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Why do astronauts suffer from space sickness?
— 22 May 2008 17:45 | HealthCentrifuging astronauts for a lengthy period provided researcher Suzanne Nooij with better insight into how space sickness develops, the nausea and disorientation experienced by many…
The robot Flame walks like a human
— 22 May 2008 17:02 | TechnologyResearcher Daan Hobbelen of TU Delft (The Netherlands) has developed a new, highly-advanced walking robot: Flame. This type of research, for which Hobbelen will receive his PhD on Friday…
How light squeezes through small holes?
— 8 May 2008 11:11 | TechnologyHow does light pass through a tiny hole? For the first time, Dr Aurele Adam and Prof. Paul Planken of Delft University of Technology, in conjunction with two South Korean and one German…
Creativity essential for climate targets
— 6 May 2008 13:21 | EnvironmentIt is a great shame that the most creative professional group in the building trade, the architects, rarely apply themselves to existing housing. A large proportion of the Netherlands'…
Aerodynamic truck trailer cuts fuel and emissions by up to 15%
— 19 Apr 2008 18:35 | TechnologyCreating an improved aerodynamic shape for truck trailers by mounting sideskirts can lead to a cut in fuel consumption and emissions of up to as much as 15%. Earlier promising predictions,…
Model predicts motorway journey time reliability
— 16 Apr 2008 14:42 | TechnologyFor car users and drivers of freight vehicles on motorways, being able to rely on the time taken to complete a journey is as important as the actual duration of the trip itself. For…
TU Delft launches bionanoscience initiative
— 3 Feb 2008 10:25 | BiologyA new Bionanoscience department will be created at TU Delft. Bionanoscience concerns research at the meeting point of biology and nanotechnology meet and is as yet largely unexplored.…
TU Delft rotates electron spin with electric field
— 2 Nov 2007 06:50 | PhysicsResearchers at the TU Delft Kavli Institute of Nanoscience and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) have succeeded in controlling the spin of a single electron merely…