At the OnderwijsFestival on Thursday 6 March, the winners of the prestigious Teacher Awards were announced. Lennart de Groot won the 2025 Teacher of the Year award. Alissa Kotowski has been elected ...

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

Moreover, the research presented in this thesis provides evidence for the efficacy of (multi)nutrient-based therapies for neonatal brain injuries. Nutrients that occur naturally in breastmilk, such as ...

Thanks to improved treatments for childhood cancer, the five-year survival rate has risen to about 80%, resulting in a growing number of childhood cancer survivors (CCS). These survivors may face long ...

The impact of the pneumococcal vaccination program is also investigated. This program proves successful in reducing severe pneumococcal disease. In summary, this thesis contributes to a better ...

Organisations that are central to the rule of law, such as the police and the judiciary, should themselves take responsibility on the subject of AI. Together with universities, they can thus ...

In this thesis, we reported the development of novel nanoparticles made of a polymeric material safe to use in humans, which can increase the stability of the mRNAs in our body after injection, ...

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

The Vici grant is one of the largest personal scientific grants in the Netherlands, and, according to NWO, intended for ‘senior researchers with academic qualities that clearly exceed what is usual’.

It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate change ...

Jonas Lembrechts, a researcher in the Ecology and Biodiversity group, and two of his students have just finished mapping the plant species growing in several small plots in the area. By repeating this ...

A kidney-specific gene network, named KidneyNetwork, was also developed, which can help identify potential new genetic causes of kidney disease. Both initiatives seek to accelerate scientific research ...