The municipality of Utrecht has started to demolish the old bazaar of Utrecht. The construction of 1,500 housing units will begin here in 2023 for the green urban district of Park Groenewoud. In addition to Groenewoud Park, the same district will be built with another 2,000 additional dwellings. Neighborhoods should be based on the idea of the city ten minutes …
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A lesson in arguing and falling in love
Tomorrow, the Expedition Next festival will take place in Franeker. There are no less than 100 science activities to visit and kids can ask questions about everything. For example: how does falling in love work? Or argue? We’ve already spoken with two researchers who will be here tomorrow: sociologist Linda Duits – she knows a lot about falling in love …
Read More »edtech/station in Kortrijk offers space to experiment with new educational technologies for education
The de Kortrijk officially opened its doors on Wednesday 4 May. It is also the starting signal for the development of a strong Flemish EdTech sector on the initiative of the Flemish Minister of Economy and Innovation Hilde Crevits. Aid of 1.8 million euros is planned for the development of the sector. Phil Schwartz“Food expert. Unapologetic bacon maven. Beer enthusiast. …
Read More »FacilityApps launches a new module | Service management
Pictured: Dirk Tuip, CEO of FacilityApps “DKS is a quality measure that works well for cleaning companies. But this traditionalThe method only measures the number of errors in a room, and that doesn’t say much about the quality of the cleaning,” explains Eric Kok, Customer Success Manager at FacilityApps. “Because 100 errors in a 20,000 m2 space can’t be a …
Read More »The second will go from 9 billion vibrations to a trillion or more this decade
A second is a date, something we agree on: it’s a second. “However, this appointment ran into some problems with our modern technology,” Scheire said. “In fact, you could start by saying, ‘What is a day?’ Noon to noon is 24 hours, then you divide that into minutes and seconds, so you can define a second as the nth part …
Read More »The more good friends, the more children (with dolphins)
The male dolphins with the strongest and most social contacts also seem to have the most offspring. And they maintain these important friendships by… whistling, among other things. These are the bottlenose dolphins of Shark Bay in Australia. They are known for their large social groups, which are all men who are not related to each other. It is an …
Read More »Discovery of sugar-coated antibodies that predict disease progression
(advertisement) Facts Science education May 04, 2022 Last update: May 03, 2022 Our antibodies – crucial in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus – are coated in sugars At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from 15 departments at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) found that they could do more for patients if they joined forces. In this way, …
Read More »New “shared space” at CS: “Should produce pleasant chaos”
A new “shared space” has recently been added to the east side of Central Station. It’s a kind of roundabout without clear rules. In this case, cyclists, scooters and pedestrians circulate simultaneously on the square. In 2015 there had already been a discussion when the first shared space behind the station was put into operation, but now a second has …
Read More »What to eat and how to eat for healthy aging?
In a new study, two scientists present a “longevity diet”. What does that mean? It looks like the diet that makes all the others obsolete: the longevity diet by Valter Longo and Rozalyn Anderson, literally translated the longevity diet. After sifting through hundreds of scientific articles, these two researchers… in the review cell with some specific tips. Okay, let’s temper …
Read More »Is Polder Rijnenburg the perfect location for the new Utrecht rowing water?
More water, greenery, clean energy, recreation and space for rowers: according to the rowing clubs of Utrecht, the Rijnenburg polder can meet all these needs. Rowing enthusiast Anne de Lange has already set up a new rowing club, with Rijnenburg as her future base. Together with Triton, Orca, Viking and the Watersportbaan Midden-Nederland Foundation, the Rowing Club Rijnenburg is committed …
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