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Time to put out Prometheus’ flame?     (Illustration: Marjolein van der Veldt)   After five thousand years of lighting fires as the main means of generating energy, it is high time to finally switch to solar energy. This was said by prof. Miro Zeman, head of the department for sustainable electrical energy at the…

Blok and Taebi in Climate Council     The council of ministers has set up a Scientific Climate Council (WKR) to advise the government and parliament on climate policy, solicited and unsolicited. Professor of environment and sustainability Jan Willem Erisman (Leiden University) was appointed chairman on 1 March and a few weeks later the nine…

Dutch only Microscopiespecialisten Bernd Rieger en Sjoerd Stallinga (faculteit Technische Natuurwetenschappen) verzorgen zondag 26 maart de Van Leeuwenhoeklezing (in het Nederlands) in Theater De Veste. Ze zullen vergelijkingen maken tussen wat Van Leeuwenhoek driehonderd jaar geleden zag en de huidige stand van de techniek. Moderne lichtmicroscopen, lichtgevende moleculen, getunede lasers en computeralgoritmen maken…