Would you like to vote for politicians who studied in Delft? Or are you curious to know which candidates have a technical background, even if they don't often mention it themselves? You can find an overview on the website vinddebetaopdelijst.nl (in Dutch). The creators of the website have listed the candidate MPs who have studied
Radboud University Nijmegen should report a fiercely pro-Palestinian lecturer to the police, according to outgoing minister Gouke Moes (BBB). He is threatening to intervene. “I pointed out an agreement that was made with the universities,” Moes said Friday evening on the TV program Café Kockelmann. In the event of suspected criminal offenses, the universities will
At a pro-Palestinian occupation of the magnet laboratory at Radboud University Nijmegen on Tuesday, activists were in danger, according to the university. The police arrested 23 protesters. On Tuesday morning, a group of pro-Palestinian activists occupied the Goudsmit Pavilion at Radboud University Nijmegen. They were protesting against three new research projects that the university will
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
