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Article Water

Tackling water conflict with innovative tools

As one of our most valuable natural resources, water is an often-overlooked cause of conflict. With water becoming more scarce, water-related conflicts worldwide increase. A new early warning tool predicts where water-related conflict is likely to erupt, preventing escalation.
16 May 2020
Mission Mission to Hannover Messe

Mission to Hannover Messe

06 Mar 2026
Mission Mission to INCYBER Forum

Mission to INCYBER Forum

17 Mar 2026
Article ScreenPoint AI mammogram

AI breast cancer diagnoses may reduce disparity in women’s mortality

Each year, over half a million women worldwide die from breast cancer.  In 2020, 2.3 million women were diagnosed across the globe with the disease, which makes up 11.7 percent of all cancer diagnoses. This places female breast cancer mortality higher than lung cancer and makes it the most commonly diagnosed and…
07 Apr 2021
Article Laura de Vaan

The Game Changers: how sport events drive sustainable change

An inclusive society with reduced inequalities. This is common goal among all members of the UN. An inclusive society means everyone can fully participate and belong in society, including those who are dealing with a disability. More than a matter of accessibility, true inclusion also relies on awareness and…
22 Jul 2021
Article Olympics and Paralympics Tokyo 2020

Innovative Olympic and Paralympic Games: research to knock it out of the park

As a low-lying, densely-populated delta the Netherlands has had to be both creative and innovative. With a number of innovations launched in time for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, we have taken this global event to the highest level possible.
13 Aug 2021
Article PhotonFirst video still

High-tech improving lives from infant to elderly

High-tech semicon solutions are causing a paradigm shift in technology, where once expensive, complex, centralised processes could only be operated by experts. Today those processes can be done simply and remotely at home by consumers.
07 Sep 2022
Article Research health

How Dutch companies are creating a healthier future

Since the early years of industrialisation, life expectancy has risen dramatically in many parts of the world. But while people are living longer, they are not always living healthier. Health inequalities between the highest and lowest socioeconomic groups persist not only in the Netherlands and Japan but globally.
10 Jun 2025
Article Floating Farm - photo credits Iris van den Broek

5 Facts about the Floating Farm of the Future

The world's first floating farm is located in the stylish Merwe harbor in Rotterdam, and it's a prime example of green innovation and co-creation in the Netherlands. Meet this unique, fun, and educational experience that offers a self-sustaining and circular way to farm.
19 Jun 2023
Article BBQ

Innovation sizzling in the Netherlands

While we are closing off BBQ season in the Northern hemisphere, the discussion on meat, meatless, vegetarian and vegan, tends to subdue too. But innovation is still quietly cooking away in the Dutch culinary field with Mosa Meat’s cultured meat.
25 Sep 2023

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