A warmer climate demands new, passive design solutions. PhD candidate Mohammad Taleghani (Faculty of Architecture) believes the Dutch should start building around courtyards.
A novel imaging technique developed in Delft must enable medical researchers to look inside living Zebrafish to study tumours.
Built originally as housing for the poor and elderly, ‘hofjes’ or courtyards are quiet oases in the city. As an urban tradition, they’re remarkably resilient, finds PhD. researcher Willemijn Wilms Floet.
No one is closer to you than your smartphone. Ph.D. student Juan Jimenez Garcia explored how it might help you recover after surgery or live more healthily.
The search for the Boeing 777 that went missing above the Indian Ocean early March is in its second phase. A towed sensor produces high-resolution images.
UN’s World toilet day (November 19) reminds us that there are still 2.5 billion people without access to toilets. Lots of work remains to be done to solve this elemental need.
In October, Belgian student Alec Momont graduated with a perfect score from the Faculty of Design Engineering. And no wonder, given that his thesis project can potentially increase the chance of survival after a cardiac arrest from 8% to 80%.
‘Een langetermijnplanning dient slechts om de schijn van controle op ons leven te wekken.’
Bart BolsterleeBiomechanisch ingenieur
“Het is een menselijke eigenschap om controle te willen hebben over wat er gebeurt in ons leven en veel mensen plannen daarom ver vooruit.
Het was een zware tegenslag toen op 31 oktober het experimentele ruimtevaartuig SpaceShip Two van Virgin Galactic tijdens een proefvlucht verongelukte.
