Tomatoes that grow without a plant may sound like science fiction. Yet the idea could profoundly transform our food production, making it more sustainable and resilient. Researchers present their vision of this future today in the journal Trends in Biotechnology.
22 researchers from Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, 木瓜福利影视 Medical Center Utrecht, and Princess M谩xima Center have each been awarded a Vidi grant worth up to 鈧850,000.
Predicting whether a child is experiencing internalising or externalising problems based on a video. Niilo Valtakari is working on this: "My research shows how machine learning combined with psychology can provide new insights into behaviour."
Dirksen applies mathematical methods to tackle concrete problems. A central question in his research is how to reduce massive amounts of data into something workable, without losing essential information.
Paulien de Winter has been appointed professor by special appointment of Regulatory enforcement at RUG; she will also remain associate professor at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 School of Law.
Microbiologist Han W枚sten has been awarded the prestigious Huibregtsen Prize 2025. The prize recognises W枚sten's innovative and fundamental research into new sustainable materials from fungi-based compounds.
Arnout Geeraert finds that the institutional framework of FIA lacks the safeguards needed to prevent the concentration of power and ensure effective policies.
The Botanic Gardens of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 are set to receive a new greenhouse complex. The current greenhouses are outdated and no longer meet the requirements of modern research and education.
Jasper Sluijs, Toon Meelen and Tessa Dool advised the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure, that now urges the government to serve more public interests as a shareholder.
Literary scholar and cultural historian Dirk van Miert has been appointed Professor by Special Appointment in the History of Knowledge from a Digital Perspective at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视.
As of 15 October 2025, Kees van den Bos has been appointed professor at the new chair 鈥極rganisational Development and Leadership for Societal Transitions鈥.
By comparing the positions of the fifteen largest political parties, ocean scientists aim to show voters what each party plans for our seas and the ocean.
Researchers from Utrecht 木瓜福利影视鈥檚 Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU) played an important role in the case study of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and the Subpolar Gyre, ocean systems that strongly influence how heat is distributed across the planet.
On October 7 2025, a delegation from the Indonesian government visited the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) at the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 School of Law.
The multidisciplinary EVENING study evaluates whether expanding pre-school education is successful in creating more equal opportunities. The results are promising: children show progress in social-emotional development, language, executive functions and motor skills.
A look back on the third edition of the Legal Hackathon for "Inleiding Staats- en Bestuursrecht" attended by nearly a thousand first-year law students.
鈥淚 was always fascinated by Fantastic Voyage. Maybe it influenced me without me realising. In a way, I鈥檝e actually become a kind of builder at the nanoscale鈥, says Krijn de Jong, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis.
A team from the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 School of Law has organised, "de Rechtsstaat Parade" (Rule of Law Parade) at the Neude Library in Utrecht on September 15.
鈥淚n the past, there were periods much warmer than today,鈥 says Anna von der Heydt. 鈥淏y looking at what happened then, we can learn what might lie ahead.鈥
Social robots, smart speakers, Google Home, or Amazon Alexa: they are making their way into our homes. What role do these forms of artificial intelligence play within the family? Ruud Hortensius and his team of researchers are seeking answers to this question.
More time spent and more rejections: humanities scholars who do not have English as mother tongue encounter considerable obstacles, a study of philosophers suggests.
