All of us know that it is testosterone that makes us men compete. Get into fights and sometimes wage heroic wars against adversaries. But it is also created in less aggressive circumstances Continue reading →

Not if, but how did the deafness of Beethoven influence his compositions. Researchers of the University of Amsterdam and Maastricht have found evidence his deafness effected especially his use of high tones and for a specific period of time. Continue reading →

The Delft Innovation Awards 2011 goes to the inventors of a new production method for the isotope Molybdeen-99, prof.dr. Bert Wolterbeek and dr.ir. Peter Bode.  Mo-99 is an essential compound for the early detection and diagnoses of severe diseases like cancer. A shortage of these medical isotopes and Continue reading →

Dutch top-scientist Robert Dijkgraaf, Distinguished Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Amsterdam, leaves Holland to become the first non-Anglo Saxon director of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, walking in the footsteps of Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer. Continue reading →