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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.

What a day... On Saturday 5 October 2024 more than 800 people visited DIFFER for the first open day after many years. With funny experiments, lectures, and engaging activities we offered visitors an inspiring afternoon. The result? Many happy little faces and an energizing vibe. Let's take a look back!

Belgium and the Netherlands will jointly organise the so-called European Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) at the MECC in Maastricht in October 2026. An expected 1,000 participants from leading high-tech companies will meet Europe’s larger research organisations at this conference to share knowledge on high technology and innovation.

Thanks to funding through the NWO Open Technology Programme the research project ‘Development of additively manufactured tungsten heat shields for nuclear fusion’ can start. This project will exploit the unique infrastructure that is developed between TU/e and DIFFER as part of the Liquid Metal Shield laboratory (LiMeS-lab).

The EUROfusion consortium for the realisation of fusion energy has awarded sixteen EUROfusion “Bernard Bigot” Researcher Grants (ERG) to talented post-doctoral researchers across Europe. The ERG grants enable early-career researchers to develop innovative ideas and techniques to advance EUROfusion’s Roadmap to Fusion Energy.