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10 July 2019
Leiden, Delft and Erasmus strengthen cooperation
Leiden-Delft-Erasmus, the strategic alliance of the three universities in the province of South Holland (Zuid Holland), are to build further on their successful cooperation. In the coming years, four social themes will guide their joint research and education: Healthy Society, Sustainable Society, Digital Society and Inclusive Society. Topics of concern to the metropolitan area around Rotterdam and The Hague will serve as a source of inspiration.
08 July 2019
Programmable soft actuators show the great potential of soft robotics
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Researchers at TU Delft have developed highly programmable actuators that, similar to the human hand, combine soft and hard materials to perform complex movements.
08 July 2019
Reading out qubits 100 times faster than before: new step towards the quantum computer
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An operational quantum computer will require a quick, reliable and scalable read-out of the state of the qubits, the building blocks of this computer of the future.
08 July 2019
TU Delft Solar Boat Team world champion solar boat racing on open sea
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The TU Delft Solar Boat Team became world champion in open-sea solar boat racing during the Solar & Energy Boat Challenge 2019.
07 July 2019
TU Delft’s Ring of Fire boosts Team Sunweb in run-up to Tour’s team time trial
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TU Delft is helping with Team Sunweb’s preparations for the Tour de France time trial.
04 July 2019
Jenny Dankelman is Professor of Excellence 2019
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On Thursday 4 July, Jenny Dankelman, Professor of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Intervention Techniques at the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE), was informed by Delft University Fund that she will receive the prestigious Professor of Excellence Award 2019.
03 July 2019
Digicampus accelerates innovation in digital government services
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All parties involved in digital innovations within the public sector will from now on work together within one platform: Digicampus. The new partnership for the development of innovative government services was officially launched on Wednesday by state secretary Knops (interior affairs) during the iBestuurscongres.
01 July 2019
TU Delft helping Dutch wheelchair basketball team to defend European title
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The Dutch wheelchair basketball team will soon attempt to defend their European title with help from TU Delft.
28 June 2019
Team TU Delft wins award for best aviation innovation
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The team ‘The Zero Heroes’ of TU Delft has won the finals of the Airbus Fly Your Ideas competition.
27 June 2019
The colours of light wave vibrations can reveal oceans on exoplanets
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During his Master thesis research, Victor Trees discovered a new method to detect oceans on exoplanets: spectropolarimetry, or measuring the vibrational directions of planet-light in different colours.