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A new project aims to build fundamental knowledge about flower pigmentation, with real-world applications. This may help breeders create more stable flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The grant is awarded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Newly minted doctor Lisanne Baak on the power of working with parents and children in newborn stroke research

What are the challenges of conducting research into your own teaching? Educational developer Jennifer Casey shares her experiences and offers tips.

The conclusion of the study is that the surface area of ​​a newly formed black hole is, with 99.999 percent certainty, significantly larger than the two original surface areas combined.

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.

Whether a patient will truly benefit from CF medication can be reliably predicted with an FIS test, PhD candidate Marlou Bierlaagh concluded this week.

Seven researchers based in Utrecht have been awarded a €1.5 million Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC).

The team of Riccardo Levato (UMC Utrecht and ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Utrecht) has developed a new 3D bioprinter that doesn’t just print, it also sees and even co-designs.

Vanaf 1 oktober 2025 maakt de Bibliotheek Wiskunde met haar collectie geen onderdeel meer uit van de universiteitsbibliotheek. Het Mathematisch Instituut neemt het beheer van de locatie over.

“This shows that our attention system has deep evolutionary roots,” says Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� behavioral biologist Tom Roth.

On August 27 2025, Quirijn Meijer has successfully defended his thesis.

What if the earliest signs of vascular disease could be observed as they unfold—inside lab-grown human blood vessels that mimic real-life conditions?

Research team urges better education on the environmental impact of medicines, helping patients make informed choices and reduce waste and costs.

“Gravitational waves could one day help us tell the difference between ‘normal’ nuclear matter and something we’ve never directly observed before.”

Physicist Tom Dooney developed DeepExtractor, a fast AI tool for cleaning gravitational wave data that helps scientists ‘hear’ the universe better.

XS grants provide up to € 50,000 to support promising ideas and to facilitate innovative, exploratory initiatives.

Her aim is to uncover how the loss of Arctic sea ice impacts melting of surrounding glaciers. Specifically, she will look at the effects of the rapid loss of sea ice in the Last Ice Area, which harbours the Arctic's oldest ice.

A new stem cell treatment administered via nasal drops is showing promising results for newborns with brain damage.

Joana Dopp recently received an EMBO Fellowship to find out more on exactly how the the zombie ant parasite adjusts its host’s clock.

The study is the first publication based on data collected in the long-term Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Biodiversity and Climate Variability Experiment (UU BioCliVE).

M-grants offer researchers the possibility to elaborate creative and risky ideas and to realise scientific innovations.

The project will make a substantive contribution to the current scholarly debate on colonial legacies and their present-day impact.

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.

The last individual of a Portuguese coastal plant species, extinct in the wild, was thought to be growing at the Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Botanic Gardens.

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.