Van ’t Hoff obtained his PhD in 1874 in Utrecht on the topic of stereochemistry, as illustrated on the mural unveiled today at the Ganzenmarkt in Utrecht.
Within just a few generations, bacteria on plants can adapt from harmful to beneficial. This discovery could pave the way for developing special bacterial crop fertilizers.
Vitamin K packed in tiny spheres may help prevent severe bleeding in babies. Researchers have now taken an important step in developing this method, bringing an alternative to injections with vitamin K closer to reality.
10.000 citizend were asked to give advice on government on climate policy. On June 17th the final report was handed over to the president of the Negotiations on the Dutch Climate Agreement.
A team led by Karlijn Morsink will investigate to what extent regional conflicts are increased by weather shocks - and insurance can mitigate that effect.
A new study is the first to explicitly address the gut microbiome as a pathway to understanding how environmental inequities could lead to health disparities.
A 7.5 million euro grant allows researchers to lay the foundations for 'upgrading' plant material into a form that is just as tasty and nutritious as meat.
Researchers from the Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics and the Institute of Theoretical Physics have collaborated to construct a new computational framework called Trajectum.
The jury praised Pos on a number of points, including the high degree of independence and responsibility that he has already taken on at a young academic age.
Een internationaal onderzoeksteam geleid door Niels de Winter van de Universiteit Utrecht heeft met behulp van een nieuwe methode de maandelijkse temperatuurverschillen in het Krijt gereconstrueerd.
What if you could install solar panels at sea? Sara Golroodbari received her doctorate on exactly that subject. We give you an overview of her most important results.
With a roadmap paper, computer scientist Anja Volk launches the new research field ‘Music, computing, and health’. How does that work, launching a new field?
Jerry Chen started last January as a PhD student at the Centre for Complex Systems Studies last December. He will study the vegetation ecosystem resilience to flooding and drought induced by climate change.
Edwin Pos is one of the three nominees for the election of the greatest scientific talent of the Netherlands and Flanders by the magazine New Scientist.
Infrabedrijf Roelofs start met de aanleg van 's werelds eerste testweg van bio-asfalt gemaakt met volledig plantaardige lignine, als vervanger van bitumen in asfalt, dat wordt gewonnen uit ruwe olie.
The Complexaton is a research contest by the Center for Complex Systems Studies where teams of Master’s students and PhD-candidates work on socially relevant challenges
Is it possible and affordable to produce food responsibly and protect nature at the same time? Yes, says Vincent de Leijster, who investigated this for almond orchards in Spain and coffee plantations in Colombia.
