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27 January 2022
A ‘treasure map’ to find meteorites in Antarctica
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Meteorites are samples from space that can be found as stone-like material on the surface of the Earth. Once recovered, meteorites provide crucial information on the formation and evolution of our Solar System. Which in turn is important for research into the origins of our planet, and of life on Earth. The scientists’ new calculations suggest that more than 300,000 meteorites are still present, with enormous scientific potential, but until now they have been difficult to find.
24 January 2022
Solar power prediction
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Sukanta Basu (GRS) has won the Solar power prediction challenge – a hackathon organised by Shell and many other partners to develop machine learning-based solar energy forecasting.
24 January 2022
What is bubbling underground?
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Of the many renewable sources of energy currently being explored, it was geothermal energy that caught the imagination of Cas Verweij. Geothermal energy, which is produced by pumping up hot water from reservoirs far below the Earth’s crust, has many uses. One of which is heating homes. Cas is studying the CO2 bubbles in the sub-surface to see if the rocks are suitable for geothermal energy.
21 January 2022
Port of Rotterdam and SmartPort extend support to TU Delft Ports & Waterways professor
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The Port of Rotterdam and SmartPort have extended their agreement with TU Delft for five more years to provide financial support for the professor Ports & Waterways. They are making a total of 1 million euros available for this purpose.
11 January 2022
ERC Starting Grant for four TU Delft researchers
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The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the ERC Starting Grants for young researchers. Four of them are scientists from TU Delft. This European grant of €1.5 million for a five-year programme is intended to enable individual scientists to build their own teams and conduct groundbreaking research.