Last June in an open letter, a number of American mathematicians issued a plea not to cooperate with the police. Among other things, they criticized predictive policing and facial recognition, as the data used to train AI systems is often…
Even before the sweltering summer heat set in, the European Parliament was already on fire. One day after the emergency European summit held in July, the various political factions were already heatedly debating the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) that the…
The climate is changing and we are all going to notice the consequences, all over the world. There are plenty of plans to prepare for this or even to reverse the process. But as an alderman for a medium-sized city…
Intravacc and Celonic Group will further design, develop, and produce a Covid-19 vaccine based on an immunogenic Spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2. The product is combined with Intravacc’s proprietary Outer Membrane Vesicle (OMV) technology. Intravacc is a global leader in translational…
When physicist Hans de Neve was still working at TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research), he, just like all the other employees, had the opportunity once a year to work out an idea that was perhaps not immediately…
With an investment of over €2.2 million, six projects with potential impacts on society and the economy are given the opportunity to grow within Eindhoven Engine. Together, these projects represent an investment of €16.8 million, Eindhoven Engine says. The €2.2M…
By 2023, the new wind farm off the coast of Egmond aan Zee should be fully operational and soon after that, it could supply green electricity to a million Dutch people. This is possible thanks to the combined capacity of…
Doing up to thousands of spaceflights with just one aircraft: that is the goal for the Mk-II Aurora of Dawn Aerospace, a start-up company located both in Delft, the Netherlands, and in Christchurch, New Zealand. “That means we don’t need…
This week, the independent Dutch research institute TNO based in Delft has made an important contribution to the so-called Sentinel-5 satellite, which is being designed to better map air pollution and greenhouse gases. TNO’s contribution consists of two essential subsystems…
Despite the corona crisis, venture capitalists continue to invest heavily in European start-ups. In the first six months of this year, according to calculations by KPMG, an amount of $19.9 billion was invested in start-ups. That is $1.1 billion more…