The Dutch offshore wind programme is in trouble. While 4.5 GW is in operation and another 1.5 GW under construction, the plan was to rapidly build out capacity to 21 GW by 2032. That is now out of reach. My thoughts on how this happened, and what to do about it! www.commonfutures.com/en/insights/...

This week, we had a great #PARTEC2025 symposium on particle techn. Contributions from our team: Hardlife Rambwawasvika on coating particles with #ALDep for controlled release pharma. Rens Kamphorst on modeling agglomeration of nanoparticles. Gabrie Meesters on stickiness. Me on X-ray tomography.

To do for Linkedin users.

“China’s clean-tech exports in 2024 alone will represent a 1 percent reduction in global emissions outside China.”

More delays in construction of 18 km long tunnel Germany - Denmark. The opening of the rail&road tunnel, now planned for 2029, will be delayed further. www.transport-online.nl/99954/bouw-m...

“It was clear to me that the ‘fast-track fee’ was a euphemism for ‘bribe,’” she told us, adding that fast-tracking is “unheard of” in mathematics.

Opening of the academic year at Delft University of Technology. Theme: can you hear the music?

Daring project by my former colleague @maartensta.bsky.social, in his spare time: compiling a European grid capacity (scarcity) map! www.gridcapacitymaps.eu Still a challenge to access the detailed information, due to language and other barriers, but a very useful project indeed.

Come join us!

Air Liquide has taken a final investment decision on a 200MW electrolyser to produce H2 in the Port of Rotterdam, with TotalEnergies as a major client. www.linkedin.com/posts/rotter...

Air Liquide has taken final investment decision on its 200MW green hydrogen project at the Port of Rotterdam, after securing subsidies from the Dutch government. 23,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year, using electricity from offshore wind. To be operational in 2027. www.h2-view.com/story/air-li...

Een oplossing voor PFAS! Het wordt steeds duidelijker hoeveel PFAS we in ons water hebben en hoe lastig het is om ervan af te komen. Sanne Smith @tudelftceg.bsky.social heeft een oplossing om PFAS met schuim uit water te halen, in bestaande waterzuiveringssystemen. www.tudelft.nl/stories/arti...

Frans Saris is overleden Dirk van Delft schreef in NRC een prachtig in memoriam. Ik sprak hem eens over de vraag of Rechten wel een wetenschappelijke discipline is. Ik overtuigde hem niet en zei: ‘Frans, we heten dan ook Rechtsgeleerdheid’. Hij antwoordde: ‘Ja, geléérd zijn jullie wel!’ #RIP

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years. NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

Sébastien Moitzheim, CTO of @Powall, gave a great talk on continuous production of nanocoated powders at #aldale2025. He showed how to deal with particle mixing & precursor injection. #ALDep at 1bar, not using the high-purity semicon precursors, is a cost-efficient and scalable solution for coating.

I am attending the 2nd International Workshop on Reacting Particle-Gas Systems in Magdeburg. It is hosted by the local university, named after a famous physicist and politician.

🧼"Why does soap make bubbles?" ✍️ “Why can I draw with coloured pencils?” 💥"How does a chemical explosion work?" These are some of the questions that I answered during the Klokhuis questions day held at NEMO Science Museum on Saturday. Such a pleasure to work with these super enthusiastic children!

📢 chemists: annual ChemRxiv survey is now live, to better understand the community's use and perception of preprints, your thoughts and needs. americanchemical.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Survey takes about ten minutes, and you can enter a drawing for one of three $100 gift cards

Athina Tzavara-Roussi gave a great talk on Boosting PEM electrolyser performance with niobium (oxy)nitride coating using Plasma-Enhanced ALD at #EuroCVDALD24. I co-supervise Athina with Volkert van Steijn; the work is part of the program NXTGEN HIGHTECH. #ALDep #eRefinery @tudelfttnw.bsky.social

Great talk by Katherine Encalada Flores (group Ruud Kortlever) on Using #ALDep for Anode Protection in Offshore Green Hydrogen Production via Saline Water Electrolysis! #EuroCVD #eRefinery @tudelfttnw.bsky.social @tudelftme.bsky.social

Een staking van NS-medewerkers in West-Nederland op 10 juni lijkt me niet handig als er al weken een staking van het hoger onderwijs gepland staat op die dag, met een bijeenkomst op het Malieveld... @fvnspoor.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social

Great first day of #EuroCVD with several interesting talks: hybrid ALD/MLD, LCA of ALD and CVD processes, novel precursors, etc. We also can’t complain about the venue. #ALDep

Dutch researchers are facing increased political pressure and threats of violence. Academic freedom is under pressure in the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) said in a report on Thursday. www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-... nltimes.nl/2025/05/15/d...

Interview in Trouw met @laurabatstra.bsky.social over onze petitie om bij de nieuwe CAO die @universiteitennl.bsky.social gaat afsluiten niet iedereen zomaar een procentuele loonsverhoging te geven. 1/ www.trouw.nl/onderwijs/ho...

I am thrilled that our latest paper is now published and can be found online @natchem.nature.com: Exo-templating via pseudorotaxane formation reduced pathway complexity in multicomponent self-assembly of M12L24 nanopsheres. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It was great having you @banerjeelab.bsky.social . Thanks for visiting us and giving a great lecture! We should certainly stay in touch.

#Strike #TUDelft #WOinActie Stop de sloop!

heel sterk interview van @ilgrandemichel.bsky.social (namens @woinactie.bsky.social) over de bezuinigingen op het hele onderwijs, en specifiek op de historische bezuinigingen aan de universiteiten. www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/d...

To talk about the future of mining in Europe – and the innovation needed to shape it – I'm joined by Jenny Greberg, Vice President of Technology at Swedish mining-company LKAB. soundcloud.com/studio-energ...

Geen studentensportvoorzieningen meer. Geen studium generale meer. Geen universiteitsmuseum meer. Geen publiekslezingen meer. Geen hortus meer. Dan ook geen Bildung meer. Geen universiteit meer. Eppo maakt echt alles kapot. 🤬 delta.tudelft.nl/article/kabi...

🌍✈️ The Dutch Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Roadmap! We at TUDelft e-Refinery contributed to the National #SAF Roadmap, presented at the Deloitte Future of Energy event. This gathered industry stakeholders, government representatives, and knowledge institutes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nijenh...

Tuomo #Suntola sta Helsingin Yliopiston kunniatohtori 2025 #ALDep #AtomiKerrosKasvatus #AtomicLayerDeposition www.helsinki.fi/en/news/high...

“AI is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried” We need to talk about it, understand it and correctly embrace it www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Voor de tweede keer maakt Delta kans op de prestigieuze Tegel. Met haar onderzoeksartikel over het Innovation & Impact Centre op de TU Delft is Delta’s hoofdredacteur @sbonger.bsky.social één van de genomineerden voor de belangrijkste journalistieke prijs van Nederland.

Last week, we gathered in Delft for our 2025 General Assembly of ICONIC (EU project aiming to convert CO2 and nitrate into urea by electrochemistry). It was a highly interesting meeting! iconicproject.eu

Concert of Heather Nova in Rotterdan (De Doelen). Fantastic!!

This afternoon, the inaugural address of Irene Groot at Leiden University. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmemb...

Will Europe's high-speed ‘Metro-style’ rail network really happen? www.thelocal.com/20250326/wil...

THREAD The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X. By quite a lot. Release the Kraken... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics 1/11

Dutch government wants to attract US researchers, while imposing dramatic budget cuts on the Dutch universities...

🏆 Research integrity consultant and image forensics expert @elisabethbik.bsky.social has uncovered fraudulent data in over 7,600 scientific papers and exposed the practices of ‘paper mills’ that produce counterfeit scientific articles. She is honoured with the €200K Individual Award. Congrats!

Today, Rens Kamphorst defended his PhD thesis “Tuning the surface properties of polymer microspheres - by means of atomic layer deposition in fluidized beds”. 👍👍 He has been doing great work on #ALDep to coat polymer particles with SiO2. @tudelfttnw.bsky.social See e.g. doi.org/10.1016/j.su...

My week of managing the LinkedIN account NL-Wetenschap has finished. You can read all past posts at www.linkedin.com/company/105777769. It is in Dutch, but I saw that the translate function of LinkedIn is quite good. Coming week, another scientist will take care of the account; I don't know yet who.

Deze dag begon al heel vroeg (3:45!!) met een interview op @nporadio1.bsky.social bij de Nacht van NTR Wetenschap. Dit is een bonus bij het beheren van dit LinkedIn-account van NL Wetenschap. Het fragment gelukkig terug te luisteren: www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/d...