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🗨️"I hope that my research has laid the foundation for a future tool for smartwatches or smartphones."

Master’s student Thijs van der Laan developed an #AI language model to help people with #aphasia find words.

🏆With his research ‘AI-phasia’ he received the FSE Impact.

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/health-and-life/ai-phasia-artificial-intelligence-helps-with-language-deficiencies

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #artificialintelligence #largelanguagemodel #LLM #linguistics #technology #research #Impact #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🍼More children, shorter #lifespan?

UG researcher Euan Young found clear evidence in #parishrecords from the Great Finnish Famine.📖

'Our findings suggest that under harsh conditions, reproductive effort certainly affects lifespan.’

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2025/more-children-shorter-lifespan-clear-evidence-from-the-great-finnish-famine

Published in #ScienceAdvances

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom
#reproduction #research #evolution #evolutionarybiology #biology #populationstudies #science #ScientistsOnMastodon
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🔋A battery’s life: from raw material extraction to end-of-life disposal. 🚮

At the UG, Ass. Professors Xin Sun & Xiaohua Li study the #battery #lifecycle and investigate how #recycling can be made more effective and greener. ♻️

Read our 4th story on #batterydevelopers of #FSE 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/batterijen/a-battery-s-life-from-the-cradle-to-the-recycling-plant

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #lithiumbattery #mining #energy #research #science #environmentalscience #engineering #chemistry #chemicalengineering #ScientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🔋There is a small chance that rechargeable #lithium batteries will ignite, leak or even explode.🧯

How to make them safer?

Giuseppe Portale, Ass. Prof. of #Polymerchemistry and #Physics at the UG, and his team are building safer small coin batteries using solid #polymers.🪙

Read our 3rd story on #batterydevelopers of #FSE 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/batterijen/how-to-make-batteries-safer

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #lithiumbattery #polymerscience #research #polymer #chemistry #ScientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen