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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · 5d

A Classic Graphic Reveals Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler. Spoiler: human on bicycle.

(I guess @nataliabarbour.bsky.social will like this)

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

www.scientificamerican.com

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · 24d

The successes and challenges of US–Soviet scientific communication.

Research exchanges between US and Soviet scientists during the second half of the 20th century may be instructive for navigating today’s debates on scientific collaboration.

pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

The successes and challenges of US–Soviet scientific communication

Research exchanges between US and Soviet scientists during the second half of the 20th century may be instructive for navigating today’s debates on scientific c

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Nature @nature.com · 25d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 28d

The Dutch offshore wind programme is in trouble. While 4.5 GW is in operation and another 1.5 GW under construction, the plan was to rapidly build out capacity to 21 GW by 2032. That is now out of reach.
My thoughts on how this happened, and what to do about it!
www.commonfutures.com/en/insights/...

Putting the Dutch offshore wind train back on the tracks

www.commonfutures.com

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Sep 26

This week, we had a great #PARTEC2025 symposium on particle techn.
Contributions from our team:
Hardlife Rambwawasvika on coating particles with #ALDep for controlled release pharma.
Rens Kamphorst on modeling agglomeration of nanoparticles.
Gabrie Meesters on stickiness.
Me on X-ray tomography.

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Sep 24

Heel mooi, van harte Cees!

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · Sep 18

To do for Linkedin users.

Switch off permission to use your content for AI

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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · Sep 19

“China’s clean-tech exports in 2024 alone will represent a 1 percent reduction in global emissions outside China.”

What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?

www.nytimes.com

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Sep 18

More delays in construction of 18 km long tunnel Germany - Denmark. The opening of the rail&road tunnel, now planned for 2029, will be delayed further.

www.transport-online.nl/99954/bouw-m...

Bouw megatunnel tussen Duitsland en Denemarken opnieuw vertraagd

KOPENHAGE - De bouw van de tunnel tussen het Duitse eiland Fehmarn en het Deense eiland Lolland loopt opnieuw vertraging op, meldt de projectontwikkelaar. Het miljarden euro's kostende project moest i...

www.transport-online.nl

J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Sep 9

Die moet ik even gorgelen, sorry. Maar: veel plezier / succes.

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · Sep 8

“It was clear to me that the ‘fast-track fee’ was a euphemism for ‘bribe,’” she told us, adding that fast-tracking is “unheard of” in mathematics.

‘Article broker’ in China trying to hook journal editors with fishy publishing deals

Earlier this year, China’s supreme court said companies selling fake or low-quality research papers should be punished. But shady middlemen there continue to offer questionable deals to journal edi…

retractionwatch.com

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Sep 5

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Sep 1

Opening of the academic year at Delft University of Technology. Theme: can you hear the music?

J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Sep 1

Enjoy! And pls visit the poster of Kalani & Doga!

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · Aug 21

Daring project by my former colleague @maartensta.bsky.social, in his spare time: compiling a European grid capacity (scarcity) map! www.gridcapacitymaps.eu
Still a challenge to access the detailed information, due to language and other barriers, but a very useful project indeed.

Map showing where capacity information is available (for supply and demand)

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks! Will keep it in mind for our next Sweden trip!

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great! Where in Sweden are you currently?

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Aug 19

Nice! But, it is already fall in the USA?

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xiuqichen.bsky.social @xiuqichen.bsky.social · Aug 13

Come join us!

Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · Aug 13

WORK!

I currently have 5 (!) open positions for postdocs/PhD students in our CDlab for projects:

- Nanopore protein sequencing
- Archaeal CDV cell division
- Microfluidics for synthetic cells
- Nuclear Pore Complex
- Origami mimics of peroxisomes

Please apply! ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/

RT=👍

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Jul 27

Air Liquide has taken a final investment decision on a 200MW electrolyser to produce H2 in the Port of Rotterdam, with TotalEnergies as a major client.

www.linkedin.com/posts/rotter...

Another acceleration for Rotterdam’s energy transition | Rotterdam Partners

Another acceleration for Rotterdam’s energy transition Air Liquide has made the final investment decision to build ELYgator – a 200 MW large-scale electrolyzer in Maasvlakte, Port of Rotterdam. Bac...

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · Jul 24

Air Liquide has taken final investment decision on its 200MW green hydrogen project at the Port of Rotterdam, after securing subsidies from the Dutch government.
23,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year, using electricity from offshore wind. To be operational in 2027.
www.h2-view.com/story/air-li...

Air Liquide greenlights 200MW Rotterdam green hydrogen plant

The project will use both PEM and alkaline electrolyser technologies to produce 23,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year to meet demand in industrial and heavy-duty mobility applications.

www.h2-view.com

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Jul 20

Congrats!! 😬

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J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Jul 17

Nu jij nog terug naar de Alma Mater... 😉

J. Ruud van Ommen 🟥 @jrvo.bsky.social · Jul 11

Een oplossing voor PFAS! Het wordt steeds duidelijker hoeveel PFAS we in ons water hebben en hoe lastig het is om ervan af te komen. Sanne Smith @tudelftceg.bsky.social heeft een oplossing om PFAS met schuim uit water te halen, in bestaande waterzuiveringssystemen.

www.tudelft.nl/stories/arti...

Een schuimende oplossing voor het PFAS-probleem

Er ontstaat regelmatig ophef rondom PFAS. Het wordt steeds duidelijker hoeveel we in onze bodem en ons water hebben en hoe moeilijk het is om ervan af te komen. Sanne Smith heeft een oplossing om PFAS...

www.tudelft.nl

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