The University of Twente will lead a new Horizon Europe project called AGRI-COOL, which aims to enhance the quality of life for African communities. By creating a containerized food storage and cooling solution, the project targets sub-Saharan Africa, where limited…
Each week in our Sunday newsletter, we look back on the past seven days. Regarding content, we always do so at the initiative of our cartoonist, Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it…
At the opening of the AI exhibition at the Philips Museum, director Olga Coolen also announced a new direction for her institute. A strengthening of the educational role is central to this. “We also want to be a living room…
Royal Cosun, Lagemaat Sloopwerken, and Fairphone won the Koning Willem I Prize 2024 this evening. They received the ‘Oscar’ of Dutch business from the hands of honorary president Queen Máxima and chairman and president of De Nederlandsche Bank, Klaas Knot.…
The Dutch Climate Research Initiative (KIN) has launched its first work program to accelerate climate transitions in urban neighborhoods. Founded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the program takes an inclusive…
Soon, AI will help us develop new plant varieties. Researchers at Wageningen University are pioneering AI to unlock the secrets of non-coding genes in plants. Led by Michael Schon, this cutting-edge work aims to develop new plant varieties with enhanced…
Microrobots that swim through blood vessels, organs on a chip, and diagnostics with artificial intelligence are just a few examples of how modern technology and healthcare are becoming increasingly intertwined. In the quest for better care solutions, the University of…
A special liquid from UPyTher that can release controlled and localized chemo gel. Solarbrixs’ vertical solar panels that (soon) will be indistinguishable from a brick wall. Or the mattress with pressure sensing system from Luxisens, which measures the breathing (and in…
1. ASML’s epicenter expansion Tech titan ASML is set to revolutionize Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) with an expansion that could welcome 20,000 new jobs, fuelling the region’s high-tech ecosystem. Amidst the burgeoning innovation at BIC, a tech haven where the…
For many years now, we became acquainted with using recycled paper and buying notebooks, napkins or toilet paper made out of it. Now Wageningen University and Research (WUR) scientists are pioneering a sustainable paper alternative, crafting paper and cardboard from…