Data Station Physical and Technical Sciences

This data station allows you to deposit and search for data within the fields of physical and technical sciences.

If you have a question, please check the frequently asked questions or send your question to Data Station Manager Cees Hof.

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19 September 2025

From 10k to 329k datasets: 20 years of growth at DANS

Social Sciences and Humanities Archaeology Life Sciences Physical and Technical Sciences

FAIR and Open data

This year DANS celebrates its twentieth anniversary. A perfect moment to look back at the journey we have taken together with researchers and institutions, and at what has grown from it. In this jubilee series, we revisit key milestones and connect them with the present.

In this first article, we highlight an impressive story of growth: from 10,000 datasets in 2009 to over 329,000 today.

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18 September 2025

Update of the DANS Data Stations Deposit Manual

Social Sciences and Humanities Archaeology Life Sciences Physical and Technical Sciences

FAIR and Open data RDM

The DANS Deposit Manual has been thoroughly revised. This updated version offers researchers and data professionals improved guidance on preparing, depositing and maintaining research data in the DANS Data Stations. 

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26 June 2025

From tapes to Dataverse: forty years as a data bridge-builder

Social Sciences and Humanities Archaeology Life Sciences Physical and Technical Sciences DataverseNL

FAIR and Open data

It’s 1985. Take On Me by Norwegian band A-Ha is topping the charts, telephones still weigh a kilo, youth unemployment is sky-high, and squatters’ riots are a frequent occurrence in Amsterdam. In the midst of these turbulent times, Marion walks into the Steinmetz Archive – the predecessor of DANS. Exactly 40 years later we celebrate her well deserved retirement.

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