/en en Sat, 25 Oct 2025 01:02:37 +0200 Thu, 04 Sep 25 12:00:00 +0200 /en/news/erc-starting-grant-for-seven-utrecht-based-researchers-0 Seven researchers based in Utrecht have been awarded a €1.5 million Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). 151866 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +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/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/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/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/marjolein-dijkstra-wins-the-2025-physica-prize The Physica Prize is the most prestigious award for physicists active in the Netherlands. 146015 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:14:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/nineteen-utrecht-researchers-receive-nwo-award-for-groundbreaking-fundamental-research 21 research consortia get the chance to make a breakthrough thanks to funding from the Open Competition ENW-XL. Utrecht scientists are involved in 11 of the research consortia. 145651 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:19:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/industrial-application-of-nanogel-step-closer Bijels - pronounced "bye-gels" - are relatively new gels with unique properties. In her PhD research, Mariska de Ruiter has taken significant steps toward the industrial application of these promising materials, with potential uses in – among others - filters and batteries. De Ruiter will defend her PhD on 25 November at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ. 144565 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/three-research-teams-awarded-national-science-agenda-grants Three Utrecht research projects have been awarded funding within the programme National Science Agenda Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC). 144709 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/funding-for-soft-matter-charge-sensor-project-ben-erne Funding for geothermal project. Chemist Ben Erné, as lead applicant of the project, is developing an innovative sensor to measure electrical charges in soft matter. 150808 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:35:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/new-study-highlights-potential-of-2d-materials-in-advanced-light-based-technologies In a new study published in Physical Review B, researchers led by professor Zeila Zanolli and PhD candidate Riccardo Reho from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, explored the impact of stacking, twisting, and interlayer distance on the electronic and optical properties of structures made of specific two-dimensional quantum materials. 141887 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:32:00 +0200 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/the-energy-transition-under-the-nanoscope-gravitation-funding-for-anion-project Bringing together chemists and physicists to thoroughly investigate how electrochemical processes work on the smallest scale. That is the goal of ANION. 139581 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:58:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/background/just-because-something-is-complex-doesnt-mean-we-shouldnt-try-to-explain-it Young researchers answer science questions of fourth graders on stage during the Hoe?Zo!Show. 139586 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:47:00 +0200 Nieuws