“Our professional field is constantly evolving,” says Professor Carroll Webers. He is head of the University Clinic for Ophthalmology at Maastricht UMC+ in the Netherlands, where he started in 1993 as an ophthalmologist with glaucoma (high eye pressure) as a…
The last months the hustle and bustle of train station reduced, the noise of people talking, the repeating announcements, warning for a train approaching, reminding us to “mind the gap” while getting onboard. Trains that take us to new worlds,…
The Dutch province of Brabant is one of the most innovative regions in Europe. Here women and men work in laboratories and test facilities on the technology of the future. Yet the ‘time-to-market’ for new products is becoming ever shorter…
From Iran via Japan and the US to the Netherlands: Helen Kardan’s career spans practically half the world. For Kardan, who was born in Iran and works as Senior Manager Strategic Development at the international chip machine manufacturer ASML, diversity…
The use of purpose-built underground irrigation systems reduces freshwater consumption by the Dutch agricultural sector by as much as 25%. This is evident from research by the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht and KWR Water. These types of systems make…
Virtually all suppliers for the business market – and certainly the office sector – can talk about it: because of the Corona measures, a large part of the business activity has come to a standstill. This also applied to De…
“There’s a lot of physical movement in the city every day, it’s a shame not to harness that human force,” says Sidharth Suri, chair of the Nano student team. Electricity from the movements of people could be used for street…
The report of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) not only reveals what is going wrong in terms of climate change, endangered animals, and our wildlife. The research also shows how things can be improved. Much to the delight of Auke.…
The corona vaccine will not be available for a while yet. At the moment there are 9 vaccines worldwide that have reached the clinical research stage (phase 3). Yesterday, the Janssen pharmaceutical company announced that it will now start trials…
In order to be able to meet the climate targets, the entire transport sector must focus on what are known as e-fuels. This is the only way to achieve the climate targets. That is the opinion of the Dutch TNO…