The standard therapy for cancer is radio- or chemotherapy. However, these are by no means effective for everyone and have numerous undesirable and stressful side effects. The reason: they attack not only the diseased cells but the entire organism. It…
The smartphone has become an important part of our work and daily life. However, the flat screen of a smartphone is difficult for the blind and visually impaired to operate. Millions of people around the world feel less involved in…
The German architect Oliver von Malm developed a construction system that enables the residents of the Kibera slum in Nairobi to build and dismantle their houses much like Lego. Heat of up to 50 degrees Celius indoors along with poor…
How will robots change the world? A frequently asked and as yet unanswered question. After all, we do not have a crystal ball. What we do know is that digitalization and automation have changed the world enormously in recent decades.…
The Zurich-based start-up company in the automotive industry, Piëch Automotive AG, has appointed a number of executives who have been headhunted away from the competition. Matthias Müller, the former CEO of Porsche and Volkswagen, has been made the new CEO.…
A microscopic swimming robot that draws its energy from a solar cell with an integrated battery. This is a project that a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for intelligent systems (Germany) is working on. According to the…
No matter if you call it a second wave or an autumn wave, it has started. And not too sparingly either. The weekly maps of Europe show only one corona trend: Rising infection rates in almost all countries. Six countries…
The universities of Mainz (Germany) and Uppsala (Sweden) are working independently on a drug against the COVID-19 virus. In Mainz, this is what is known as a prophylaxis, which offers protection against the coronavirus. In the case of the Swedes,…
Half of the total Dutch production value in Life Sciences & Health (around ten billion euros) is accounted for by the province of North Brabant, a recent report commissioned by the Brabant Development Fund BOM showed. MedTech, and Biotech, in…
More than 1 million houses in the Netherlands now have solar panels on their roofs, according to research by Dutch New Energy. But the business community has not been idle either. Figures from CBS Statistics Netherlands show that in 2019…