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For the first time, a research team has used deep learning to simulate the future evolution of glaciers at a regional scale.

Serious doubt has arisen regarding the common belief that the oldest existing maps of the continent of Africa were made by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century.

Decades-old ice in Northern and Southern Pole regions contain significant amounts of nanoscale plastic particles. Studying ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, scientists have identified several types of nanoplastic particles

On 13-15 December 2021, the online workshop ‘Protecting deep seabed ecosystems under the future Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of BBNJ and by the ISA – Perspectives of Government, Civil Society, Stakeholders, and Law and Science’ was convened.

Utrecht researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that takes an important step towards designing new materials more efficiently. Based on the desired characteristics of a material, the AI system determines which building blocks are needed to make such a material.

Alternatieven voor dierproeven voor Utrechtse studenten: met hologrammen de anatomie van een rat verkennen, met een plastic varken oefenen met bloedafname, en meer.

This winter, physics researcher Ingmar Swart and his team installed a very special microscope in the Bloembergen building at Utrecht Science Park.

Call to governments, the United Nations and other actors to stop development and potential use of planetary-scale solar geoengineering technologies.

Chemistry researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind cobalt oxide as an active component for CO₂ conversion.

Prof. Julia Jones from Bangor ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� in Wales has been appointed as the new holder of the Prince Bernhard Chair for International Nature Conservation.

Large volumes of fresh groundwater below the seafloor may be used as a temporary source of water in water stressed coastal regions.

The Bonvin lab at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� in collaboration with Li Xue’s group in Nijmegen and the Netherland eScience Center recently published DeepRank, a deep learning (DL) framework for data mining 3D protein-protein structures, in Nature Communications and GitHub. 

On 17 January, Berrie van der Molen will defend his dissertation ‘Talking about XTC: Drug discourse in post-war Dutch newspaper and radio debates’.

Researchers from Utrecht and Wageningen used models to predict the Mekong Delta will likely sink very fast compared to sea level, and propose strategies.

Three researchers at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euros. The grant is awarded by the European Research Council.

A new research on electron conduction in double-wall carbon nanotubes offers an explanation for a long-ununderstood phenomenon about interlayer conductance.

As of 1 December 2021, Thomas Grimm is appointed as Professor of Quantum Gravity and Geometry at the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

Four researchers from the faculty of Veterinary Medicine explain how they involve a broad public in their research

Paul Boselie, leader of the Recognition and Rewards programme of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��, explains what the programme entails and Debbie Jaarsma (Dean) and Marianna Tryfonidou detail how this is implemented within the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

This is an announcement on the winners of the seed money distributed by the Focus Area Migration and Societal Change in the fall of 2021

The Dutch platform DARE-NL has been awarded a €5.3 million grant from KWF Dutch Cancer Society, aiming to make cell and gene available to more patients.

“In de toekomst is ‘open science’ gewoon ‘science’, het lijkt me niet meer dan logisch dat we studenten hierin meenemen en ook op voorbereiden.” Dit is zomaar een van de eerste gedachten die opkomt bij een van de deelnemers aan de eerste werksessie over open science in het onderwijs begin december. Ideeën om Open Education verder te brengen zijn er te over, zo blijkt.

An international team of palaeontologists sectioned the first skeletons of vertebrates to reveal their life cycle and the positions these marine animals occupied in the Earth’s earliest foodwebs.

As of 1 December, Gil Cavalcanti is appointed as Professor of Generalized Complex Geometry and Mathematical Physics at the Mathematical Institute.

A blog by Alberto Alonso-Fredejas on The PhD School on Migration and Socioecological Change in Soria, Spain.