{lang en} A small device that detects a chemical substance within seconds, using terahertz radiation. Thanks to an improvement of spectroscopy techniques in this frequency, this possibility could soon be applied. Researchers developed a compact system to achieve the spectroscopic fingerprint of a material within 100 μs, making it a promising as a fast, advantageous …
{lang en} ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission has demonstrated the technology needed to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory. Results from only two months of science operations show that the two cubes at the heart of the spacecraft are falling freely through space under the influence of gravity alone, unperturbed by other external forces, to a …
{lang en} Professor C.C.A.M. (Stan) Gielen will become chair of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) with effect from 1 January 2017. NWO is currently undergoing major changes. The governance and organisation will become more streamlined and coherent. This will put NWO in a better position to optimally realise its core tasks, funding of …
{lang nl} In 2010-2012 sterke extra opname van kooldioxide boven Australië Satellietmetingen van koolstofdioxide in de aardatmosfeer geven inzicht in hoe klimaatverandering zelf – in de vorm van bijvoorbeeld zware regenval, droge periodes en overstromingen – de koolstofcyclus weer beïnvloedt op het Australische continent. De koolstofcyclus is mede bepalend voor hoe sterk het broeikaseffect is. …
{lang en} Loss of Hitomi great blow to international space research After a perfect launch on 17 February and a few weeks of excellent operations the Japanese space telescope Hitomi was considered to be lost yesterday. A fault in the orientation of the satellite probably led to considerable damage to the space telescope. This is …
{lang nl} Op de Hannover Messe 2016 namen minister-president Mark Rutte en minister van OCW Jet Bussemaker vandaag met aandacht kennis van het SRON-onderzoek. De bewindslieden luisterden en keken met aandacht naar korte presentaties over de SPEX-technologie en de Athena-missie. {/lang} {lang en} At the Hannover Messe 2016 prime-minister Mark Rutte en secretary Jet Bussemaker (OCW) …
Today the international HIFI project has come to a natural end. Since 1998, starting with a proposal to ESA, SRON and a great number of international partners have been working on the most complex instrument built so far by the institute. Over the years more than 300 people played an active role in the project; …
{lang en} On 26 March the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that a communications anomaly had occurred with its X-ray astronomical satellite Hitomi, known before launch as Astro-H. The cause of the communications anomaly is yet unknown. {lang nl} Het Japanse ruimtevaartagentschap JAXA heeft bekend gemaakt dat op 26 maart problemen zijn ontstaan met …
{nomultithumb} {lang nl} Op 14 maart is, na een kort ziekbed, SRON-directeur Dr. Roel Gathier (1953) overleden. Als Managing Director van SRON maar ook als voorzitter van de wetenschappelijke programmacommissie van ESA (SPC) heeft hij een belangrijk stempel gedrukt op het nationale en internationale ruimteonderzoek. Zijn voortijdige dood laat een leegte achter die moeilijk zal …
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