/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:41:16 +0200 Thu, 25 Sep 25 16:00:00 +0200 /en/news/turning-waste-into-energy-and-building-at-the-nanoscale “I was always fascinated by Fantastic Voyage. Maybe it influenced me without me realising. In a way, I’ve actually become a kind of builder at the nanoscale”, says Krijn de Jong, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis. 152447 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Krijn de Jong /en/news/how-to-conduct-practice-oriented-research-into-your-own-teaching What are the challenges of conducting research into your own teaching? Educational developer Jennifer Casey shares her experiences and offers tips. 152069 Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:25:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/researchers-and-students-work-with-real-time-energy-data-in-new-living-lab How much electricity can a solar panel on a north-facing balcony actually generate? And how does the output change if the panel comes in a different color? These are the kinds of questions at the heart of the Lumifield, located at Utrecht Science Park. 152013 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/over-45-million-euros-for-sustainable-chemical-industry-with-green-hydrogen This large research programme, which brings together Dutch universities, research institutes and industrial companies, aims to make fuels and materials from industrial waste gases and CO2 using sustainable energy and hydrogen. 150928 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/33-utrecht-researchers-receive-veni-grant Over thirty promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 1 in 7 Venis went to Utrecht researchers this year. 150884 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/westenbrink-prize-2023-2024-for-max-gemmer The H.G.K. Westenbrink Prize 2023–2024 has been awarded to Dr. Max Gemmer for his thesis entitled ‘Visualizing Protein Biogenesis at the ER Membrane’. 150842 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:53:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/erc-proof-of-concept-grants-for-bas-van-ravensteijn-and-markus-weingarth Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� researchers Bas van Ravensteijn and Markus Weingarth have each been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant of €150.000 to further enhance antibiotics and nanomedice 150785 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/marijn-van-huis-appointed-professor-of-electron-microscopy-of-materials With cutting-edge techniques and state-of-the-art equipment, he aims to deepen our understanding of material and use that knowledge to enhance their properties for advanced applications. 150335 Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/marc-baldus-appointed-new-director-of-hfml-felix Marc Baldus has been appointed as new director of national research institute HFML-FELIX. 149968 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:36:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/zeila-zanolli-appointed-professor-of-theory-simulations-of-quantum-materials The objective is to design quantum materials and exploit their fundamental properties for developing sustainable technologies. 149733 Mon, 26 May 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/said-rodriguez-appointed-professor-by-special-appointment-in-emergence-and-information-in-light Rodriguez researches and develops information processing systems that are based on light rather than traditional electronics. These systems are promising when it comes to energy efficient, fast, and accurate computing. 149620 Thu, 22 May 2025 11:22:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/bert-weckhuysen-named-francqui-chair-in-belgium The Francqui Foundation annually awards chairs to Belgian universities, selecting top scientists from Belgium and abroad who are nominated by the institutions. 148877 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/our-immune-system-relies-on-a-stable-set-of-antibodies-that-barely-changes-over-time A small group of antibodies in your blood stays the same for years, even after vaccines. These stable antibodies create a unique and personal immune 'fingerprint' that barely changes over time. The discovery helps explain how long-term immunity works. 148896 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:12:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/call-for-participants-public-engagement-academy-2025 Apply now for the Public Engagement Academy: a training programme specifically targeted at postdocs and other early-career researchers at the Faculty of Science. 148686 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:16:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/background/how-a-mistake-by-first-year-students-led-to-a-science-publication-in-2005 How our researchers published a paper that provided evidence to a key question: do crystals become stronger or weaker when they are formed around impurities? 147735 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/consortium-led-by-markus-weingarth-awarded-eu15-million-to-tackle-antibiotic-toxicity Fundamentally understanding why some antibiotics turn out to be toxic is now a major step closer, thanks to a €1.5 million grant awarded to biochemist Markus Weingarth. 147858 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:14:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/shortening-diffusion-pathways-for-energy-dense-and-ultrahigh-power-lithium-ion-batteries-speed-up Dr. Martin Haase: The findings could pave the way for ultra-fast charging, making it possible to fully charge high-areal-capacity batteries in just one minute 150810 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:58:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/nine-utrecht-based-researchers-receive-vici-grant The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vici grants to nine Utrecht researchers. 147434 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /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/new-recycling-techniques-aim-to-give-colorants-a-second-life Over the next five years, Bert Weckhuysen will be working together with industry partners to investigate how colorants from plastic bottles can be recycled. 145607 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws