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Twenty years of AI research at the Faculty of Science, seen through Professor Mehdi Dastani's eyes.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� has appointed Bas van Steensel as Special Professor of Chromosome Biology. Van Steensel will lead fundamental research into how chromosomes function and how genetic information is expressed in our bodies.

Jansen and his team aim to bridge the gap between fundamental ecological research and practical challenges in nature conservation and restoration.

In her PhD research, Anouk Neerincx investigated how robots can help reduce stress, how they can get children to talk about their health and how they can teach children emotional skills.

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?

Approximately 1000 primary schools with over 250 thousand pupils will participate in the Great Math Day on 19th March 2025. This year's theme is 'Fair sharing'.

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.

Gorillas may have greater self-awareness than scientists previously thought. A new study finds that gorillas perform just as well as chimpanzees in tests that require awareness of their own bodies. Researchers now encourage using different types of tests to better understand self-awareness in animals.

The study’s results were published today in Geoscience Communication.

The findings support the idea that sex was already being used for social purposes by the last common ancestor of humans, bonobos, and chimpanzees.