The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to the inventors of a type of sponge for molecules. With their metal-organic materials, you can even extract water from the desert air. Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi were the pioneers of metal-organic frameworks with cavities in which you can capture exactly one molecule. Spheres with holes
Do you want to know how politicians plan to solve major social problems in the coming years? TU Delft, Leiden University and Erasmus University Rotterdam are organising the election debate “Futureproof, the Netherlands in transition”, which will take place on Thursday 9 October in the auditorium of TU Delft. Experts will introduce three topics, after
Three physicists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery that the remarkable world of quantum mechanics does not only play a role at the level of the smallest particles. It can also be used to create computer chips. In quantum mechanics, you can demonstrate many phenomena, but you cannot explain them using classical
This year's satirical Master Kackadoris Award for the promotion of quackery goes to VU Amsterdam, which appointed a chiropractor as professor. The Association against Quackery denounces (in Dutch) chiropractic as an unproven and sometimes dangerous treatment. The association is outraged that a chiropractor could become a special professor at the Vrije Universiteit, even if it
Have you ever wanted to programme your own robot? See drones moving in perfect synchronisation? Or attend a lecture in the historic Architecture building? You can do all this on TU Delft Science Day on Sunday 26 October. This year, the Faculty of Architecture has been added as a new location. TU Delft has been
TU Delft top athletes Roos de Jong (now an alumna), Willemijn Mulder and Tessa Dullemans won gold at the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai. On Friday, De Jong won the world title as part of the double sculls. Mulder and Dullemans finished first in the women's quadruple sculls on Thursday. This is the first time
Owners of houses that have been vacant for a long time may soon be fined, the Dutch House of Representatives decided on Tuesday 23 September. ‘It's a good first step,’ says the National Student Union (Landelijke Studentenvakbond or LSVb in Dutch). Due to the ever-increasing housing shortage, the LSVb, CNV Jong, FNV Young & United
The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after researcher-lecturer in archaeological materials Geeske Langejans (Faculty of ME). It is a rocky mini-planet measuring approximately one kilometer in diameter. Langejans reacted with surprise: “I received a cryptic message in the evening saying that there was something nice in my email. I didn't open the email
Ensure that we can learn effectively, according to a manifesto issued by student organisations ISO, LSVb and JOBmbo, and pupil organisation LAKS. They presented it to the Dutch House of Representatives yesterday, as they believe education should be a major theme in the run-up to the 29 October elections. ISO, JOBmbo, LAKS and LSVb with
‘Reclaim control of your research’. This call appears above an invitation to the event ‘European Cloud Providers for Research’, where Delft scientists can meet European cloud providers. The event will take place on Thursday in the Echo education building. During the meeting, cloud providers will give presentations about their services and scientists will have the
