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01 July 2024

TU Delft launches future proof research reactor with cold neutron source

TU Delft launches future proof research reactor with cold neutron source

More advanced and faster research is possible with the commissioning of the cold neutron source and the improved instruments of TU Delft Reactor Institute (RID) as of 27 June 2024. The first results of research are expected in October 2024, around the official reopening of the reactor.

11 June 2024

NWO grant for new radiotherapy to reduce side effects and improve cure rates

NWO grant for new radiotherapy to reduce side effects and improve cure rates

TU Delft, Erasmus MC and University of Lausanne have received a 1 million grant to develop a new treatment using electrons called VHEE: Very High Energy Electron.

27 May 2024

Charge faster and drive further

Charge faster and drive further

Team of TU Delft researchers has been optimizing the structure of car battery electrodes. Read the full story in the publication in Cell Reports Physical Science. “A phase inversion strategy for low-tortuosity and ultrahigh-mass-loading nickel-rich layered oxide electrodes”

08 May 2024

Disorder improves battery life

Disorder improves battery life

What determines the cycle life of batteries? And, more importantly, how can we extend it? An international research team led by TU Delft has discovered that local disorder in the oxide cathode material increases the number of times Li-ion batteries can be charged and discharged. Their results have been published in Nature.

25 April 2024

Grossi emphasises the need of engineers during a visit at TU Delft

Grossi emphasises the need of engineers during a visit at TU Delft

At Wednesday 24th of April TU Delft hosted a meeting for Director General Rafael Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), students and others interested in the nuclear sector.

22 April 2024

INSARR mission completed well

INSARR mission completed well

From Monday 15 to Thursday 18 April 2024, the follow-up Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors (INSARR) mission was conducted at TU Delft Reactor Institute.

19 February 2024

Delft researchers take next step towards better batteries with widely available materials

Delft researchers take next step towards better batteries with widely available materials

Delft researchers are developing batteries that can charge faster, offer more stable storage and are made from sustainable materials that are widely available. In doing so, they offer a cheaper alternative to lithium-ion batteries that consist of rare materials and have a high CO2 footprint.

01 February 2024

New network to build the first realistic thermomagnetic generator for waste heat recovery

New network to build the first realistic thermomagnetic generator for waste heat recovery

TU Delft leads HEAT4ENERGY, a European consortium, dedicated to develop thermomagnetic devices and novel materials to harvest heat from data centres, food, pulp and paper industries and convert this waste heat to electricity. This project ticks all the boxes: energy transition, decarbonising, low and high power devices for conversion of waste heat to electricity, energy storage, finding alternatives for critical raw materials, developing new materials and most important of all: training of a next generation of European experts.

19 January 2024

Giga-sized nuclide chart

Giga-sized nuclide chart

TU Delft Reactor Institute's, part of TU Delft Applied Sciences’ research reactor got a new exterior a few years ago. What cannot be seen from the outside: the inside has now also received a unique covering: the nuclide chart.

09 November 2023

Is Safety Culture a Matter for the Workplace, Not Science?

Is Safety Culture a Matter for the Workplace, Not Science?