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🫁‘Materials that implants are made of often cause inflammation or tissue damage.’

Prof. of Polymer Science Marleen Kamperman & research team at the UG & UMCG are developing softer materials for stents and valves, as well as less invasive means to insert them using magnets.🧲

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-hard-challenge-making-implants-soft-and-smart

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #materialscience #lungs #biomaterials #biology #research #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon
@universityofgroningen @umcgresearch
#HTRIC

📱Should information on social media always flow freely?

Simulations by Prof. of Artificial Intelligence Davide Grossi and UG team show that an unrestricted flow of information can amplify incorrect ideas amongst like-minded people.💡❌

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/how-a-free-flow-of-information-can-amplify-incorrect-ideas

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #computerscience #data #artificialintelligence #AI #research #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🔢‘The beauty is that our field doesn’t need big experiments.'

In the new project FARMLAB, Prof. Bayu Jayawardhana and his UG team work out the mathematical formulas that let agricultural robots work together to monitor crops.🌾

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/we-don-t-need-experiments

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #mathematics #systems #control #robotics #mechatronics #research #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

‘They think I'm an elevator mechanic.'🧰

Thanks to Profs. Jan C. Willems & Ruth Curtain, the UG is among the world leaders in the field of Systems and Control.

Learn about the mathematical tricks behind a range of applications, from high-tech production processes to the movements of a knee prosthesis.🦿

Read more👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/new-mathematics-for-an-ever-more-complex-world

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #mathematics #systems #control #robotics #research #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

‘We might use this to design efficient cell factories.'🏭

New research by Prof. Matthias Heinemann & team shows that hydrophobic proteins cluster together for faster transport in the cell, like an assembly line in a factory. 📦📦📦

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/proteins-cluster-in-cells-for-faster-performance

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #molecularbiology #biology #microbiology #biochemistry #chemistry #metabolism #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen @MolecularCell

🫀Why is our heart to the left and the liver to the right?

Researchers from UG/TUe built a world-first artificial embryonic node that mimics the flow pattern that decides where organs grow during embryonic development.🤰

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/health-and-life/why-is-our-heart-to-the-left-and-the-liver-to-the-right

Published in Science Advances

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #biology #physics #biophysics #biochemistry #chemistry #simulation #mechanics #engineering #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen @TUEindhoven

🎧 In Science podcast - How can we recycle rubber tires?

In the new episode, Prof. Francesco Picchioni shares insights from his startup that uses new technologies to recycle tire rubber into new products such as flip-flops.🚗♻️🩴

Listen now via Spotify/Apple Podcast/RSS feed 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/news/podcasts/

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #recycling #research #polymer #science #chemistry #chemical #product #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🎧 In Science podcast - How can we recycle rubber tires?

In the new episode, Prof. Francesco Picchioni shares insights from his startup that uses new technologies to recycle tire rubber into new products such as flip-flops.🚗♻️🩴

Listen now via Spotify/Apple Podcast/RSS feed 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/news/podcasts/

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #recycling #research #polymer #science #chemistry #chemical #product #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🎧 In Science podcast - How can we recycle rubber tires?

In the new episode, Prof. Francesco Picchioni shares insights from his startup that uses new technologies to recycle tire rubber into new products such as flip-flops.🚗♻️🩴

Listen now via Spotify/Apple Podcast/RSS feed 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/news/podcasts/

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #recycling #research #polymer #science #chemistry #chemical #product #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🎧 In Science podcast - How can we recycle rubber tires?

In the new episode, Prof. Francesco Picchioni shares insights from his startup that uses new technologies to recycle tire rubber into new products such as flip-flops.🚗♻️🩴

Listen now via Spotify/Apple Podcast/RSS feed 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/news/podcasts/

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #recycling #research #polymer #science #chemistry #chemical #product #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🎧 In Science podcast - How can we recycle rubber tires?

In the new episode, Prof. Francesco Picchioni shares insights from his startup that uses new technologies to recycle tire rubber into new products such as flip-flops.🚗♻️🩴

Listen now via Spotify/Apple Podcast/RSS feed 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/news/podcasts/

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #recycling #research #polymer #science #chemistry #chemical #product #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

💊 What makes a good RNA-targeting drug?

Molecular biologist at the UG Danny Incarnato shows that small molecules that bind to RNA only rarely affect its function, while molecules that change RNA structure have a bigger effect.

His team's findings were published in Nature Communications.

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/study-shows-how-to-identify-drugs-altering-rna-structure-and-function

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #molecular #biology #genetics #biochemistry #chemistry #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen @nature

🧊 Since 2020, the total ice mass in #Antarctica has stopped decreasing. How?

Researchers from the UG & KNMI found that a sharp increase in snowfall is mainly due to ‘atmospheric rivers’ transporting extra moist air to the ice sheet.🌨️

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-nature/2026/more-ice-in-antarctica-due-to-increased-snowfall

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #environmental #research #atmospheric #science #meteorology #atmosphericscience #oceanography #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen @knmi

🦭Why do seals "whisk" their whiskers?

New research by PhD student Chinmay Gupta, Prof. Ajay Kottapalli and team @rug.nl shows that active whisking improves sensing, helping seals accurately follow underwater trails.🌊

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/why-do-seals-whisk-their-whiskers

🧪 #SciComm #sciencealert #ScienceNewsroom #bioinspired #biomedical #engineering #mechanics #technology #biology #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🪐'With our simulation model PROTEUS, we can determine the formation history of many more planets with different compositions and climatic histories.'

Ass. Prof. Tim Lichtenberg & team at the UG discovered a new type of molten sulphur world.🔥

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/scientists-discover-a-new-type-of-molten-sulphur-world

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #astronomy #space #exoplanets #proteus #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #geochemistry #geophysics #physics #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🐦What can we learn about our own health from the #SeychellesWarbler?

Dr Chuen Zhang Lee & his team at the UG/UEA have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system, all thanks to this small songbird.🎵

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-nature/2026/island-birds-reveal-surprising-link-between-immunity-and-gut-bacteria

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #Seychelles #ecology #evolutionarybiology #genetics #biology #microbiology #conservation #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

☢️‘Without the ozone layer, the radiation that reaches us is comparable to the radiation from an atomic bomb.’

Reynier Peletier, astronomer at the UG, is worried about #SpaceX & Musk's plans to launch another million satellites in space.🛰️

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/data-centres-in-space-threaten-astronomy-and-ozone-layer

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #astronomy #ozone #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

⚛️ How does the biggest #particleaccelerator help to understand the smallest building blocks of #matter?

Ass. Profs. Kristof De Bruyn & Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort use the #LargeHadronCollider @CERN to collide #protons with the aim to discover unexplained phenomena. 💥

Read about the long search for new #physics in our new article 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-long-search-for-new-physics

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceinFocus #ScienceNewsroom #particlephysics #gravity #proton #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

⚛️ How does the biggest #particleaccelerator help to understand the smallest building blocks of #matter?

Ass. Profs. Kristof De Bruyn & Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort use the #LargeHadronCollider @CERN to collide #protons with the aim to discover unexplained phenomena. 💥

Read about the long search for new #physics in our new article 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-long-search-for-new-physics

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceinFocus #ScienceNewsroom #particlephysics #gravity #proton #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

⚛️ How does the biggest #particleaccelerator help to understand the smallest building blocks of #matter?

Ass. Profs. Kristof De Bruyn & Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort use the #LargeHadronCollider @CERN to collide #protons with the aim to discover unexplained phenomena. 💥

Read about the long search for new #physics in our new article 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-long-search-for-new-physics

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceinFocus #ScienceNewsroom #particlephysics #gravity #proton #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

⚛️ How does the biggest #particleaccelerator help to understand the smallest building blocks of #matter?

Ass. Profs. Kristof De Bruyn & Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort use the #LargeHadronCollider @CERN to collide #protons with the aim to discover unexplained phenomena. 💥

Read about the long search for new #physics in our new article 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-long-search-for-new-physics

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceinFocus #ScienceNewsroom #particlephysics #gravity #proton #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

⚛️ How does the biggest #particleaccelerator help to understand the smallest building blocks of #matter?

Ass. Profs. Kristof De Bruyn & Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort use the #LargeHadronCollider @CERN to collide #protons with the aim to discover unexplained phenomena. 💥

Read about the long search for new #physics in our new article 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-long-search-for-new-physics

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceinFocus #ScienceNewsroom #particlephysics #gravity #proton #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🌏 Why are only a few #planets suitable for life? And why is Earth one of them?

Dr. Rob Spaargaren, together with his international team of astronomers, answers these questions in a new paper.

It may have consequences for the search for life elsewhere.🔎

Curious? Read more 👇️
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/why-only-a-small-number-of-planets-are-suitable-for-life

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #astronomy #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #exoplanets #planetary #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen @ethzurich

🧊 What are #metamaterials, and why does their size matter?

Shyam Veluvali and research team at the UG & UMCG discovered new insights that lead to better implants, robot hands, and bumpers.

Curious? Read more👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/new-insights-in-metamaterials-lead-to-better-implants-robot-hands-and-bumpers

🧪 #SciComm #sciencealert #ScienceNewsroom #implants #robotics #materialscience #engineering #mechanics #technology #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen @umcgresearch

🌌 Why are most nearby galaxies moving away from the #MilkyWay?

Astronomers Ewoud Wempe & Prof. Amina Helmi discovered a ‘large-scale sheet’ that explains these motions.↗️

They published their findings in @NatureAstronomy .

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/a-large-scale-sheet-surrounding-of-the-milky-way-explains-the-motion-of-nearby-galaxies

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #astronomy #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #galaxies #darkmatter #galactic #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🌌 Why are most nearby galaxies moving away from the #MilkyWay?

Astronomers Ewoud Wempe & Prof. Amina Helmi discovered a ‘large-scale sheet’ that explains these motions.↗️

They published their findings in @NatureAstronomy .

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/a-large-scale-sheet-surrounding-of-the-milky-way-explains-the-motion-of-nearby-galaxies

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #astronomy #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #galaxies #darkmatter #galactic #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🌌 Why are most nearby galaxies moving away from the #MilkyWay?

Astronomers Ewoud Wempe & Prof. Amina Helmi discovered a ‘large-scale sheet’ that explains these motions.↗️

They published their findings in @NatureAstronomy .

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/a-large-scale-sheet-surrounding-of-the-milky-way-explains-the-motion-of-nearby-galaxies

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #astronomy #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #galaxies #darkmatter #galactic #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🌌 Why are most nearby galaxies moving away from the #MilkyWay?

Astronomers Ewoud Wempe & Prof. Amina Helmi discovered a ‘large-scale sheet’ that explains these motions.↗️

They published their findings in @NatureAstronomy .

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/a-large-scale-sheet-surrounding-of-the-milky-way-explains-the-motion-of-nearby-galaxies

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #astronomy #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #galaxies #darkmatter #galactic #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🌌 Why are most nearby galaxies moving away from the #MilkyWay?

Astronomers Ewoud Wempe & Prof. Amina Helmi discovered a ‘large-scale sheet’ that explains these motions.↗️

They published their findings in @NatureAstronomy .

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/a-large-scale-sheet-surrounding-of-the-milky-way-explains-the-motion-of-nearby-galaxies

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #astronomy #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #galaxies #darkmatter #galactic #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ScienceNewsroom_UG/115943867859380319

🚢 Do you want to follow the icebreaker #Polarstern expedition?

Join oceanographer Jacqueline Stefels and marine biologist Maria van Leeuwe (UG) on their journey in the Antarctic.🗺️

Go check the @awi live-stream 👇
🔗 https://follow-polarstern.awi.de/expedition/antarktis-2025-26/?lang=en

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #marinebiology #biology #oceanography #microbiology #environmental #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🐧‘To make the #WeddellSea a protected marine area, we need to demonstrate that what the area has to offer is of great value to humans.’

On 15 December, Oceanographer Jacqueline Stefels and marine biologist Maria van Leeuwe (UG) boarded the icebreaker #Polarstern of
@awi for an expedition to Antarctica.❄️

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-nature/what-the-smell-of-the-sea-does-to-the-clouds-above-antarctica

🧪 #SciComm #marinebiology #biology #oceanography #microbiology #environmental #research #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🌍 Astronomers from all over the world are coming to Groningen for the #RockyWorlds4 conference.

'We would like to broaden the ideas about what a rocky planet could be made up of,' says Inga Kamp, astrophysicist at the UG.

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life-and-can-we-broaden-our-ideas-about-it
🧪 #SciComm

#astronomy #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #extraterrestrial #ET #exoplanets #planetary #research #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🤖 Is our chatbot telling lies?

Computer scientist Ayushi Rastogi & team at the UG developed a framework that verifies AI-generated chatbot answers, helping speed up human evaluation.💬

In collaboration with AFAS software.

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/new-framework-verifies-ai-generated-chatbot-answers

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #AI #artificialintelligence #largelanguagemodel #LLM #computerscience #softwareengineering #software #engineering #technology #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🔩 How do metals "remember" their shape?

Mechanical engineer Francesco Maresca & his team at the UG, published an atomistic model which explains how memory alloys, e.g. used in dental braces, can return to their pre-deformed shape when heated.🔥

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/new-model-explains-how-memory-alloys-can-change-their-shape

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #mechanics #modelling #mechanical #engineering #materialscience #technology #research #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🐎 'Proteins are the workhorses of our cells.'

🔎 Using nanopore technology, Prof.
Giovanni Maglia developed a method to identify exactly which proteins are important to our health.

🏆 For his research, he won the FSE Impact award.

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/health-and-life/getting-to-grips-with-the-workhorses-of-our-body

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #proteins #nanopores #technology #biophysics #chemistry #molecular #biology #research #Impact #science #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🗨️"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

💡"We need to ask deeper questions about the nature and purpose of #innovation."

Prof. at the UG Klaus Hubacek responds to the #NobelPrize for economic growth and innovation. Why innovate, and for whom?

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/energy-and-sustainability/why-innovate-and-for-whom

🧪 #SciComm #nobel #economics #environmentalscience #economic #science #technology #environmental #research #ScientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🪐What can we learn from exoplanets?

🔭 Using NASA’s #JamesWebb Space Telescope, astronomers from the UG's #Kapteyn Institute found strong evidence for a thick atmosphere around the ultra-hot super-Earth TOI-561 b.🔥

Curious? Read more 👇️
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/james-webb-space-telescope-detects-thick-atmosphere-around-broiling-lava-world

🧪 #SciComm #astronomy #KapteynInstitute #JamesWebbspacetelescope #astrophysics #physics #extraterrestrial #ET #exoplanets #planetary #research #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🪐‘My main motivation is that I want to find out how life could have arisen at Earth.’

Planetary scientist at the UG Tim Lichtenberg recently found an unexpected atmosphere, while his colleague Quentin Changeat studies that of a rocky 'lava planet'.🔥

🌍 What can we learn from exoplanets?

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/stormy-planets-and-an-unexpected-atmosphere

🧪 #SciComm #astronomy #JamesWebbspacetelescope #astrophysics #physics #extraterrestrial #ET #exoplanets #research #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🌎'There is always drama, but every COP does produce results.'

Prof. of #Energy Systems Analysis at the UG and Director of #Science and #Technology at #TNO André Faaij returned from the climate conference in Brazil with optimism.

'Eighty countries have committed to phasing out fossil fuels.' ⛽

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-nature/university-of-groningen-professor-at-cop30-there-is-always-drama

🧪 #SciComm #COP30 #environmental #research #environmentalscience #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

⚡‘This would be of interest to the aviation industry, as static charges can create sparks that may damage the plane.’

Prof. of #Astrophysics Olaf Scholten & his team published a new study in Nature Communications on observed radio wave-emissions originating from a commercial airliner.✈️

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2025/aeroplane-spotting-using-a-radio-telescope

🧪 #SciComm #Science #engineering #technology #research #physics #astronomy #electronics #aviation #planes #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen
@nature

🔎What are #perovskites and #quantumdots?

Prof. #Photophysics and #Optoelectronics Maria Antonietta Loi uses these minerals and 'super atoms' to create new materials for #solarcells and LED lights - materials that turn light into electricity, or vice versa.💡

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/energy-and-sustainability/perovskites-and-quantum-dots-new-materials-for-solar-cells-and-led-lights

🧪 #SciComm #Science #engineering #technology #research #physics #electronic #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🔎What are #perovskites and #quantumdots?

Prof. #Photophysics and #Optoelectronics Maria Antonietta Loi uses these minerals and 'super atoms' to create new materials for #solarcells and LED lights - materials that turn light into electricity, or vice versa.💡

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/energy-and-sustainability/perovskites-and-quantum-dots-new-materials-for-solar-cells-and-led-lights

🧪 #SciComm #Science #engineering #technology #research #physics #electronic #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🔎What are #perovskites and #quantumdots?

Prof. #Photophysics and #Optoelectronics Maria Antonietta Loi uses these minerals and 'super atoms' to create new materials for #solarcells and LED lights - materials that turn light into electricity, or vice versa.💡

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/energy-and-sustainability/perovskites-and-quantum-dots-new-materials-for-solar-cells-and-led-lights

🧪 #SciComm #Science #engineering #technology #research #physics #electronic #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🔎What are #perovskites and #quantumdots?

Prof. #Photophysics and #Optoelectronics Maria Antonietta Loi uses these minerals and 'super atoms' to create new materials for #solarcells and LED lights - materials that turn light into electricity, or vice versa.💡

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/energy-and-sustainability/perovskites-and-quantum-dots-new-materials-for-solar-cells-and-led-lights

🧪 #SciComm #Science #engineering #technology #research #physics #electronic #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🔎What are #perovskites and #quantumdots?

Prof. #Photophysics and #Optoelectronics Maria Antonietta Loi uses these minerals and 'super atoms' to create new materials for #solarcells and LED lights - materials that turn light into electricity, or vice versa.💡

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/energy-and-sustainability/perovskites-and-quantum-dots-new-materials-for-solar-cells-and-led-lights

🧪 #SciComm #Science #engineering #technology #research #physics #electronic #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🧠 What if we classified mental disorders differently?

Prof. Martien Kas wants to update the #DSM5, the handbook for psychiatrists and psychologists.

'At the moment, biology is still completely ignored.’

Kas wants to enable more targeted treatment by diagnosing the underlying biology. E.g. by using blood tests to look for #biomarkers.🩸

Curious? Read more👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/health-and-life/what-if-we-would-classify-mental-disorders-in-a-different-way

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🤖 Rockets, robots, and regulations

What good can #artificialintelligence bring us?

At the UG's #ELSAlab, Prof. Ming Cao researches the inner workings of fish, humans, and computers to understand how to control complex systems.🐟

Read more about Cao's work as an electrical engineer 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/digital-society/rockets-robots-and-regulations

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🍼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

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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

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