A sustainable building where people work happily and meet each other: employees of and visitors to NWO institute DIFFER in Eindhoven are highly complimentary about the institute's new building. And they have made that known.
From April 16th till April 18th, a packed Senaatszaal at Eindhoven University of Technology listened to 38 lectures by international researchers about the latest developments in the study of the strong coupling involving organic molecules and optical cavities.
On Wednesday April 11th, the team of Fusion Facilities & Instrumentation at DIFFER achieved an important milestone by igniting the first plasma in the experimental facility Upgraded Pilot-PSI (UPP).
On Wednesday 21 March, the research facility Magnum-PSI at DIFFER (Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research) set a new world record for longest exposure of a material to the harsh plasma conditions in future fusion reactors.
De negen NWO-instituten zijn beoordeeld door panels van onafhankelijke, internationale experts. Zij waarderen het vernieuwende onderzoek, de mondiale positie en de nationale rol van de instituten. DIFFER scoorde 'world leading' op het gebied van maatschappelijke relevantie en 'zeer goed' op het criterium wetenschappelijke kwaliteit.