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Three ideas for taming the North Sea

Three ideas for taming the North Sea

This summer saw the ice on Greenland melt faster than ever before. What will happen if efforts to curb climate change fail? In that case,…

A ‘picture book’ about the future

A ‘picture book’ about the future

An architect who sets up a company with an historian. Although it may not seem like the most obvious combination, TU Delft alumnus and…

Reliable internet

Blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin, offers the potential to manage financial affairs without the intervention of banks. It could also…

Make nuclear energy sustainable

Make nuclear energy sustainable

Could we supplement a CO2-free energy supply by using sustainable and safe thorium reactors? Reactor physicist Jan Leen Kloosterman feels…

Treating your disorder with electronic medicines

Treating your disorder with electronic medicines

Increasing numbers of people now have a chip in their body which they can use to make payments or check in to public transport. “It sounds…

TU Delft focuses on AI

TU Delft focuses on  AI

TU Delft is intensifying its research into artificial intelligence, doubling its budget to €70 million per year, with 24 interdisciplinary…

‘It’s really a miracle that cancer doesn’t occur more’

‘It’s really a miracle that cancer doesn’t occur more’

In September she was officially awarded the Spinoza Prize of €2.5 million. The Spinoza Prize is the most prestigious award in Dutch…

[Column] The limits of control

[Column] The limits of control

We will travel to distant planets setting up colonies as modern explorers, discover bizarre worlds and gaze at a sunset with three suns. My…

The firm: ForestWise

The firm: ForestWise

How do you make the rainforest so valuable that deforestation for agricultural purposes no longer happens? With his company ForestWise,…

How a guest lecturer enhances education

How a guest lecturer enhances education

Many former students return to TU Delft later in their careers as guest lecturers. Two of them talk about their experiences. “The questions…

Clinical technologists increasingly trusted

Clinical technologists increasingly trusted

The Bachelor's degree programme in Clinical Technology was launched six years ago. The aim of this new programme was to bridge the gap…

‘There are too few generalists in academia’

‘There are too few generalists in academia’

Bert van Wee has been named Professor of Excellence 2020. What are his views on his doctoral candidates and the influence of coronavirus on…

New future for Delft Dream Teams

New future for Delft Dream Teams

With the Nuna solar car, the Hyperloop and many other projects over the last 20 years, the TU Delft Dream Teams have proven to be an…

‘We’re attempting to make foie gras based on stem cells’

‘We’re attempting to make foie gras based on stem cells’

Currently working in France, Nadine Bongaerts looks back with satisfaction at her student days in Delft. “The network I built up is…

All in the family

All in the family

Some families have several generations who all study at TU Delft. In this series, parents and grandparents discuss their student days with…