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Launch of the 3RCU campaign to stop the use of fetal calf serum.

Module allows studying the response of agricultural and natural ecosystems to future environmental conditions, such as lower amounts of rainfall.

Tuncay Baubec and his research group want to figure out how genes are turned ‘on’ and ‘off’ at the right time during development.

For the first time, contagious yawning has been demonstrated in solitary animals. Researchers now demonstrated the phenomenon in orangutans.

Her Majesty Queen Máxima visited our university. The work visit dealt with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on education and the welfare of students and lecturers.

Fertilization is a major threat to the stability of grasslands at the local and larger spatial scale, is the conclusion of an international research group.

The new Phytotron at the Hugo R. Kruyt building has now been taken into use. Researchers Dr. M.A. (Angelica) Sanclemente and S.W.M. (Sanne) Poppeliers MSc and project manager Leon Knijn tell you the story of this special building project in the video above.

In two publications, Utrecht biologists and international colleagues describe processes used by plants to adapt to warmth.

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.

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.

Yawning appears to be a measure of brain size. Animals with larger brains yawn longer than those with smaller brains, according to research by biologist Jorg Massen.

Former Vice Dean and Professor of Molecular Plant Physiology Sjef Smeekens has been appointed Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.

New genetic data could help food crops like tomatoes and rice could survive longer, more intense periods of drought on our warming planet.

The installation consists of a growth chamber, conveyor belts, several cameras and a 3D laser scanner. Researcher Bart Schimmel is putting Helios into operation.

Worldwide, large tracts of land are contaminated with PFAS. Instead of the classic "dig and dump" method, the university wants to explore the possibilities of sustainable remediation.

The Amazon rainforest may be home to thousands of hidden earthworks, made by pre-Columbian societies.

A study demonstrates, for the first time, that chimpanzees, like humans, can acquire skills from one another that they cannot innovate themselves.

Plants recruit soil bacteria to protect against downy mildew, forming a protective legacy in the soil for the next plant generation.

Research by the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Leeds and Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ has helped secure the highest government protection for internationally-important Vietnamese forests.

We should assume that animals can have feelings. From an ethical point of view this should be leading in our dealings with animals, according to behavioural biologists.