Medical application of extracts from alpine edelweiss has a long tradition in folk medicine. The pharmacist Hermann Stuppner from the University of Innsbruck is researching scientific evidence for their effectiveness. He has already been able to identify over sixty individual…
German professor Stefan Schneegaß from the Human Computer Interaction department at the University of Duisberg-Essen is investigating new methods whereby vibrations from the human body can be used for personal identification. There is already some interest from telecom companies, he…
World Economic Forum (WEF) asked a group of international technology experts to identify this year’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies. After soliciting nominations from additional experts around the globe, the group evaluated dozens of proposals according to a number of criteria.…
Journalist Tijs van den Boomen wrote the book Slim Zand (Smart Sand) about the expat community in Veldhoven in the province of Brabant that has sprung up over the past few decades around the foundation of ASML’ s head office.…
As long as combustion engines are available, it makes sense to optimize them as far as pollutant emissions and renewable fuels are concerned. One starting point involves using valves to supply and discharge these gases. Engine designers are specifically looking…
The Swedish start-up Einride define themselves as the intelligent transportation company. Their autonomous trucks are making the transportation of goods more intelligent, emission-free, safe, cost-effective, and ultimately more sustainable. These self-driving vehicles are fully-electric and coordinated via intelligent routing software…
When cancer cells travel through the body, metastases are often likely to develop. These metastases generally spread in two ways. They may metastasize via the lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, and blood vessels into other organs. Other cells travel directly from…
Over the past few years, there has been significant growth in the offshore wind industry. It has become larger than ever, and according to current expectations and predictions, it will keep on growing over the next 10 to 20 years.…
Everyone knows that our raw material resources, such as oil, are limited. Reason enough to think about alternatives for a wide variety of applications. The annual production of around 400 million metric tons of polymers, for example, is still extracted…
Plastic is everywhere, not just in our households. Plastic bags and bottles pollute the environment including the oceans. Just recently, a researcher discovered a plastic bag in the Mariana Trench at a depth of almost 11,000 meters. And tiny microplastic…