The rapid growth of data traffic and artificial intelligence is pushing the energy consumption of digital infrastructure to unsustainable levels. A major bottleneck lies in how data is transmitted between chips: current technologies rely on electronic signals, which generate heat and waste energy. This project explores a radically new approach using light instead of electricity, by exploiting the excellent properties of 2D materials. This enables the conversion of magnetic information into optical signals, combining the energy efficiency of magnetic storage with light data transmission. This innovative strategy could enable low-power and high-speed data transfer in our computers.

For many years astronomers have studied galaxies, but their formation and growth after the Big Bang remain largely unknown. This Project will investigate the first steps of galaxy evolution as it has never been possible before, with the largest space telescope ever built: the James Webb Space Telescope. Al vele jaren onderzoeken sterrenkundigen de sterrenstelsels, maar hun ontstaan en groei na de oerknal blijven grotendeels onbekend. Dit Project zal het begin van de evolutie van sterrenstelsels onderzoeken zoals dat nog nooit eerder mogelijk was, met de grootste ruimtetelescoop ooit gemaakt: de James Webb Space Telescope.

Smaller size at larger scale Dr. A. A., Mularczyk, Delft University of Technology Producing complex reactor geometries, smaller than a human hair, with precision, reliability and speed has been the key to many technological advances. Achieving this in the field of electrochemical systems is not trivial and requires a symbiotic interplay between several disciplines from engineering and chemistry. If successful, this can unlock a revolution in our way of designing and producing electrochemical reactors and boost their capabilities to be integrated in our energy grids and chemical conversion infrastructure.