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Through the NWO Open Competition, the NWO Social Sciences and Humanities (SGW) domain aims to offer researchers the opportunity to conduct research on a topic of their own choosing, without thematic restrictions.

Hilde Weerts explores how to create algorithms that don't put anyone at a disadvantage. Important decisions are increasingly being made not by humans, but by algorithms.

The Dutch historic landscape is under threat. Changes in the agricultural sector, rising sea levels, drought, and flooding urgently call for measures that will drastically alter the landscape.

AeroDelft, a fully student-run and student-owned non-profit foundation based in Delft, has become the first student team in the world to design, build, and test an electric aircraft propulsion system (powertrain) using liquid hydrogen as its energy source.

TU/e PhD students work together on AI solutions in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). They obtained their doctorate from the Department of Electrical Engineering on the same day.

The cyberattack that struck our university on January 11, 2025, was repelled through quick and vigilant action.

UT and medical microbiology laboratory Labmicta are joining forces to optimise laboratory processes with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotisation.

Since last week, a new WOW weather station has been installed on the rooftop of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

OnePlanet Research Center (a collaboration of Wageningen University & Research, Radboud University, Radboudumc and imec) explained today in Nieuwspoort the potential of photonic chip technology for nitrogen measurements.

From 17 to 22 April, the student information system will be unavailable due to an upgrade. This includes Canvas, VUnet, TestVision and Studielink. As of 22 April, everything will be available again. Politicians with dark personality traits such as narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism contribute to growing affective polarisation among citizens.

A team of scientists and students from TU Delft has taken first place at the A2RL Drone Championship in Abu Dhabi - an international race that pushes the limits of physical artificial intelligence, challenging teams to fly fully autonomous drones using only a single camera.