Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands have built a small plasma reactor that makes liquid nitrogen-based fertilizer using only sun, water and air. The aim is for farmers in developing countries in particular to benefit from…
Despite the rollout of mass vaccination campaigns, widespread easing of restrictions in Europe appears to be largely out of the question for the time being. Vaccination in the EU is still taking place at a slower pace than elsewhere. The…
Garden centers extol the butterfly plant Apios Americana because it smells so wonderful. But that it was once an important food source for Native American tribes is much less well known. According to researchers from the Rowett Institute at the…
Three-dimensional imaging techniques are nothing new in medicine. They are familiar from conventional clinically-used computed tomography (CT). However, these images are still quite far from “normal” high-resolution images. Researchers at the Hannover Medical School (MHH), Mainz University Medical Center and…
One of the problems facing politicians on all active levels – European, national and municipal – is that they are not always able to sell the energy transition as a good thing. In The Netherlands, they came up with a…
Starting your own business is a grand accomplishment, and it’s something that brings with it a heavyweight of responsibility, especially once your staff is growing. That being said, it really isn’t something that should intimidate you because if you have…
A trip to Mars takes about nine months with current spacecraft. That means astronauts would have to spend a long time on the Red Planet after landing. Supplying them there with life-sustaining consumables is not easy, however, because in addition…
Now that we are much more than normally confined to our homes, you would expect us to be on the road a lot less. But once again it turns out that a human is naturally inclined to spend more than…
The immune system is actually supposed to fight viruses with antiviral messengers. This includes the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most of the time this works and people who have been infected get well on their own. Some do not even have symptoms,…
Ever thought about why lightning happens? It’s one of the ways Mother Nature nourishes plants, trees and forests. The Eindhoven-based company VitalFluid has mimicked that process. By simulating the effect of one of these lightning bolts, it is now possible…