In his inaugural speech, Professor Jan-Leen Kloosterman pleaded for the Molten Salt Reactor on Thorium as the basis for future nuclear energy last Friday (April 1st, 2016).
Als je toch eens geluk kon vinden door simpelweg rond te lopen in het juiste gebouw. Niet je kapitale droomvilla maar een hybride pand dat kinderen aan de onderkant van de maatschappij de juiste kansen biedt om op te klimmen en zo gelukkig te worden. Architect Barbara Jakubowska (27) weet zeker dat het werkt.
Have you ever jumped behind the wheel of a new car only to find yourself completely perplexed by all of the buttons? Well, you’re not alone. This has become a common concern among drivers in recent years, especially younger ones.
Roughly one in five people aged 80 and older have DNA errors in his or her blood cells that are also present in leukaemia patients. Elderly however, do not seem to suffer from these mutations.
The development of smart grids and the smart homes they are connected to is apparently not in sync. The aim of a symposium on the topic was to see if integration of the two is possible to contribute to a sustainable energy transition.
Cracks in some metal-ceramic materials spontaneously fill at high temperatures. Now, researchers have revealed the process with x-ray tomography in Nature Scientific Reports.
Knowing how to remove an appendix is one thing: actually doing it is another, requiring skills that can only be gained through practical experience. But new Medical Simulation and Serious Gaming technology can replicate ‘real patients in real situations’ giving medics a much-needed extra opportunity to improve their practical skills.
Their appetites are ferocious and they can leap up to ten feet. They can ravage a waterway’s ecosystem in a matter of weeks and their next feeding frenzy could take place in America’s Great Lakes.
At 600 degrees and 250 bars, supercritical water rips organic molecules apart, producing gas from wet biomass. PhD candidate Onursal Yakaboylu modelled the process.
