Verkeersstromen tijdens evacuaties worden voorbereid met simulaties. Maar daarbij ziet men over het hoofd dat automobilisten in ongewone situaties anders rijden, zegt psycholoog Raymond Hoogendoorn.
For the last five years the Dutch railway company, NS, has been struggling with the implementation of gates at Dutch train stations.
Predicting how deep a submarine can dive is like reading tea leaves. Or better, it was. John MacKay developed a new technique to predict when the vessel will collapse.
With their improved magnetic tweezers, Kavli Institute researchers at Professor Nynke Dekker’s lab can measure torques at a molecular scale.
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Architect and TU Professor Dick van Gameren has been awarded the best building award 2012 for his project Villa 4.0
Hand prostheses for adults haven’t improved for over two decades, or so a group of researchers from Delft and Groningen found.
Difficult challenges and unexpected opportunities are classical building blocks of any adventure. Karina Simane (30) experienced this herself during her Strategic Product Design master graduation project, for which Simane travelled to Vietnam to study the practice of industrial design in the designated area.
The most significant discoveries in history happened unexpectedly or by accident. This means that the one who makes thorough research plans, does not expect to discover something great.
In order to facilitate an Energiewende from nuclear power towards wind and solar energy, Germany must invest tens of billions in new high voltage lines. Meanwhile power companies are trying to slow the transition down.
