Researchers at Utrecht University (UU) in the Netherlands have made one more step towards developing a new drug to treat Parkinson’s disease. People who have this disease suffer from stiffness and sometimes make involuntary movements. They also experience increasing difficulty…
Although the overwhelming majority of oil and gas is used for energy and fuels, the process industry accounts for some 15 percent of oil and gas use, along with the accompanying CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, marvellous green initiatives which feature electrification…
German scientists are researching the impact of AI systems on socio-economic inequality in a smart city, according to last week’s best-read article. Will everyone get the same opportunities in these technology-packed, connected cities? Or do only people with access to…
Stress is one of the biggest health risks people have to contend with. But it is not always so obvious when someone is suffering from it and what form that stress takes. Up until now, it has not been possible…
Innovation Origins often focuses on the story of the starting innovator: the scientists, inventors, researchers, and entrepreneurs, preferably in a combination of all. Besides being important for the future of society, starting your own company is a great career path…
When students at the Werner von Siemens Schule in Mannheim, Germany return to school next week, they will be the first to have a detector in their classroom that measures the amount of aerosols in the air. The Proxi Cube,…
Snow fell in southern Limburg a few weeks ago, but not in the rest of the Netherlands. It became a bona fide tourist attraction. Traffic jams lined the roads in the direction of the snow; parking attendants had their hands…
It took a while, but work is now underway to develop an innovative cell therapy for severe ischemic heart disease, which includes chronic pectoris. In 2017, the Centro Cardiologico Monzino and the University of Milan jointly patented a new therapeutic…
Three students from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands came up with a beer machine one evening when they were having a bit of a laugh. It’s a vending machine that taps a lot of perfect beers very…
Cookie Monster from Sesame Street is getting some competition. He is famous for his voracious appetite for cookies -and basically everything else – but smog is a bridge too far for him. 3 months time, 4 buses will filter a…