Latest News Open menu Search 902 results rss Open menu 03 December 2019 Understanding and predicting sandy beaches Sand is the second most widely used raw material in the world, after water. Sand dunes keep our country safe from flooding. Read more 03 December 2019 All Pilsner yeast strains originate from a single yeast ancestor Pilsner yeast, the well-known micro-organism that brewers use every year to make hundreds of billions of litres of pilsner and other lagers, came into being 500 years ago through an accidental encounter between two species of yeast. The yeast strains now used to brew pilsner can all be traced back to that time. This is the conclusion reached by TU Delft researchers based on extensive DNA analysis. Read more 29 November 2019 TU Delft 53th in THE University Employability Ranking TU Delft ranks 53th in the Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking 2019, two places higher than last year. Read more 28 November 2019 TU Delft tops new global MOOC rankings TU Delft has topped the latest World University Rankings Based On MOOC Performance (WURMP). Read more 25 November 2019 Mark van Loosdrecht elected as member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CEA) has announced that it has elected Mark van Loosdrecht, Professor of Environmental Biotechnology, as a member. Read more 21 November 2019 ‘Ruler-less measuring’ at crime scenes Researchers at TU Delft and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) have developed a new ‘ruler-less prototype’ that may make the use of a physical ruler at the crime scene redundant. Read more 21 November 2019 Crowdsourced ‘supercomputer’ enables more localised and accurate rainfall forecasts Accurate forecasts of rainfall are crucial in Africa, where 95% of agriculture depends on highly localised rainfall. Currently, forecasts are based on satellite data and are not sufficiently accurate for small geographical areas. Read more 19 November 2019 Building a Mars base with bacteria How do you make a base on Mars? Simple: you send some bacteria to the red planet and you let them mine iron. Read more 18 November 2019 Predicting people’s driving personality A team of researchers from MIT and TU Delft has developed a new system that sizes up drivers as selfish or selfless. Read more 15 November 2019 How to Expand and Contract Curved Surfaces of all Shapes Researchers at TU Delft have designed a dilation method that can be applied to any curved surface. The range of applications include medical braces for children, expandable furniture, or aortic stents. Read more ... Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 You are on page 63 Page 64 Page 65 ... For journalists Looking for an expert? Please contact our press officers. At TU Delft we are always willing to help journalists. Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page