Category: Geen categorie

Update with municipalities on latest developments

The four mayors, several aldermen, and administrative supporters from Voeren (Belgium) and on the Dutch side Eijsden-Margraten, Gulpen-Wittem, and Vaals were recently briefed on the developments surrounding the Einstein Telescope....

Enthusiasm from the ‘Grey Cells’ 

The Einstein Telescope and the opportunities offered by the underground observatory are also very much in the picture in Flanders. This was evident again recently during an anniversary lecture at...

Learning all about the Einstein Telescope

There is also great interest in the Einstein Telescope among young people. Some are interested in the scientific aspects of the underground observatory, others want to know all about its...

ERT measurement maps soil composition

A stable ground is one of the most important prerequisites for building the Einstein Telescope. The soft cushioning upper layer and a hard lower layer are excellent starting points for...

Special issue of Eos magazine on Einstein Telescope

What can we learn from gravitational waves? How much more of those collisions in the universe will we hear with the new observatory Einstein Telescope? And will that research facility...

Belgian Council of State scraps Dalhem wind turbines for Einstein Telescope

On Wednesday 29 March, the Belgian Council of State scrapped the permit for six wind turbines yet to be built in the Walloon municipality of Dalhem. That municipality lies in...

Vice-President EC Frans Timmermans: “Euroregion has excellent opportunity with the Einstein Telescope”

“With the Einstein Telescope, [Dutch] Limburg and this Euregio have gold in their hands. The facilities and the environment for scientists here are excellent and the infrastructure is good. I...

Academic network discusses Einstein Telescope progress in Aachen

Nineteen universities and knowledge institutions in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany want to cooperate even more closely on preparations for the underground observatory Einstein Telescope. In this way, they want...

Unanimous support for Einstein Telescope from Belgian ministers for science

In a meeting on 13 February, all Belgian science policy ministers expressed their support for the Einstein Telescope project. In their statement they advocated investing in this project with its...

Flanders installs Einstein Telescope steering committee

At a meeting in Genk on 13 February, Flemish Minister for Science and Innovation Jo Brouns established a Flemish Steering Group for Einstein Telescope. With this steering group, the Flemish...