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Two million for graphene microphone     Impression of waves in a graphene membrane caused by bacteria. (Illustration: Santiago Mendoza Silva and Pierpaolo Belardinelli)     Farbod Alijani, associate professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering & Technical Materials Science, has received an ERC Consolidator Grant to improve his ultra-sensitive microphone made with…

Medical Delta network expands     The eleven new faces in the Medical Delta network. Check link below for names and expertises. (Photo: Medical Delta)   The inauguration of nine Medical Delta professors and two Medical Delta lecturers (a novelty) was a part of the Medical Delta conference at the Rotterdam Laurenskerk on Tuesday 14…

Wubbo Ockels Innovation awards for sustainability ideas       Jury (left) and winners (right) of the Wubbo Ockels Innovation Prize gathered behind the winning laundry rack. Sustainability Coordinator Andy van den Dobbelsteen (second from left) is a member of the jury. (Photo: Marcel Bilow)   Sustainability organisation De Groene Grachten presented the Wubbo Ockels…

Delta grants underline importance of practice-based research     Photo: Studio Sven   Lecturers Reint Jan Renes (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) and Janine Stubbe (Codarts Rotterdam) both received a Delta Premium for their practice-oriented research from outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science Robbert Dijkgraaf on 6 November 2023.   Reint Jan Renes researched…

Book: Internet as a threat     “Our world is eaten by the internet”, says postdoc dr Corinne Cath, an anthropologist at the faculty of Technology, Policy & Management (TPM). “We are living a unique moment: internet technologies are the default infrastructure for society, not just how we communicate but also how we organise our…