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The government is increasingly using algorithms in the application of laws and regulations. It is the responsibility of Parliament to ensure that this is done in a responsible manner.

The popular Netflix series 3 Body Problem, which launched in March 2024, delves into many topics that the researchers at the Faculty of Science deal with on a daily basis.

Glycoscientist Robert de Vries and his research associates have received a €150,000 Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

AI systems must be accountable, transparent, fair, explainable, and ethical, it is often demanded. But according to professor Pinar Yolum, that is not realistic.

Cancer cells are known to take advantage of a mechanism called cell competition, a quality control system that ensures that our tissues are composed of healthy cells.

By burying 36,000 tea bags and retrieving them three months later, researchers and citizen scientists worldwide gathered data on the decomposition of plant material in soil.

The upper Indus basin, home to the Himalaya, Hindukush and Karakoram mountain ranges, feeds major rivers that flow through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and China.

Climate change can accelerate due to feedback mechanisms: complex phenomena caused by climate change that in turn can further drive climate change. An example is the extra CO2 emissions from thawing permafrost. Research into the influence of feedback mechanisms in the long term has been ongoing, and modern climate change research is obviously happening as well, but the connection between the two has so far been underemphasized.

Utrecht University has appointed Helga Gardarsdottir as Professor of Real World Data for Decision Making on Medicines.

Water scarcity will intensify with climate and socioeconomic change, disproportionately impacting populations located in the Global South.

Many people with disabilities would like to work but are not hired. There are many possible explanations for this persistent problem.

Would it be possible to build a refinery that is completely fossil-free, and thereby significantly contributing to a carbon-neutral society by as early as 2050' According to two chemists from Utrecht University it is.

In the Netherlands, healthcare premiums have surged once more this year, with projections indicating a continuing upward trend.

On April 1st, 2024, Ingmar Swart was officially appointed as Professor of Experimental Quantum Materials at Utrecht University.

Assistant professor Lisa Tran has been selected as one of the eight new members of the Utrecht Young Academy (UYA).

The Institute for Chemical Neuroscience (iCNS) has been awarded a 23.23 million euro Gravitation grant.

Along with 104 other Professors from Utrecht University, computational biologist Kirsten ten Tusscher and experimental physicist Raimond Snellings visited elementary schools today.

At the Global Entrepreneurship Conference GEC+Africa in Cape Town, the African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index (AEEI) was presented for the first time.

Experimenting is hot! And that is promising for environmental problems, because experimenting is the management approach where radically alternative ideas can be tested and scaled up.

In the 21 century, parts of the Amazonian forests could reach a tipping point. A new study in Nature by an international team of authors including Utrecht University's Arie Staal and Hans ter Steege  reviews the state of knowledge about the possible transitions that the Amazon may undergo.

Utrecht University has appointed Bert Janssen as Professor of Structural Cell Biology. Janssen and his team use and develop techniques to visualize interactions between cells in great detail.

On Friday, 19 January, Hajo Reijers held his inaugural lecture in the Academiegebouw of Utrecht University.

Under the most severe sea level rise predictions, more than 60 million people could lose over five percent of their fresh groundwater resources by 2100.

Long-term drought, severe storms, and rising sea levels; Without a clear policy, we will eventually find ourselves surrounded by water, without a drop to drink, explain  Maarten Kleinhans ,  Esther Stouthamer  and  Niko Wanders.

New research aims to unlock how biological proteins fold and become functional Utrecht University has appointed Christian Kaiser as professor of Biophysical Chemistry of Membranes and Proteins.

Kate Avis (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences), Jeffrie Quarsie (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) and Lorelie Tummers each receive a Mosaic 2.0 scholarship programme by NWO.

As of 15 December, Mariette Wolthers is appointed professor of Aquatic Geochemistry in the Earth Sciences Department of the Faculty of Geosciences.

The period when fireworks are set off should be limited as much as possible to New Year's Eve, to prevent long-term animal suffering from fireworks.

Falling rocks in mountains can pose a serious threat to mountaineers, roads and railways. When, where and how many rocks detach from their mountain partially depends on the climate.

Online payments have been growing steadily for years. As a result, the risk of fraud is increasing, but proving it is challenging.

Utrecht University welcomes Daniel Dadush as the newly appointed Professor of Geometry of Optimisation.