Archive
12 July 2019
Yeast against dementia
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As our life expectancy increases, more and more people are confronted with different types of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease. How these brain diseases arise and develop is still unclear, complicating the search for effective treatment.
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.
04 July 2019
Nynke Dekker elected as member of EMBO
04 July 2019
Teachers of the Year of AS announced
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During the Science Day of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, on Thursday 27 June, Dean Lucas van Vliet announced the Teachers of the Year for 2019.
21 June 2019
Spinoza Prize for Ronald Hanson, Stevin Prize for Jack Pronk
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NWO announced today that TU Delft's Ronald Hanson and Jack Pronk have been awarded an NWO Spinoza Prize and an NWO Stevin Prize respectively.
20 June 2019
First-year AP students show their physics creations
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The past few weeks, the first-year students of the Applied Physics bachelor degree programme at Delft University of Technology have been working on their final assignment for the course Design Engineering for Physicists. In groups, they created an installation that demonstrates a physical phenomenon. They will present their creation on Friday 5 July.
19 June 2019
KPN and QuTech join forces to make quantum internet a reality
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KPN and QuTech signed a new cooperative agreement, to work together on making quantum internet a reality.
07 June 2019
Two AS researchers to lead new NWA programmes
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Researchers Nico de Jong (Imaging Physics) and Toeno van der Sar (Quantum Nanoscience) have received funding from NWO within the National Science Agenda programme: Research on Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC). Both researchers will lead an interdisciplinary consortium that focuses on a particular scientific and societal challenge.
04 June 2019
Martin Verweij elected as Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
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The Executive Council of the Acoustical Society of America has elected Martin Verweij as Fellow for his contributions to nonlinear medical ultrasound. The prestigious Fellow title is granted by academic societies to members who have made an enduring impact on their scientific field and a significant contribution to the organization of the society.
23 May 2019
Yuemei Lin wins Zilveren Zandloper 2019
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Researcher Yuemei Lin of the Biotechnology research department, has won the Zilveren Zandloper Innovation Award 2019. She was given the award "for her research efforts in adding value to waste products via the characterization and application of microbial polymers produced in wastewater treatment plants."