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R3 and Tsinghua work together on safer nuclear power
14 May 2012To broaden and deepen Chinese-Dutch scientific collaboration, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has awarded the R3 department a subsidy of 50,000 euros. Over the next three years this will enable R3 to strengthen its partnership with Tsinghua University's Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET).
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Master Student Vipul Khosla wins First Prize of the UfD-EBN Geo Energy Master Award 2012
14 May 2012On 17th April 2012, Mr Vipul Khosla has won the First Prize in the UfD-EBN Geo Energy Master Award 2012. The price consists of EUR 6500. Vipul Khosla is a Master Student Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Applied Sciences of Delft University of Technology. His Master End Project, entitled “Visual Investigation of Annular Flow Dynamics and the Effect of Wall Wettability “ was carried out in...
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Performance limits of PET-detectors increasingly shifting
14 May 2012Reliable imaging with time-of-flight PET requires a very high time resolution from detectors. In a study, Stefan Seifert, Herman van Dam and Dennis Schaart have determined the theoretical limit of this resolution, which will contribute to speeding up the development of improved PET detectors. This publication was selected as the Editor’s Choice by Physics in Medicine and Biology and has already...
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Metamaterial shows its magnetic side (IST/OP)
08 May 2012Aurèle Adam (IST/OP) and colleague researchers from TU Delft and Boston University have for the first time unveil the magnetic side of Metamaterial in their measurements published in their paper entitled "THz near-field Faraday imaging in hybrid metamaterials”. Below you can read the abstract.
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A needle in a haystack: how does a broken DNA molecule get repaired?
07 May 2012
Scientists from the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology have discovered a key element in the mechanism of DNA repair. When the DNA double helix breaks, the broken end goes searching for the similar sequence and uses that as a template for repair. Using a smart new dual-molecule technique, the Delft group has now found out how the DNA molecule is able to perform this...
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Dutch and German biobased economy consortia to collaborate
07 May 2012
On 1 May two European public-private consortia in the area of the biobased economy – the Dutch BE-Basic and the German CLIB2021 – have signed a memorandum of understanding to confirm their plans to collaborate. The parties signed the contract during the Bio World Congress on the bio economy in Orlando, Florida.
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European Inventor Award nomination for Nereda water purification technology
03 May 2012The European Patent Office (EPO) has nominated TU Delft’s Dr. Merle de Kreuk, Prof.Dr. Sef Heijnen and Prof.Dr. Mark van Loosdrecht for the 2012 European Inventor Award (EIA) for the development of the water purification technology Nereda® in cooperation with the engineering consultancy firm DHV and the Dutch water boards. The invention enables the purification of industrial and household waste...
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Pieter Kruit (IST/DO) received a Royal Decoration
01 May 2012
Professor Pieter Kruit, Professor of Theoretical and Applied Physics at the Faculty of Applied Sciences (AS) has being made a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion. As he was presently abroad, the ceremony was held at a later date.
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Crown Prince to open water treatment plant
20 April 2012
On Tuesday 8 May, in Epe, Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander will open the first waste-water treatment plant to use a new water treatment technology called Nereda. This innovative technology makes it possible to treat domestic and commercial waste water in a sustainable and energy efficient manner. The world first of this technology can be found in Epe. It was developed by TU Delft, consultancy...
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International Award for nanoscientist Cees Dekker
27 April 2012On Wednesday 18 April, Prof. Cees Dekker (Delft University of Technology) received the ISNSCE Nanoscience Price 2012. The yearly price is awarded by the International Society of Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Computation. Dekker receives the award ‘in recognition of outstanding discoveries and contributions to the field of (biomolecular) nanoscale science and nanotechnology’.
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DNA defines the spot where bacteria divide
17 April 2012Using the odd-shaped bacteria that they recently discovered, Prof. Cees Dekker and scientists from the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology have discovered that DNA acts as a major scaffold which accurately coordinates the location of proteins that mediate the cell division. The researchers publish their results today in the scientific journal PNAS.
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