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Dutch Scientists Develop Digital Technology to Predict When Flood Barriers Will Fail
Enschede, Monday, 16 February 2026.
Netherlands researchers are creating advanced computer models to solve a critical gap in flood protection: predicting exactly how water seepage destroys dikes from underneath. The Digital Dikes project, led by University of Twente with international partners, aims to revolutionize flood defense engineering through probabilistic risk assessment tools that could prevent catastrophic failures before they occur.
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Netherlands Launches Major Energy Storage Project to Solve Grid Crisis
Netherlands, Sunday, 15 February 2026.
Dutch research organization TNO launched the RenewaFLEXNL project on February 13, 2026, bringing together 17 partners to tackle the country’s growing energy storage challenge. The three-year initiative will test revolutionary storage technologies that can hold renewable energy for 8 to 100 hours, addressing critical grid congestion that’s hampering wind and solar integration across the Netherlands.
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Dutch Petition Challenges Tax on Paper Investment Profits
Netherlands, Sunday, 15 February 2026.
Over 27,000 Dutch citizens have signed a petition opposing the proposed 2028 Box 3 tax reform that would tax unrealized investment gains annually. The grassroots movement advocates for an American-style system where investors pay taxes only when selling assets for actual profits, not on paper gains. Petitioners argue the current proposal forces citizens to pay taxes on money they haven’t received while bearing full investment risk. The campaign highlights how compound interest effects could reduce retirement savings by up to 80% over 30-40 years, with one example showing a €200,000 portfolio yielding €6.6 million less in the Netherlands compared to tax-free jurisdictions.
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Northern Netherlands Healthcare Professionals Unite to Map Digital Innovation Landscape
Groningen, Friday, 13 February 2026.
Seventy-five healthcare and welfare professionals from across Northern Netherlands gathered for an interactive ‘impact hunt’ on February 12, 2026, organized by Hanze University and regional partners to explore digital innovation opportunities. The collaborative mapping exercise revealed extensive ongoing activities in AI-driven care, digital inclusion, and technology adoption while identifying crucial gaps in coordination. Key insights emerged around the need for measurable innovation impact rather than buzzwords, with healthcare organizations like ZINN showcasing advanced sensor networks and digital assistants already transforming patient care delivery across the region.
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Dutch Quantum Breakthrough: New Chip Tests Over 1,000 Qubits at Once
Delft, Friday, 13 February 2026.
QuTech researchers developed QARPET, a revolutionary chip architecture that can test 1,058 semiconductor spin qubits simultaneously in a single cooldown. The crossbar design achieves an unprecedented density of 2 million qubits per square millimeter while using only 53 control lines, marking a crucial advance toward scalable quantum computing manufacturing.
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Dutch AI Startup Secures €2.3 Million to Predict Surgery Complications Before They Happen
Netherlands, Sunday, 15 February 2026.
Healthplus.ai’s revolutionary PERISCOPE system can save hospitals up to €4 million annually by predicting post-operative infection risks for individual patients and providing targeted preventive actions.
