‘A patent attorney converts practice, the invention, into theory, the patent. The patent then offers possibilities for all kinds of practical applications.’
Matthijs Roelofs studied Mechanical Engineer at the University of Twente. He did his masters at the Technical University Eindhoven where he completed a master in mechanical engineering and a master in science and technology of nuclear fusion.
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Column – ‘Linking business and science accelerates innovations’
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Chien-Shiung Wu: the woman at the basis of quantum technology (but who didn’t get a Nobel Prize)
The 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics, according to many, went unfairly to Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang. These two theoretical physicists had predicted the idea of ‘parity violation’, crucial in quantum physics, but it was Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) who demonstrated the phenomenon through an experiment.Continue reading