A new 20-meter high and 3.5-kilometer wide sea dike, to be constructed 25 kilometers from the existing coastline, is considered a realistic scenario that could protect the Netherlands from rising sea levels. According to engineers who are involved in discussing…
The traffic in hard drugs by mail is growing and gives the Netherlands an increasingly bad reputation internationally. Every month, Dutch dealers send an estimated 9,000 parcels containing coke, XTC, speed or crystal meth to foreign countries. This is what…
The Technology company Lightyear from Helmond (the Netherlands) has secured two new partners with BOM Brabant Ventures and Sioux Technologies. Lightyear develops electric cars with an energy-efficient design and integrated solar panels. Depending on the weather conditions, drivers can drive…
By Michiel Verplancke. Fifteen international partners have joined forces to develop an exoskeleton for children with cerebral palsy. The complex skeleton will help them learn to take steps and learn how to walk. Until now, these kinds of exoskeletons only…
“Running a start-up is like an express train that never stops. You work from milestone to milestone and do everything you can to keep on growing.” Victor Donker, the co-founder of Usono, looks back with satisfaction on the early years…
The doping drug EPO seems to ease severe corona cases. This is what researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen, Germany, have now discovered. The drug that was originally intended as a cure for anemia might…
The development of a revolutionary lithium-ion battery with a high capacity and fast charging time is a step closer thanks to financial support from the Dutch Province of North Brabant, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK), and the…
Jambiani, Zanzibar. Around 700 children from two local schools cleaned up the village and collected 57 garbage bags. Świdnica, Poland. Waldemar Woźniak, a retired postman, cleaned up the local river and collected 2000 garbage bags. There is also Zsuzsanna Ferrao’s…
For some, it is an outright disaster. While for others, it’s hard to imagine anything else. Working from home. The latter group seems to be in the majority among homeworkers. Some 53% are positive about this and 49% want to…
A world without lithium is inconceivable in the 21st century. Mobile phones, electric cars, data storage. Lithium is essential for those batteries that power these devices. Millions of tons are extracted every year in Africa, Australia, and South America. However,…