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DIFFER no longer uses X (formerly Twitter) as a communication channel. As of the end of this month the Dutch research institute terminated the account on X. More and more universities and research institutes are leaving the platform.

On Friday, October 18, 2024, Minister Sophie Hermans (Climate and Green Growth) visited the NWO Institute DIFFER in Eindhoven. The minister's working visit to the province of North Brabant focused on the energy transition, highlighting several state-of-the-art research projects.

Dutch research institute DIFFER and European fusion company Gauss Fusion are going to collaborate intensively. With a new Centre of Excellence in the Netherlands, the two parties aim to accelerate the realization of fusion energy.

TU/e and DIFFER celebrated the commissioning of an Aconity Midi 3D printer during a festive kick-off meeting. With the printer, metal structures with a high melting point, such as tungsten can be printed.

DIFFER has launched a new name for the Solar Fuels department: Chemical Energy. With this new name, one of DIFFER’s two research departments features a more inclusive name, for the long term. Although Solar Fuels has been a suitable name for many years, the department’s activities now go far beyond generating fuels using only energy from sunlight.