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Professor Gertjan Medema has been awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2024 for his groundbreaking research and significant contributions to sewage epidemiology for virus detection in wastewater during the COVID-19 pandemic. His timely research breakthrough enabled the use of wastewater surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic. President Tharman Shanmugaratnam of the Republic of Singapore presented the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize medallion to Gertjan Medema. At the beginning of the pandemic, he and his team were the first to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in the Netherlands. His research enabled the use of wastewater surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic to stop the spread of the virus and had a global impact.

Researchers at QuTech have found a way to make Majorana particles in a two-dimensional plane. This was achieved by creating devices that exploit the combined material properties of superconductors and semiconductors. The inherent flexibility of this new 2D platform should allow one to perform experiments with Majoranas that were previously inaccessible. The results are published in Nature.

TU Delft wants to be transparent about why the university collaborates with the defence industry.

The European Commission has awarded five Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Staff Exchange 2023 grants to talented scientists from TU Delft. Staff Exchange, formerly known as Research and Innovation Staff Exchange, is a staff exchange program between countries and sectors to encourage the development of sustainable collaborative projects between different organizations, from both academic and non-academic sectors, based in and outside Europe.

TU Delft handhaaft zich in de top-50 van in de 21ste editie van de gezaghebbende QS World University Ranking (2025) en bevindt zich daarmee in de top 4% van de hoogst scorende universiteiten in de wereld. TU Delft behaalt positie 49 in de jongste ranglijst, het op één na beste resultaat sinds TU Delft deelneemt aan deze ranking (beste resultaat was positie 47 vorig jaar).

At around 20.30 on Monday evening, the police ended the occupation of the Mechanical Engineering building by around 30 protesters who refused to leave the building voluntarily at closing time. Earlier in the day, the demonstrators were made aware of the closing time and possible consequences, and given the option to continue demonstrating outside. This was not heeded. The camp, which has been set up between the auditorium and the library since last Thursday, has not been removed. The demonstration will continue there, as long as it is peaceful and respectful.

A research consortium from TU Delft and Leiden University receives an NWO Summit Grant of 35 million euros, as a long-term support and to continue their prominent role internationally. They aim to investigate the fundamental limits of quantum physics. In total five consortia from different Dutch universities will receive a total of 188 million euros to strengthen the position of Dutch science.