With today’s inauguration of a floating dam, the constant flooding of Venice’s historic city center should come to an end. It was nine o’clock in the evening on 12 November 2019 when the municipality staff of Venice’s Tidal Forecasting and…
The older we get, the more we suffer from debilitating conditions: a weak heart, stiff limbs, memory loss, you name it. One of the most distressing ailments of old age is undoubtedly Alzheimer’s disease. The exact cause of this brain…
The coronavirus has once again hit horticulturists where it hurts. ‘How do I find enough staff to pick all my fruit and vegetables?’ There are hardly any people left in Western Europe who want to do this work for a…
The shutdown brought entire branches of industry to a standstill. The design industry was also faced with the situation of not being systemically relevant. One of the first who knew how to contribute to containing the pandemic was the architect…
People who are seriously ill with COVID-19 often require artificial respiration. Even for long periods of time. This can eventually cause patients to have difficulty breathing on their own. At the University Greifswald Medical Center in Germany, a special therapy…
[UPDATE] Over the past year, numerous interesting start-ups have been presented here. That is why we will be reviewing a number of successful young businesses here over the next few weeks. And of course, we have asked them to tell…
A trip planning that takes the actual age of a car battery into account has a positive impact on the ultimate lifespan of that battery. The results of Fleetlife, a joint feasibility study of TNO and Amber, give leasing companies…
Because of the Paris Climate Agreement, municipalities must halve their CO2 emissions over the next ten years. To achieve this, sustainable investments are needed. Sometimes this goes wrong, like this spring in Rotterdam. This is part two of a two-part…
The older a person gets, the more susceptible they are to disease. Relatively few people are fortunate enough to be able to stay healthy and fit into old age. In general, frailty and weakened immune systems go hand in hand…
Every other week we take a look with EV specialist and Innovation Origins columnist Auke Hoekstra at what caught his eye on topical issues or what he runs into where the preservation of our planet is concerned. This week he…