production. In…
Every year, millions of animals have to suffer or even lose their lives in medical research. In Germany, the number is about 2.7 million; in Europe, about 12 million animals such as mice, rats, birds, rabbits, dogs, monkeys, horses and…
On the coast of the province of Groningen in The Netherlands, an innovative solution is being worked on in order to reinforce the sea dikes along the Eems Dollard Region. The Dubbele Dijk project will not only make the dike…
Several international studies on Parkinson’s disease are starting in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. For example, via the Michael J. Fox Foundation (the American actor known for Back to the Future, among other works), it is investigating whether patients would benefit from…
Energy generated from hydropower is considered renewable and thus environmentally friendly – and is also becoming increasingly important. In Europe, almost 650 TWh of energy is currently generated annually by hydropower, and yet this way of generating electricity is not…