A new way to produce graphene, a Russian spy sent home and students about the Paris Climate Summit. These articles featured among the best read in science news from 2015.
Turbulence is a big nuisance for wind turbines, but this might change. PhD student Ashim Giyanani is trying to predict turbulence right in front of the blades.
The nuclear reactor of the Delft University of Technology saw a hot new extension last September. The new instrument called PEARL uses a neutron beam from the reactor to reveal a material’s crystal structure.
The hot topic of robotic space exploration was the symposium theme marking the appointment of TU Delft alumnus, Bart Reijnen, as honorary member of the Netherlands Space Society on December 14.
The era of space sailing has begun, says MSc student Sander Hiddink. He believes solar sails can be used to steer observation satellites on the dark side of the Moon.
Vivian Bourguignon will graduate from the Transport & Planning department (Civil Engineering and Geosciences) on December 17, 2015. She focused her MSc thesis on an ongoing problem at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
In de strijd tegen het terrorisme wil de Franse overheid het anonieme TOR-netwerk laten blokkeren. Maar kan dat wel? Hoogleraar cybersecurity Jan van den Berg (TBM/EWI) denkt van niet.
Leuke vent, op dat congres. Goed contact om warm te houden. Maar… waar heb je zijn visitekaartje gelaten? Kijk, dit overkomt je met de Shake-on smart bracelet dus nooit meer. Ingenieur Aimee Ferouge ontwikkelde de techniek erachter: een nieuwe manier van patroonherkenning.
3D printers have been used to create everything from jewelry to canal houses in recent years. Why not a bicycle as well? This was a question that was recently asked (and answered) by a group of international students at TU Delft.
