Almost half of the 100 most innovative companies on earth comes from Asia. Japan is the top country with 39 entries; Korea, Taiwan and China each have 3. Europe in total has 19 companies on the list, with France (7…
Multiple Sclerosis is one of the most common inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system. More than 200,000 patients live with the disease in Germany. As the team led by Professor Martin Kerschensteiner, Director of the Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology…
You can hear many people say it when it comes to privacy: “I allow them to know everything, I have nothing to hide”. I’m waiting for a TV format where we’ll first screen the people who think like this and…
Our article about Schrödinger’s cat – a 1935 thought experiment by physicist Erwin Schrödinger – was one of the best read pieces of the past week. Cartoonist Albert-Jan Rasker has his own view.
Last week we shared with you our last interview in the series Internationals in Eindhoven. After two years every week a story, it is now time for us to wrap it up. In January 2017 we started our search for…
The Hollywood production Black Panther received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Film and seven other categories. Including Best Costume Design. The costume of the leading actress Queen Ramona was made with a 3D printer. It was designed by Julia…
For centuries, babies have been soothed by rhythmic, rocking movements and it usually doesn’t take too long for the little ones to close their eyes and fall asleep. And if you then place them in a cradle, they will slumber…
Together with six partners, The Eindhoven University of Technology will develop a nervous-system-on-a-chip. This will enable medicines to be tested accurately and will eliminate the need to test on animals. The project is supported by the EU with a grant…
Thermo Fisher Scientific has enabled several Noble prizes with its high tech electron microscopes. With the acquisition of FEI in 2016 (for which it paid 4.2 billion dollars) and Phenom-World in 2018, Thermo Fisher strengthened its position as the world’s number one…
The Brightlands Campus Greenport has opened two new facilities on tuesday: the Nutritional Concepts Lab – the facility for the test and production of healthy food and Box-in-Boxes – new office space in Brightlands Campus Greenport. Nutritional Concepts Lab “It’s…