What if you could calmly think about how research funding should be allocated, without the looming threat of budget cuts? Scientists wish for less competition, as revealed by a study conducted by The Young Academy.
Delft-based startup Oasys Now wants to enable personalised healthcare and empower patients to take control of their own data. With the grand prize of €1 million, they intend to continue developing their system for patient data management.
Random subjects, bad presentations – copycat conferences are the latest way in which rogue companies try to get money from academics. Like this one in Budapest where several Dutch researchers gave presentations. “This was a one-time thing, never again.”
The interdisciplinary and international AI student team ended in first place in a malaria detection competition held by the Lacuna Fund. It is their third win since the team started in 2020.
A geothermal well 2 kilometres below the TU Delft campus produces excess heat during summer and insufficient heat in winter, says Martin Bloemendal. To address this imbalance, a high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) is being developed, turning the campus into a geothermal energy lab.
For the very first time, there are more than a thousand women full professors in the Netherlands. They make up 28.7 percent of the total. Their share increased at all universities, but least in Delft.
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 2 million euro Consolidator Grants to 37 researchers from Dutch institutions. Four of them are affiliated with the TU Delft.
Solar panels are becoming increasingly important in electricity production. But what happens to them when they reach the end of their life? We’re at the start of a massive waste stream, set to grow to 60 million tonnes globally by 2050. Researchers at CEG and EEMCS are working hard on solutions.
During the first ever TU Delft Green Waves Hackathon participants could develop apps focused on water management or green IT. After six weeks of coding, the big reveal took place on Friday, 22 November 2024.
