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Smartphones and social media have shaped a generation that is on the brink of a mental-health crisis. Verena Balz, Diplom-Ingenieur…
This little guy is going to the moon
In the 1970s and 1980s, Delft researchers were involved in the first Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS) and in measuring distances to…
Extra-terrestrial structures
If we’re going to live on another planet or an asteroid, we really need robots that print 3D structures.
Surviving in space
How do living cells react to weightlessness and radiation in space? Dr Ralph Lindeboom (CEG) is investigating that very question
The junkyard above your head
Leaving the atmosphere in a rocket is like playing a game of Russian roulette. If you’re lucky, you’ll make it through all the space debris…
‘It’s madness not to be working on energy-neutral buildings’
In the Netherlands, Amsterdam is taking the lead when it comes to improving urban sustainability. The city aims to be CO2-neutral by 2040.…
‘Doing something for someone else is actually dead cool’
Following a long career, much of which was spent at McKinsey, Mickey Huibregtsen is now concentrating on social issues and transferring his…
Can algae save airplanes from rusting apart?
TU Delft researchers are developing new coatings with unicellular algae, that may prevent corrosion in aluminium airplane structures.
Huge machine seduces stubborn atoms to crystallise
It takes impressive and expensive machinery to control processes at the nanoscale. For the fabrication of semiconductor nanowires at…
The firm: Suit-case
Tomas te Velde never imagined that a year on the board of competition sailing association DSWZ Broach would lead to running his own…
A fresh look on the sewer system
Flooded, stinking streets and no toilet facilities anywhere. That is what a world without sewers would look like. Inspection and maintenance…
How driverless cars can change our lives
Working while speeding down the motorway, no more car write-offs; driverless cars promise great things. However, the social implications of…
Foul beasts
By Tonie Mudde. March 2019 There are some policy measures that you just know are going to be introduced, but the question is how long…
The lab of... Cycling lab, 3mE
By Dorine van Gorp. March 2019 Jelle de Haan is graduating at biomedical engineering. In the photo he is mounting force sensors for the…
An end to tailbacks on the A4
A taxi service, only airborne. A private jet, but cheaper and fully electric.