Researchers from the Kavli Institute of TU Delft and EMBL Heidelberg filmed how a single protein complex called condensin reels in DNA to extrude a loop. By extruding many loops in long strands of DNA, a cell effectively compacts its genome so it can be distributed evenly to its two daughter cells. The findings were published online in Science on 22 February.
TU Delft researchers Tope Agbana and Hai Gong received the Edmund Optics Silver Award during a mini-symposium for the development of the Optical Smart Malaria Diagnostic (OSMD) project. The project aims to diagnose malaria with little more than a smartphone.
Wood as a biofuel is a controversial topic. In a mini-symposium organised by the KNAW on Monday 19 February, scientists met with a critical audience. “Stop burning now!”
Students, parents, and partners formed a long queue in front of the De Veste theatre last Tuesday night 20 February. They were all waiting to watch the Hyperloop Design Presentation.
The installation of offshore wind parks in the North Sea has only just begun. The GROW consortium, with TU Delft as research partner, has received 2.7 million euros to develop a less noisy way of installing the steel foundations.
QuTech researchers have demonstrated quantum algorithms on two qubits on a silicon chip for the first time. “It was quite a revelation,” said Professor Vandersypen.
The third group of students is about to finish its course in the aircraft manufacturing laboratory. Here, the students experience the norms and standards of the aviation industry.
The start-up Otis Insight developed a tracker and a tablet for rowing coaches. Their Row4 won last year’s National Sportinnovator Prize.
Internet providers can function as control points for cyber security, says Dr Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob. She discovered that most of the cyber crime originates from large and c
