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❌‘Terminating this project would have been a real disaster for climate research.’

UG Prof. Richard Bintanja is releaved after the U.S. Congress saved the Ocean Observatories Initiative, an ocean monitoring network providing critical data on water temperature and more.🌡️

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-nature/2026/anxious-weeks-for-ocean-monitoring-network

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #OOI #environmental #research #climatechange #meteorology #oceanography #biology #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🐦How do birds know where to go for winter?

Unlike geese, songbirds don't learn migration routes from their parents.🐣

A European research team tracked pied flycatchers from 8 countries and found out both their genes & natal environment influence the length of their route.🌍

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/migratory-birds-find-their-wintering-spot-in-africa-thanks-to-an-interplay-between-genes-and-environ

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #environmental #research #biology #ecology #evolution #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

🚰‘Data centres in water-stressed regions should face stricter conditions.’

Ass Prof. at the UG Xin Sun found that current AI data centre expansion happens in areas of water stress, such as Mediterranean Europe, with negative consequences for the local community.

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/digital-society/2026/does-ai-even-fit-within-our-planetary-boundaries

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #environmental #research #sustainability #unitednations #UN #artificialintelligence #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

👨‍⚕️Dr, what's the diagnosis?

When a newly developed solar cell is not working as expected, "device doctor" Prof. Jan Anton Koster helps uncover the cause. Using a simple measurement, he can reveal exactly where energy is lost in the solar cell.⚡

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/solar-cells/20260623-zonnecellenkoster

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #materialsscience #physics #nano #technology #research #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon
@universityofgroningen

🪄 ‘Just like the “magic cake” that I like to bake with my kids.'

Chemist Loredana Protesescu is working on a 3-layer ink that contains all components needed for a solar cell. Before use it only needs to be applied to a surface.🖌️

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/solar-cells/more-stable-solar-cells-and-a-three-layer-ink

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #materialsscience #chemistry #nano #technology #nanotechnology #research #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon
@universityofgroningen

🐭Did we meet? Just like humans, sleepy mice forget their social encounters after a bad night.

Neuroscientist Robbert Havekes & UG team found that the asthma drug roflumilast brings back these social memories after sleep deprivation.😴

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/slaperige-muis-vergeet-ontmoetingen-een-astmamedicijn-brengt-herinneringen-terug

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #neuroscience #biology #neurobiology #nature #memory #hippocampus #research #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon
@universityofgroningen

🔍What are pheromones chemically made of?

Researchers from the universities of Groningen, Wageningen & Regensburg have deciphered the tiny pheromones of Trichogramma turkestanica, with 0.4 mm one of the smallest insects we know.🔬

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/20260602-tinypheromonesdeciphered

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #organic #chemistry #biology #nature #insects #pheromones #research #science #engineering #scientistsOnMastodon
@universityofgroningen @uni_regensburg

🫁‘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

💊 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

🌏 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

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