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Mapping the development of the Sand Motor down to the grain

How do sand grains move as they travel along the coast?

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Autonomous drone from TU Delft defeats human champions in historic racing first

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.

Girls’ day 2025 at TU Delft

On 10 April 2025, TU Delft welcomed 180 girls aged 13 to 15 from various schools across the region of South Holland as part of the Girls’ Day nationwide initiative, organized by VHTO. The aim of this special day is to get them excited about STEM, engineering and IT at a young age.
Dr. Miriam Blaauboer is door Het Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg (ISO) uitgeroepen tot Docent van het Jaar

Miriam Blaauboer Teacher of the Year 2025

Dr. Miriam Blaauboer has been named Teacher of the Year by Het Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg (ISO). In addition to the honourable title, she received a €25,000 scholarship from the Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), Eppo Bruins. The election is organised annually by the ISO to celebrate good teaching. According to the jury, Miriam Blaauboer demonstrated her ability to illuminate complex material in an accessible way. "The lecturer has an enthusiastic approach, which benefits her students. We have full confidence that she can bring students along in the new developments in education" said the jury.

Revealing capillaries and cells in living organs with ultrasound

While medical centres use ultrasound daily, so far this technology is not capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists from TU Delft have developed a microscopy technique based on ultrasound to reveal capillaries and cells across living organs—something that wasn’t possible before. The research is now published in Science.

Integrity & social safety reporting point opened

The integrity & social safety reporting point was opened today, 3 April. This is a new link in TU Delft's existing reporting structure. Employees, students and others with a relationship to TU Delft can report signals and concerns there. The reporting point will be part of TU Delft's existing integrity system.

Over a million euros to support municipalities in their management role for the energy transition

TU Delft science brought to life in spectacular artwork at Beelden aan Zee museum

Museum Beelden aan Zee in The Hague presents the new solo exhibition Ana Oosting – Breaking Waves from March 14 to June 9, 2025. For the museum, Oosting created a spectacular, site-specific installation featuring ten kinetic sea creatures that move freely through the space, inspired by the wave patterns of the North Sea. She received help from TU Delft wave expert Paul Bayle. Bayle: ‘As a scientist, I love sharing my knowledge, but that it would lead to such an enchanting, kinetic installation... that I could never have imagined!’
Picture of Richard Norte with research setup

TU Delft and Brown University pioneer technology for next-generation lightsails in space exploration

Researchers at TU Delft and Brown University have developed scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails that could support future advances in space exploration and experimental physics. Their research, published in Nature Communications, introduces new materials and production methods to create the thinnest large-scale reflectors ever made.

TU Delft crowns young climate and energy researchers

On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, nine young TU Delft researchers competed for the title of best climate and energy paper of the past year. The competition resulted in two winners: Jorrit Bleeker (Energy) with his research that contributes to the many small improvements that together lead to affordable electrolysis of green hydrogen, and Lifei Yan (Climate) for his publication on salt precipitation during the underground storage of captured CO₂, which will ultimately lead to better strategies for this process.

QIA researchers create first Operating System for Quantum Networks

Breakthrough achievement paves the way for practical quantum internet applications