Annual review: from vitamin B12 in bread to hydrogen
Our weekly 'Follow-up' offers a sequel to the best-read article of that week. Today, a look back on our best-read stories of 2020.
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Hydrogen is at the same level solar energy was 20 years ago
Each week here we present a follow-up to one of our well read stories. This week we take a look at how the plans for hydrogen technology are gradually shaping up.
Pineapple leaves, rotten mangos and apples as eco-friendly alternatives to leather
One of our best read stories this week was about mushroom leather. But pineapple leaves, apples, rotten mangos and raked leaves and twigs also provide an alternative to the leather industry.
Should the corona policy be more regional? Rate areas more accurately first
Each week in this section we provide a follow-up to the best-read stories on our website. And today: Never again a national lockdown?
Tinkering with the climate as a stopgap solution
To what extent can geoengineering techniques provide a stopgap solution to global warming? Two Dutch universities explore options up in the clouds and stratosphere and in the oceans.
Follow-up: UV-C radiation – ‘powerful tool’ in the fight against coronavirus
In the weekly ‘follow-up’ section we present a sequel to last week’s best-read article here on Innovation Origins. This week it was the story about […]
Follow-up: How shipping will become greener
If The Netherlands intends to meet the Paris climate targets, sea and inland shipping must also commit to them. As in become climate-neutral vessels. In […]
Follow-up: Become a unicorn? Get through the valley of death first
In our weekly ‘follow-up’ column we feature a sequel to the best-read article of the past week. This week: Is Pandora Intelligence to become the next Dutch […]
Best read: Fish poop makes great plant manure
As early as the early 1990s, Adri Bout had already realized that fishing ‘would become a niche, something quite special’. Bout managed to set up […]
Best read: Write off diesel trucks? Not necessary according to DAF
Increasingly more people are switching to electric mobility or are thinking about doing just that within the next few years. More and more public transport […]
Best read: Avoid waste? This is how you make clothes without cotton
A shirt made from sour milk flakes doesn’t sound particularly appealing. Yet this is exactly what microbiologist and fashion designer Anke Domaske does. She developed […]
Best read: Piggyback on Amsterdam’s success? Eindhoven won’t even go there
Eindhoven is doing well across the border. They even talk about ‘the wonder of Eindhoven’ in South Africa, China and Prague, according to mayor John […]
Best read: Professor says – ‘Don’t panic about the rise in sea levels’
Soaking wet feet through flooded streets. We are increasingly faced with heavy rains or periods of drought as a result of climate change. The municipality […]
Best read: why a German-Flemish-Dutch megacity is not such a good idea
More and more people are moving into the city. In fact, in the coming years megacities are emerging where more than thirty million people live […]
Best read: only a German-Flemish-Dutch megacity can take on the competition
Asphalt, roads, rocks, buildings – that’s how Cees Jan Pen describes Veldhoven, ASML’s home base. As an economic geographer, Pen is an independent member of […]
Best read: Navigate a busy city? Make self-driving cars more aggressive’
Trams, cats, colliding cyclists – they can make it pretty difficult for self-driving cars. Especially in a city like Amsterdam. Carlo van de Weijer, director […]
Best read: Trial-and-error with self-driving buses
The first presentation of the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 bus back in March already attracted a great deal of interest. Several videos of this autonomous bus […]
Best read: How to live in a more climate-neutral way
Earth Overshoot Day fell on July the 29th this year. On that day, we had used up all the natural resources for this year that […]
Best read: doing puzzles with the king
Did you see it? How King Willem-Alexander was as happy as a kid when he finally managed to get the coin into the right spot. […]
Best read: 3D printing, from eliminating food waste to personalized medicines
Houses, bridges and even organs. Using a 3D printer, you can make all of it. The market for 3D printing products and technologies will expand […]