That we are all emitting too many greenhouse gases is indisputable. How much exactly, that remains an estimate. But that is about to change. By 2027, Europe will have a super accurate “climate camera” called TANGO, which is being developed…
The Dutch government announced a €160,5 million grant awarded to seven top-tier research consortia under the Gravitation program. This investment aims to propel the Netherlands to the forefront of global research over the next decade. From exploring plant mechanics to…
Dutch startup Thorizon has been included in the French government’s nuclear innovation program called France 2030. With the subsidy, Thorizon intends to accelerate its ambition to develop a small modular reactor based on molten salt, using nuclear waste from conventional…
The construction industry is working towards a clean, circular, and future-proof living environment and sector. Both clients and construction companies have to innovate, but they will only succeed in a safe, collaborative culture. “There will always be early adopters, who will…
The academic career of Austrian Simon Gröblacher, who has now lived in the Netherlands for almost ten years, is impressive. As a Ph.D. student, he was part of the research group of physicist and Nobel laureate Anton Zeilinger at the…
No unnecessary infant mortality and access to health care for 100 million people by 2030. These are the goals that general practitioner and tropical doctor Niek Versteegde has set for himself with the start-up GOAL 3. The start-up, which emerged…
More than 150,000 patients worldwide are treated for aortic aneurysms each year. Over 10 percent of all aortic aneurysms previously treated with stent grafts experience leakage and further growth of the aneurysm. There are currently no effective treatments for these.…
In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, reflect on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there. “You’ll find that…
Technology developer and manufacturer Demcon and TNO delivered the first Laser Projection System last week. The destination is the European Southern Observatory (ESO), where TNO and ESO will test the system. Demcon company Focal and TNO will build nine systems…
Tesla launched the OTA update. Updates for cars? What did the long-gone BMW Board Member for Development Klaus Fröhlich say back in 2019? Cars are not iPhones on wheels. Well, yes. Tesla’s update policy is based on the update policy…