A combination of controlled entry and routing can prevent urban traffic congestion, says Dr Victor Knoop. He presented his new regional traffic model in Washington.
A jet ski has proved to be a versatile and useful platform for measuring water depths in front of the coast, the so-called profiles.
Thunderclouds harvest energy from the atmosphere and unleash it in the form of rain, hail and storm. PhD student Steven Böing calculated the interaction of deep convective clouds with their environment.
Desalination of seawater forms a growing source of drinking water. However, algal blooms can hamper the operation of desalination plants for weeks. Dr. Loreen Villacorte (Unesco-IHE) developed some recommendations.
Immense vulkaanuitbarstingen zijn niet zo zeldzaam als men tot voor kort dacht. Dit meldde een vulkaanonderzoeker, die 1,2 miljoen uitbarstingen simuleerde, vorige week in New Scientist.
Genetische modificatie van organismen is niet zo eng. Angst berust deels op een gebrek aan kennis, en dat heeft geleid tot een te streng en ingewikkeld Europees beleid dat de valorisatie van onderzoek verhindert, denkt biotechnicus en ‘beste afstudeerder 2013’ Hilde Coumou.
Bamboo houses could offer sustainable and affordable housing for the poor in rainy Nicaragua. Yet many despise the ‘poor man’s timber.’
The results from a sampling campaign along the Rhine have just been published. Traces of medicines accumulate downstream and often they can be attributed to certain groups within the population.
Marileen Dogterom (Amolf, TU) and Anna Akhmanova (Utrecht University) have won a 7.1 million euro ERC Synergy Grant for their proposal on the study of cellular skeletons.
