Universiteiten investeren steeds meer geld in onderzoek gefinancierd door derden. Volgens het Rathenau Instituut is het tijd om deze verplichte ‘matching’ af te schaffen, omdat die ten koste zou gaan van investeringen in onderwijs. Geldt dat ook voor de TU Delft?
A rare mishap took place during the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guyana last Thursday. About nine minutes into the flight, telemetry from the rocket was lost.
Steeds meer Nederlandse wetenschappers vertrekken naar het buitenland, maar er komen ook steeds meer buitenlandse wetenschappers hierheen. Vooralsnog is er geen sprake van talentverlies, meent wetenschapsgenootschap KNAW.
The Technical University of Eindhoven started developing of a new type of X-ray source last week. TU Delft researcher Professor Joris Dik, one of the project’s initiators, plans to use the Smart*Light source to discover hidden layers in paintings.
It is a familiar sight, cyclists zigzagging all over the road while texting or making phone calls. Fiddling with your phone while cycling is a recipe for disaster. Right?
Two Delft research teams simultaneously found ways to transform the quantum information of an electron spin to a photon. The techniques pave the way for more efficient data processing and the upscaling of quantum bits on silicon chips. The two articles appeared in Science on Thursday.
Global warming made the extreme rainfall of Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas in August 2017, three times more likely and fifteen percent more intense than it could have been, scientists, one of whom from TU Delft, found.
Veel teams hadden de avond voor de demodag van de minor robotica op 18 januari nog doorgewerkt aan hun robot. Bij enkele van de acht robots vielen pas op het laatste moment alle puzzelstukjes in elkaar.
Gravity makes no distinction between a planet, a human being or a blade of grass. Though this may not come as a surprise to you, theoretical physicists are over the moon with a new study that strengthens the foundation of this postulation.
