The universities of Oxford (UK) and Utrecht (the Netherlands) have made a new discovery in their research into liquid crystals that may help to create far better and sharper LCD displays in the future. Both universities announced this last Friday…
My Apple Watch alerts me when I fail to wash my hands long enough. It can also remind me that when I get home that I have to wash my hands. The sound of the running water and the movement…
The Greenland Ice Sheet recorded a new record mass loss in 2019. A team of international polar researches came to this conclusion in Nature Communications Earth & Environment by evaluating satellite observations and data from computer models. In State of…
Researchers have traditionally relied on results from experiments carried out on lab mice. Since they are born and bred in controlled conditions, the results from these experiments are ideal in the sense that they are verifiable and replicable. But it…
Inner-city traffic is far from optimal. There are a lot of congestion-related costs that cannot be remedied other than by building more infrastructure. But this is not welcome since issues such as air pollution, noise levels, and perceived unsafe conditions…
The first quantum network in the Netherlands will be released around the turn of the year. A so-called quantum link (Q-link) will be established between the Dutch cities of Delft and The Hague, which will enable two quantum systems to…
The COVID-19 crisis has caused serious downturns in the chip industry around the globe. But “semiconductor companies that begin revising their long-term strategies now may emerge stronger in the next normal”, McKinsey concludes in a report on the future of…
TouchWind is developing a wind turbine for offshore installation that is not anchored in the ground with a mast but floats on the sea atop a cylindrical structure. The floating platform which the turbine is mounted on is anchored to…
Corona patients with severe oxygen deficiency react positively to treatment with icatibant. A study by Radboudumc now results in follow-up research in ten Dutch hospitals into the effect of a drug that may be even more effective. We wrote before…
Wastefront AS, an Oslo based waste tire recycling company, has chosen Port of Sunderland for the construction of its first plant. On completion in 2022, it is said to be the greenest waste tire recycling plant in the UK. Alternative…