Dutch get their skates on in Amsterdam before the thaw
Dozens of skaters took to the frozen surface of Amsterdam's historic Prinsengracht canal Saturday as the deep freeze gripping Europe briefly made it possible to skate on a small section of the canal for the first time since 2018......»»
Dutch Watchdog Finds Apple App Store Payment Rules Anti-Competitive
The Dutch antitrust authority has found that Apple's rules requiring software developers to use its in-app payment system are anti-competitive and ordered it to make changes, Reuters has reported, citing people familiar with the matter, in the latest.....»»
Anti-5G Necklaces Found To Be Radioactive
Necklaces and accessories claiming to "protect" people from 5G mobile networks have been found to be radioactive. The BBC reports: The Dutch authority for nuclear safety and radiation protection (ANVS) issued a warning about ten products it found gav.....»»
Anti-5G “quantum pendants” are radioactive
Dutch authority for nuclear safety issues warning, bans 10 scammy "negative ion" products. Enlarge / This "quantum pendant" purports to protect the wearer from 5G signals. The anti-5G hysteria is a groundless conspiracy theory, but the.....»»
Gas field tremor terror haunts Dutch villages
Teacher Daan Schoolland was asleep with his partner when the earthquake struck the northern Dutch hamlet of Garrelsweer in the middle of the night......»»
Google Removes Pirate Bay Domains from Search Results Citing Dutch Court Order
Google has removed The Pirate Bay and more than 100 related domains from its search results in the Netherlands. The search engine points to a local pirate site-blocking order that was forwarded by anti-piracy group BREIN. The order targets ISPs and d.....»»
Tracing European conflicts using lead isotopes in paints used by Dutch masters
A team of researchers from Vrije University, Conservation & Science, Rijksmuseum and the University of Amsterdam has found that it is possible to trace conflicts in Europe by analyzing lead isotopes in paint used by Dutch master painters. They have p.....»»
18 Hours of Omicron Chaos at Schiphol Airport
On November 25, two planes took off from South Africa for Amsterdam. By the time they landed, the Omicron variant had thrown the world into chaos......»»
COVID has had an impact on academics" well-being
The COVID pandemic has had a considerable impact on academics' work and well-being. They have had much less time to spend on their research. The Young Academy and the Dutch Network of Women Professors have conducted research into how the situation ha.....»»
Deadly bacteria found in large group of stranded porpoises
Last summer, some 190 dead porpoises washed ashore on the Dutch Wadden Sea Islands within just ten days. A remarkably high number, considering the annual average of about 600 stranded porpoises on the entire Dutch coast. During the past few months, r.....»»
Satellite reveals Australian coal mines emit much more methane than expected based on national reporting
A group of Dutch scientists has used space instrument TROPOMI to calculate methane emissions from six Australian coal mines. Together, these account for 7 percent of the national coal production, but turn out to emit around 55 percent of what Austral.....»»
Enabling circular economy for supply chain visibility: Interview with Dutch startup Circularise
Aimed to facilitate transparency and traceability across global supply chains to enable a shift to a circular economy, Dutch startup Circularise was established in 2016 to provide solutions based on blockchain technology to bridge the information gap.....»»
Pandemic skyrockets in Europe; COVID is the No. 1 cause of death
"There is a duty to society to get vaccinated." Enlarge / North Rhine-Westphalia, Herten: The crew of a Dutch ambulance brings a COVID-19 patient from Rotterdam to St. Elisabeth Hospital in Herten. (credit: Getty | Picture alliance).....»»
Can we tell someone"s cultural group from the way they laugh?
Can we infer someone's cultural group from their laugher, even when we do not know what they are laughing at? And what kind of laughter do we find most positive? A new study by researchers from the University of Amsterdam with international colleague.....»»
Freeze-thaw cycles regulate physiological sensitivity of Syntrichia caninervis to snow cover
Spring, especially the freeze-thaw season, is considered the key period for the growth and carbon sequestration of desert mosses. It is not clear how the change in environment water and temperature affects the physiological characteristics of desert.....»»
Non-invasive DNA-labeling tool opens doors for new research
Dutch researchers have developed a new tool to label DNA for studying chromosomes in live cells. The tool is non-invasive and can be applied in culture but also in living organisms, such as zebrafish embryos. The team published their findings in the.....»»
Why Flemish people adapt their Dutch to Dutch people and not other way around
How does a scientist find out how people adjust their language use when they are together? People start talking differently with someone who doesn't speak their language or is hard of hearing, but how do you measure that? Prof. Marc Swerts, together.....»»
WA shipwreck reveals secrets of 17th -century Dutch seafaring domination
Many Dutch ships passed the West Australian coast while enroute to Southeast Asia in the 1600s—and the national heritage listed shipwreck, Batavia, has revealed through its timbers the history of the shipbuilding materials that enabled Dutch East I.....»»
Dutch order poultry indoors after avian flu outbreak
Dutch health authorities on Tuesday ordered all poultry to be kept indoors to curb an outbreak of highly contagious bird flu......»»
Permafrost thaw could release bacteria and viruses
When considering the implications of thawing permafrost, our initial worries are likely to turn to the major issue of methane being released into the atmosphere and exacerbating global warming or issues for local communities as the ground and infrast.....»»
Dutch agency: Netherlands could face higher sea level rises
Dutch climate experts warned Monday that the low-lying Netherlands could face higher sea level rises than previously forecast as well as the threat of extreme rainfall and other dangerous weather events caused by climate change......»»