We are living in pretty disruptive times. What was considered normal and a matter of course just a few weeks ago, no longer applies today. COVID-19 or Corona has turned upside down our many familiar routines and just about everything…
Clean medical equipment in just 60 seconds? UV Smart does it with UV light. The start-up from Delft in The Netherlands has demonstrated in various studies how their cleaning equipment works and is now in the final phase of obtaining…
The Technical University of Graz (TU Graz, Austria) has designed a new type of 3D metal printer that utilizes LED light instead of a laser. The main advantage is that parts can be manufactured much faster. This means that the…
CC Diagnostics is developing a new test for cervical cancer. If it is up to the start-up, unnecessarily painful tests such as pap smears and biopsies will be a thing of the past. Women can fully participate in the population…
The Province of North Holland commissioned a study into the construction of a pipeline network that will enable the ultra-fast Hyperloop to glide from Amsterdam to neighboring European cities. The network that was looked at has five routes that should…
People living in areas where air pollution is 20% higher than the standard are twice as susceptible to infection with the Coronavirus, a new study by the World Bank claims. The study investigates the relationship between exposure to particulate matter…
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…
At the earliest, a vaccine against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 should be available by next year. At least that’s what medical experts say. However, that’s only if everything goes well. That’s because it normally takes up to 15 years from…
Detecting prostate cancer with new ultrasound imaging technology. Angiogenesis Analytics, a spin-off from the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e), wants to bring this method of diagnosis to the market within four years. Annually, 1.5 million men worldwide undergo the diagnostic…
Two major challenges await us in the future. Actually, they have been with us for a long time already. We produce too much waste. While we need more and more energy. The Aachen start-up AES – Autonomous Energy Systems has…