From the moment he started studying, Frido Smulders was fascinated by innovation. Fifty years on, his enthusiasm is burning brighter than ever. On 9 May, he reads his valedictory lecture. “Innovative organisations need to offer safe spaces for expression.”
According to the jury, he is an advocate who inspires students and alumni to make their time as a student count. What else is Bas Buchner, former director of MARIN, who’s being presented the Alumnus of the Year award on Tuesday?
As of 2027, anyone wanting to study or work in sensitive areas may only do so after a positive outcome of screening. This is written in the new proposed bill by Eppo Bruins, the Minister of Education. TU Delft itself has screened since 2022.
They’re becoming more and more common: large sea-going vessels with short, thick masts. These masts rotate on their axis, generating thrust, which saves fuel and reduces CO₂ emissions. A research programme in Delft is exploring this technology.
Universities are telling their employees to beware of blackmail by foreign intelligence agencies. Not just at conferences in faraway foreign countries, but also here in the Netherlands.
Scientists who, due to “rising tensions” around the world, are looking to relocate to another country are warmly welcomed in the Netherlands, says Minister Bruins. Research funding body NWO will establish a fund as soon as possible to facilitate this.
In the early hours of Sunday 16 March, the 30 metre high Wilhelmina Tower in Valkenburg collapsed. How could this happen? Delta asked Rob Nijsse, Professor of Structural Engineering for Buildings and Bridges.
The QNodeOS operating system transforms quantum networks from a theoretical concept into a usable technology. QuTech and its European partners from the Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) have published this breakthrough in Nature.
You do not need expensive equipment to identify dangerous parasites. It can be done easily with locally available parts. The ‘schistoscope’ proves this. In theory, this digital microscope can be p...
