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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.

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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.

3 tot 7 maart is het wereldwijde Open Education Week. Lees deze week elke dag een nieuw bericht over Open Educatie en hoe jij hieraan kan bijdragen.

What does biodiversity have to do with evolution? We ask Edwin Pos, evolutionary ecologist and Scientific Director of the Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Botanic Gardens.

3 to 7 March is global Open Education Week. Read about how you can contribute to this every day this week.

Floris Bex has been appointed professor of Innovation in AI & Law at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� on March 1.

3 to 7 March is worldwide Open Education Week. Read a new post every day this week about Open Education and how you can contribute to it.

The researchers aim to enhance existing climate models by incorporating paleo data: information from natural archives that provide insights into past conditions

3 to 7 March is worldwide Open Education Week. Read a new post every day this week about Open Education and how you can contribute to it.

Dr. Martin Haase: The findings could pave the way for ultra-fast charging, making it possible to fully charge high-areal-capacity batteries in just one minute

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vici grants to nine Utrecht researchers.

On February 21 2025, Christos Pliatskas Stylianidis has successfully defended his thesis.

The plan is to continue monitoring for years. Lembrechts: “By measuring continuously over the long term, we can get a clear picture of biodiversity variation."

What can nature offer to human health? This question has always fascinated Anastasia Tsolaki, Master's student in the Track Plant Biology of the Master Environmental Biology. Anastasia carried out her research project at the Botanical Gardens, where she discovered that ancients texts can still provide valuable insights.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� researchers are studying the routes that icebergs followed during geological periods of rapid ice cap deterioration, such as the ends of ice ages.

In this newsflash, you will find quick, bite-sized updates on a range of topics that we wish to share with you in addition to the other, more extensive articles in our newsfeed.

Parasites are often overlooked in biodiversity research and conservation efforts. That needs to change, says zombie ant researcher Charissa de Bekker.