Een oproep aan het nieuwe kabinet om in Nederland, zo mogelijk Europees verband, werk te gaan maken van strategische autonomie op onze energiemarkt. “Kies het voorbeeld van olie en niet van antibiotica. Geef dit een belangrijke plaats in de energiewet. Het zal ons in tijden van crisis enorm veel geld …

Regenerative agriculture is increasingly seen as the way forward to safeguard soil fertility and with that economic, human and natural sustainability. The fashion industry, being very much reliant on inputs from the agricultural sector, can play a pivotal role in promoting regenerative practices. In …

Prompt design can be understood similarly to query design, as a prompt aiming to understand cultural dimensions in visual research, forcing the AI to make sense of ambiguity as a way to understand its training dataset and biases ( Niederer, S. and Colombo, G., ‘Visual Methods for Digital Research’). …

The advent of the twenty-first century ushered in a new generation of fashiondesigners who merge design, artistic practice and research in a natural way. Theyuse artistic and activist interventions to revision fashion as a cultural and symbolicvalue-adding component integral to post-industrial restructuring …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable biopolymers (polyesters), produced by a wide range of bacterial strains. They are gaining increasing interest in different research fields, due to their sustainability and environmental-friendly properties. Additionally, PHAs are also biocompatible, which …

Problems of energy security, diversification of energy sources, and improvement of technologies (including alternatives) for obtaining motor fuels have become a priority of science and practice today. Many scientists devote their scientific research to the problems of obtaining effective brands of alternative …

As I gaze out of my window, I am met with a totem. This totem is gray and windowless, nestled in between offices and academic buildings. Behind it is a park, and the longer I stare, the deeper it becomes embedded in the natural landscape, after a bit I forget it’s there. But in the corner of my eye I …

Upcycling has been embraced by circular economy enthusiasts, policy-makers and collaborative initiatives across Europe. Early studies describe upcycling as a concept aimed at resource conservation by keeping products, components and materials at their highest potential value across consecutive product …

MNEXT (formerly the Center of Expertise – Biobased Economy (CoE BBE)) is researching about the link between Geopolymer, Alginate and Natural fibres treated using Alginate, more specifically about the potential usage of Sodium Alginate and Alginate-treated natural fibres as biological/sustainable binder/activator …

The European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) makes use of undulatory locomotion through its lateral fins. This type of locomotion shows good potential for application for underwater vehicle thrust because it gives the user advantages like maneuverability, stable station keeping, and energy efficiency. …