/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 02:51:28 +0200 Tue, 18 Feb 25 11:43:00 +0100 /en/news/two-uu-research-projects-awarded-nwo-open-competition-enw-m-grant NWO Exact and Natural Sciences (ENW) has awarded a total of 17 project grants within the Open Competition ENW-M. 147163 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:43:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/eic-pathfinder-grant-to-build-prototypical-quantum-computer The consortium’s research aims to result in a prototypical quantum computer which will overcome the conventional boundaries of standard information and computation technologies. Zeila Zanolli, associate professor at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, is one of the principal investigators. 139747 Mon, 27 May 2024 10:42:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/over-40-million-for-research-into-living-cells-and-quantum-materials Out of the seven Gravitation grants, two are granted to projects led by Utrecht Faculty of Science researchers: Prof. Anna Akhmanova (cell biology) and Prof. Daniel Vanmaekelbergh (nanomaterials). 116429 Mon, 02 May 2022 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/thin-is-cool-layered-semiconductors-with-excellent-heat-dissipation-properties A new study reveals the thermal transport properties of ultrathin crystals (made of just one or a few layers) of molybdenum diselenide, a two-dimensional material of the transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) family. 113380 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:03:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/moire-materials-new-understandings-unlock-the-gateway-to-future-nanoelectronics-applications A new research on electron conduction in double-wall carbon nanotubes offers an explanation for a long-ununderstood phenomenon about interlayer conductance. 112814 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:29:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/where-technical-expertise-meets-scientific-ambition The Electron Microscopy Centre: meet facility manager Chris Schneijdenberg, technical support Hans Meeldijk and PhD candidate Savannah Turner 110495 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/third-scientific-wall-mural-depicts-van-t-hoff-first-nobel-prize-winner-in-chemistry Van ’t Hoff obtained his PhD in 1874 in Utrecht on the topic of stereochemistry, as illustrated on the mural unveiled today at the Ganzenmarkt in Utrecht. 107741 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:45:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/best-electron-microscope-in-the-world-for-utrecht-university UU has brought into use an electron microscope that can image individual atoms in nanoparticles, and offers possibilities to develop new sustainable materials. 104266 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/lecture-by-freddy-rabouw Heineken Young Scientist Award winner Freddy Rabouw will give a lecture about his research for the general public (in Dutch) on Saturday September 12, 2020 during ‘Open Monumentendag’. 99378 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:10:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/marjolein-dijkstra-appointed-as-knaw-member The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has selected eighteen new members, among which Utrecht physics researcher Marjolein Dijkstra. 95311 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:44:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/save-the-date-2021-debye-spring-school The new dates for the Debye Spring School, originally scheduled for April 2020, are: April 12 - 14, 2021. 87543 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:20:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/seven-erc-consolidator-grants-for-utrecht-researchers The European Research Council has awarded the latest ERC Consolidator Grants; six of them will go to Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and one to UMC Utrecht. 88479 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws logo european research council /en/news/recap-debye-institute-30th-anniversary-symposium Recap of the 30th Anniversary Symposium of the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science. 85413 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:51:00 +0200 Nieuws Debye Institute 30th anniversary /en/news/andries-meijerink-wins-knaw-gilles-holst-medaille "His research is crucial for the transition to a sustainable society", says KNAW. 84681 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Andries Meijerink /en/news/utrecht-physicists-take-new-step-towards-realisation-of-qubits-for-quantum-computers A group of physicists in Utrecht, San Sebastián and Pennsylvania created a new artificial molecule. 83495 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:22:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/save-the-date-debye-institute-30th-anniversary-symposium The 30th anniversary symposium takes place on Thursday October 17, 2019. 82381 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:46:00 +0200 Nieuws beeldmerk Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science /en/news/formation-of-honeycomb-nanostructures-finally-explained Giuseppe Soligno and Daniel Vanmaekelbergh developed a simulation model that reproduces the formation of these nanostructures in detail. 77021 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:38:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/harvard-professor-joanna-aizenberg-debye-visiting-chair Bioinspired Materials Design Pioneer Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) is the 2019 Debye Visiting Chair. 75733 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws debye institute for nanomaterials science, Debye Visiting Chair, Joanna Aizenberg /en/news/vici-grant-for-rembert-duine Physics researcher Rembert Duine will receive 1.5 million euros from NWO for his project 'Fluid electronics'. 73905 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:44:00 +0100 Nieuws Logo NWO van Veni, Vidi, Vici /en/news/rubicon-grant-for-utrecht-chemistry-researcher-peter-jacobse Jacobse has been awarded the grant by NWO for a two-year research visit to ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of California, Berkeley (USA). 71485 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:23:00 +0100 Nieuws