The mobility of the future has to become more environmentally friendly. And we have to move away from fossil fuels and environmentally harmful emissions. Research is heading in different directions: Synthetic fuels from renewable sources, electricity, and hydrogen. Low-emission engines…
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 the first of a two-part…
AI has become an indispensable part of our lives and is helping to determine the future. For example in the development of self-driving cars, autonomous robot systems, new materials, improving climate models, or optimizing energy systems. Or in the fight…
Animals can feel an earthquake coming. For years it was doubted whether that was possible. In an international study it has now been established that cows, sheep and dogs actually show remarkably restless behavior a few hours before a quake.…
An Italian-American investigation has revealed the secret of domes built without the use of formwork or scaffolding. This science can be very useful for modern applications. Now that the secret of building scale structures has been uncovered, a new world…
Platelets appear to be indispensable in the protection of our respiratory tract against pathogens, such as the coronavirus. Until now, physicians thought they only played a role in blood coagulation and the development of thrombosis. Researchers from Utrecht University, UMC…
In the weekly Follow-up section, we provide a sequel to our best-read stories. This week it was the story about an economic recovery program from a group of German, Austrian and French economists. They advocate, among other things, for a…
With what has turned out to be another dry year so far, it seems that the water reservoir as a solution is more topical than ever. There are plenty of opportunities to store water deep in the ground that can…
Over the past few weeks, you could smell it on a regular basis. The lovely smell of a heavy downpour after a warm sultry day. Australian scientists once named this smell petrichor, derived from Greek, where petra stands for stone…
While sea levels are slowly rising at present, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) predicts that the tempo will accelerate from 2050 onwards and that this will have serious consequences. The journal Nature Communications published a study that maps…