A group of students from the Dutch city of Groningen have launched a voluntary, multi-faceted online initiative. This is aimed at helping locals and ex-pats through times of loneliness and problems associated with current social distancing measures. While the global…
A daily update suddenly makes emergencies manageable. The Jeroen Bosch Hospital in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, had to set up a corona hospital next to the regular facility in the early stages of the corona crisis. They were faced with questions like…
Each 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 Auke explains…
In the weekly ‘follow-up’ section we present a sequel to last week’s best-read article. This week it was about Swiss researchers who are developing a special blood test that can detect more than fifty different types of early onset cancer…
There are times when you all of a sudden need a lot of energy. E.g., on a ship or on a construction site. But the place you’re in is so remote, you can’t access the power grid. Now Mobiele Stroom…
Cotton cultivation is harmful to the environment and yet consumers do not want to do without it, explains chemist Filipe Natalio of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. That’s why he didn’t grow a substitute, but a truly…
Since the outbreak of the corona pandemic, research has been underway around the world to find cures and vaccines for the COVID-19 infection caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus. Hardly a day goes by without some laboratory reporting progress. Yet…
Let’s be honest. After the corona crisis, the fear of a new wave of a contagion will remain. Which means: wash your hands thoroughly, maybe say goodbye to handling cash forever, and certainly disinfect whatever you can. As long as…
The cost and risk of failure of traditional drug discovery approaches means people with rare diseases tend to be sidelined by the pharmaceutical industry who struggle to justify investment in treatments for smaller populations. This is one of the reasons…
The Dutch Technical University Delft (TU Delft) has become part of the International Universities Climate Alliance (‘Climate Alliance’ for short). The aim of this alliance is to enable research institutions to work more efficiently on solutions to problems caused by…