Start-up Elysian aims to have a rechargeable aircraft for 90 people that flies 800 kilometres in 10 years’ time. What does TU Delft aviation expert Joris Melkert think about this?
A helium balloon lifted a set of terahertz sensors, developed in a TU Delft lab, to the edge of space on New Year’s Eve. These are the cameras for the Gusto mission that will map material in between stars.
Europe is entirely dependent on imported metals for its electrical products. The group of TU Delft’s recycling expert Peter Rem is working to change this by developing new technologies as part of an EU programme.
If universities are short of money, they may give new assistant professors in permanent employment a lower starting grant than originally agreed.
Universities do not have to offer employment to international PhD candidates with scholarships. Minister of Education Dijkgraaf considers this too costly, was his answer to a CDA parliamentary motion. This surprised the PhD Network Netherlands.
Leo Kouwenhoven is not jointly responsible for incorrect data processing at his department. Yet, there are lessons to be learnt from the integrity case against the quantum professor.
Architecture students have designed a rural house for earthquake victims in Turkey, which they are set to build and test. Delta attended the design reveal.
Solar panels in space can always generate energy. But can that energy be beamed back to Earth? ESA is funding a TU Delft proposal for solar power from space.
