More and more people are eating plant-based products. For many people, contributing to a more sustainable world is an important reason for choosing this option. It is not only a matter of eating less meat, but also about cutting down…
We aren’t too fond of blue-green algae. They do color the water a beautiful opal or emerald. But they can make you pretty sick if you go swimming in them. It turns out these summer fun-killers have a very useful…
Brabant is famous all over the world for its high-tech manufacturing companies. It is precisely this position that could make the province a top player in the field of maintenance, an essential part of a properly functioning high-tech ecosystem. Roughly…
Today, just under 12 million people around the world can call themselves ‘fully vaccinated’ after being vaccinated against Covid-19 twice. Approximately two-thirds of these lucky recipients live in the United States or Israel. The backlog among EU Member States is…
Viruses have a much harder time reproducing in the summer. This is nothing new. However, while it was previously assumed that this was due to higher temperatures, UV radiation is now increasingly coming into focus. The Tübingen scientists HHN professor…
Thanks to Philips, the Dutch city of Eindhoven has traditionally been home to many international employees. Corona or no corona, the need for international tech talent remains. And so the municipality and the companies in the Brainport region are doing…
In developing countries, a lot of babies die from easily treatable diseases like dehydration and pneumonia. The equipment available in African hospitals often fails to work properly and there are far fewer nurses than what we are used to here…
Children who hold their parents accountable for their use of plastic or who consciously take shorter showers themselves. These are the great results that student team Team Energy was able to achieve last year. The team organizes events to inform…
There seems to be increasing support for making car costs more variable, the much talked about road pricing. Or, more nicely put: paying according to use. The idea is that you don’t pay things like motor vehicle tax every quarter,…
In the run-up to the discussions at the Catshuis (the Dutch Prime Minister’s official residence) on Sunday, outgoing Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra was able to hand out a wee gift last Friday. After weeks of tremendous stress due to home education, parents…