Keeping cities cool The timing was great. On an exceptionally warm day, Monday 14 September, the HittePlein (literally Heat Square) opened on campus. Here, techniques are being tested that help keep cities cool. The square is located in The Green Village, a testing ground for urban innovations. Under the square is a reservoir that…
Better understanding of Antarctic glacier fissures If the Pine Island Glacier and the Thwaites Glacier on Western Antarctica crumble and collapse into the sea, this would lead to a sharp rise in sea level. These glaciers have been squeaking and cracking for years, but scientists now understand better how the cracks are formed. Researchers,…
Composted after death Being buried in nature in a fully biodegradable coffin was already an option. Engineers behind the Delft start-up Loop are doing a little more on top of it. They have developed a ‘living coffin’ of mycelium, the Living Cocoon. Mycelium is a fungus and normally grows underground in the complex root…
The Student Hotel Delft welcomes first guests Despite the corona measures and many travel restrictions, The Student Hotel (TSH) welcomed 238 students during its first check-in day. Over ninety percent of this group came from abroad. In line with RIVM’s advice, TSH requests guests traveling from orange or red areas to…
Bridge made of beer crates They are stress-resistant, can be stacked easily and are widely available: beer crates are excellent building blocks. Members of Het Gezelschap ‘Practische Studie’, the study association for civil engineering students at TU Delft, will finish building the world’s largest beer crate bridge this week. They are doing this in…
Number of students with corona on the rise in more cities The number of corona infections is rising not only in Delft. Following earlier cases in Maastricht, Tilburg and Wageningen, this is now the case in Groningen and Nijmegen. According to the Municipal Health Service (GGD), colleges and universities are not to blame there either.…
De hogescholen tellen vooralsnog 6,7 procent meer eerstejaars dan vorig jaar om deze tijd: veel meer vooraanmeldingen dan vorig jaar, aldus de Vereniging Hogescholen. Met name de lerarenopleidingen groeien hard: die melden voorlopig 14,7 procent meer eerstejaars. Ook opleidingen in de gezondheidszorg (7,4 procent) en gedrag & maatschappij (10,9 procent) zien het aantal eerstejaars toenemen. Technische opleidingen weten…
Tetris with microparticles Researchers of the faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering have developed a technique for selectively separating microparticles in a liquid on the basis of their shape. The technique calculates precisely the path that a specifically shaped microparticle will follow in a flow through a narrow tube. This makes it possible…
The entire country of the Netherlands is sinking (fast) Slanted houses, sinking streets, shifting dikes and drying up areas of nature. Citizens, companies and the Government will have to invest heavily in maintenance in the years to come. This is clearly revealed in the new interactive soil subsidence map of the Netherlands that was…
Elk jaar gaan zo’n zestig jonge wetenschappers één of twee jaar naar het buitenland met een Rubiconbeurs van onderzoeksfinancier NWO. Door de coronacrisis krijgen sommigen het werk niet af en NWO lijkt hen vergeten, schreven drie van hen eerder op ScienceGuide. Regeringspartijen VVD, CDA, D66 en ChristenUnie hebben nu schriftelijke vragen gesteld aan de minister:…
