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Delft student team presents floating Hyperloop – New Scientist
The Delft Hyperloop student team has presented its latest design: Helios II. This prototype of the futuristic means of transport is now fully floating, includes a cooling system and a…
Nitrogen dossier – Political scientist Herwig Reynaert: “Unseen scenarios within the Flemish Government”
Nitrogen dossier – Political scientist Herwig Reynaert: “Unseen scenarios within the Flemish Government” The Flemish government cannot fall and so the three government parties will probably continue until the elections…
Majorana particles back on the radar in Delft thanks to new approach – New Scientist
After TU Delft researchers had to withdraw their Nature publication about a promising building block for future quantum computers two years ago, they are now coming up with a new…
What can a scientist do with Photoshop to make an image ‘clearer’?
Wounds heal faster with snail slime. That at least wrote an interdisciplinary team of Egyptian scientists, from two universities in Alexandria in May 2022 in the journal membranes. They mixed…
How do you get a nice head of foam on a draft beer? – New Scientist
A properly poured beer has a nice head. But how do you ensure that if you don’t pour the beer into the glass from above, but from the bottom: bottom…
Powerful laser can act as a lightning rod – New Scientist
With a test set-up in the Alps, researchers have shown that a powerful laser beam can divert lightning. But for now, this impressive technique will not yet protect us against…
Moon dust cloud against climate change – New Scientist
Placing a million tons of lunar dust between Earth and the sun would reduce Earth’s sunlight by 1.8 percent, and the temperature would drop. But the risks associated with such…
What time is it on the moon? – New Scientist
Future lunar missions and plans for a permanent lunar base call for accurate clocks. But because atomic clocks tick differently on the moon than on Earth, the question arises: what…
Google and Baidu launch alternatives to AI chatbot ChatGPT – New Scientist
Google’s artificially intelligent chatbots Bard and Baidu’s Ernie Bot are combined with the search engines of both companies. With this, the tech giants are competing with Microsoft, which is integrating…
Zelensky asks European government leaders for warplanes. Political scientist Hendrik Vos: “He will get it, just like he eventually got tanks”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends the European summit of government leaders in Brussels, with the main aim of getting commitments from them to supply fighter jets. Can the member states…