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Compartment to prevent barn fires is impractical or ineffective for some livestock farms. This is apparent from the initial findings of the University and Wageningen research. Agriculture Minister Henk Staghouwer (ChristenUnie) therefore wants to see if customization is possible in legislation to fight barn fires, such as fire detection and extinguishing systems. The minister writes this in response to parliamentary …

Braille was already available for blind people to read text. A technique has now been added to “view” drawings, charts and figures. American engineers use the 3D printer to represent the characters in relief. It is estimated that 40 million people worldwide are blind or partially sighted. Not only in everyday life, but also in science, …

At the end of Friday afternoon, a few showers will pass over Groningen. Then it will be dry until the weekend. Temperatures will drop a few steps after Friday. Friday will start sunny and dry. The temperature slowly rises to 24 or 25 degrees around three o’clock. Then the first clouds move slowly over Groningen from the southwest (force two …

Leiden is not only the oldest university in the Netherlands, but it also has a European reputation for publishing scientific works since the 16th century. Due to the freedom of the press and the high quality of printing, scientists from all over Europe had their books printed in this city. Like Descartes, who lived in the Netherlands for a long …

First-year German business administration student Eliwon (19) has been answering rooms every day for three months and has finally found something in Prinsenland. One problem: he is not the only candidate. He has 720 euros left for a small room somewhere in Rotterdam. “But it’s not because of the money that I can’t find anything,” he sighs. That’s why he …

Most fossils are made of hard materials such as bones, shells or teeth, but in rare cases soft tissues are also preserved. How it works sometimes and sometimes not, was still a bit of a mystery. There are fossils in which pieces of skin, muscle or even an eye have been preserved. Internal organs can also fossilize through minerals. But …

Luckily, it’s not as hot as it has been for the past few weeks, but getting the heat out of your home? Go on. It is still stuffy in the house and air conditioning in all rooms is no longer the solution in 2022. But then what? An air conditioner consumes energy and running a fan is not a solution. …

The last Tasmanian tiger died in captivity at a Hobart zoo in 1936. The species takes its name from the stripes on its back, but is actually a marsupial and is also known as the marsupial wolf. Tasmanian tiger DNA has been preserved and can now be genetically combined with cells from other animal species. The closest surviving species in …

Interior•16 Aug ’22 17:26Author: BNR Web Editors As a sector, science should also have a voice in nitrogen discussions with mediator Johan Remkes, says Professor Han Lindeboom. Yesterday, Remkes spoke with environmental organizations and the business community and the construction sector can have their say in the coming days. But science was not invited. “The whole nitrogen problem is complex …

“Science continues to face many question marks, which could point to the limitation of human understanding and the existence of a dimension of being that is not accessible to science. Believers, on the other hand, can move away from an overly physical conception of God, dogmatically expressed in terms of power. Faith is not about measurable or experiential physical phenomena, …