/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 03:23:11 +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/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/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 /en/news/spheres-are-almost-always-packed-most-efficiently-as-sausages Physical experiments and computer simulations show how to pack a finite quantity of spheres in the most efficient way. 136254 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:10:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/tight-bonds-helped-british-variant-of-coronavirus A key factor in the rapid spread of the so-called British coronavirus variant appears to be stronger attachments between the virus and human cells. 136049 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:24:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/microscopic-tug-of-war-with-corona SARS-CoV-2 virus particles can resist high physical forces. This determines partly their success, according to a publication of the new UU-professor Jan Lipfert in PNAS. 116228 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:50:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/extremely-sensitive-nano-sensors-can-detect-trace-amounts-of-molecules Utrecht researchers have developed a new type of sensor, about 500 times smaller than the width of a human hair. 116017 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:42:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/researchers-design-unique-two-in-one-catalyst-to-make-carbon-neutral-transportation-fuels A team of researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and Xiamen ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ in China have now shown how to make core-shell hollow-sphered materials that combine the required functions in a single catalyst particle, enabling tandem catalysis with unsurpassed performance. 113280 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:05:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/publicatie/researchers-at-utrecht-university-gain-control-over-growth-2d-material Researchers around the world have been diving into 2D materials such as graphene, which can be used to generate a multitude of material properties using only very little material Graphene is the best known 2D material, but not the most useful. 110887 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:32:00 +0200 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/multidisciplinary-cooperation-leads-to-catalysts-that-are-up-to-50-times-more-effective Physicists and chemists structure catalysts at the atomic scale 106172 Thu, 06 May 2021 17:00:00 +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/utrecht-students-receive-young-talent-awards-2020 At the annual Young Talent Awards for the technical and scientific fields seven science students from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ were awarded. 101757 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:00:00 +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/packing-geometry-entropy-unexpected-crystallization-of-mixtures-of-spheres-of-two-sizes-in-spherical Publication in Nature Physics 99002 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Nucleation and growth of a simulated cluster of 5001 particles /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/25-million-euros-for-research-on-making-passive-nanomaterials-alive Prof. Marjolein Dijkstra (Physics) has been granted an ERC Advanced Grant, annually granted to exceptional senior researchers. 93715 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 10:39:00 +0200 Nieuws /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/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