Traditionally, water is disinfected with chlorine and UV rays. Ozone, which also kills germs, has so far only been used as an oxidant in large water treatment plants. Ozone dissolved in water has clear advantages in disinfection over conventional methods…
A Spanish institute has patented an enzyme that reduces the use of chemical products during paper production, such as chlorine dioxide. This technology provides a more environmentally friendly alternative to an industry that was once known to be highly pollutant. …
Hereditary retinopathy pigmentosa (RP) usually occurs between the third and fifth decade of life and not infrequently leads to blindness. In Germany, about 30,000 to 40,000 people suffer from this disease. Worldwide, around three million people suffer from this ailment.…
It may look like putty, this new ‘POWERPASTE’ from the Dresden-based Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Germany. But in reality, it is an energy cream that binds ordinarily gaseous hydrogen to solid materials. This makes…
Flying taxis and cargo drones are a hot topic among urban and industry designers. A lot of countries would like to be the first to offer these kinds of services, and it looks like the British city of Coventry is…
Designing a face mask that can be used several times and doesn’t end up as litter on the street – that was Joop van den Heuvel’s idea back in March 2020. Van den Heuvel is known, among other things, as…
We are still at the beginning of the acceleration phase, states Donald van den Akker, theme coordinator for sustainable development at the Dutch knowledge and network organization Platform 31.. “Fifty years ago, we were already aware that climate change was…
The Netherlands is working hard to provide enough affordable housing for everyone. The government is deploying a wide range of measures to achieve this. But does it have adequate control over how much is being built, what is being built,…
A small incision in the groin, a special tube that is guided through the blood vessels towards the heart and a pump that sucks out (aspirates) the blood clot. That, in a nutshell, is the method used this month by…
That salt extraction from seawater is still in existence is a minor miracle. Nowadays salt is pumped up from the ground (in the Netherlands). But salt extraction, the harvesting of salt from seawater, is something that was done centuries ago.…