'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 @rug.nl discovered a new type of molten sulphur world.🔥 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/mat... 🧪 #SciComm

🐦What can we learn about our own health from the Seychelles warbler? Dr Chuen Zhang Lee & his team @rug.nl @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system, thanks to this small songbird.🎵 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/cli... 🧪 #SciComm

UG Makers | The potential of #autonomous robots, especially when they work in teams, is huge. How do we ensure that they can operate safely and efficiently? 🤖 Ming Cao and his team (@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social) are trying to find out 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... #Science 🧪

☢️‘Without the ozone layer, the radiation that reaches us is comparable to the radiation from an atomic bomb.’ Reynier Peletier, astronomer @rug.nl, is worried about #SpaceX & Musk's plans to launch another million satellites in space.🛰️ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/mat... 🧪 #SciComm

⚛️How does the biggest particle accelerator help to understand the smallest building blocks of matter? Find out all about the Large Hadron Collider in our new article👇 🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-long-search-for-new-physics 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceinFocus

Why are only a few #planets suitable for life? And why is Earth one of them? 🌏 Rob Spaargaren (@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social) and others answer these questions in a new paper. It may have consequences for the search for life elsewhere 👇 www.rug.nl/fse/news/mat... @ethz.ch #Science #Astronomy 🧪

🧊 What are #metamaterials, and why does their size matter? Shyam Veluvali & research team @rug.nl & @umcgroningen.bsky.social discovered new insights that lead to better implants, robot hands, and bumpers. Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm #sciencealert

🌌 Why are most nearby galaxies moving away from the #MilkyWay? Astronomer Ewoud Wempe & Prof. Amina Helmi (@rug.nl) discovered a ‘large-scale sheet’ which explains these motions.↗️ They published their findings in @natastron.nature.com. Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/mat... 🧪 #SciComm

🚢 Do you want to follow the #Polarstern expedition? Join oceanographer Jacqueline Stefels and marine biologist Maria van Leeuwe (rug.nl) on their journey in the Antarctic.🗺️ Go check the live-stream 👇 🔗 follow-polarstern.awi.de/expedition/a... 🧪 #SciComm

🐧‘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.’ Jacqueline Stefels (@rug.nl) boarded the #Polarstern of @awi.de for an expedition to Antarctica.❄️ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/cli... 🧪 #SciComm

🌍 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 @rug.nl. Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/mat... 🧪 #SciComm

🤖 Is our chatbot telling lies? Computer scientist Ayushi Rastogi & team @rug.nl developed a framework that verifies AI-generated chatbot answers, helping speed up human evaluation.💬 In collaboration with @afassoftware.bsky.social Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

🔩 How do metals "remember" their shape? Mechanical engineer Francesco Maresca & team @rug.nl 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 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

🐎 'Proteins are the workhorses of our cells.' 🔎 Using nanopore technology, prof. @rug.nl 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 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hea... 🧪 #SciComm

A team led by Prof. Edwin Otten @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social has received a €5 million NWO grant to developed new batteries that can store renewable energy reliably and affordably for several days 🔋⚡ It comes at a time when there is an urgent need for it 👇 www.rug.nl/fse/news/awa...

🗨️"I hope that my research has laid the foundation for a future tool for smartwatches." 🏆Master’s student & FSE Impact Award winner Thijs van der Laan (@rug.nl) developed an #AI language model to help people with aphasia find words. Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hea... 🧪 #SciComm

💡"We need to ask deeper questions about the nature and purpose of #innovation." Prof. @rug.nl Klaus Hubacek responds to the #NobelPrize for economic growth and innovation. Why innovate, and for whom? Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/ene... 🧪 #SciComm

🎄Do you know the "Christmas tree cluster"? This cluster of young stars, #NGC2264, lies about 2,500 light-years away. Its X-ray–emitting stars shine within glowing green gas left behind from their birth cloud. 🌌 We wish you happy holidays! ✨ 🧪 #SciComm 📷 #NASA #Christmastreecluster

🪐What can we learn from exoplanets? 🔭 Astronomers @rug.nl using the #JamesWebb Space Telescope detected a thick atmosphere around a broiling lava world. Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/mat... 🧪 #SciComm

🪐‘My main motivation is that I want to find out how life could have arisen at Earth.’ Planetary scientist @rug.nl Tim Lichtenberg found an unexpected atmosphere, while his colleague Quentin Changeat studies that of a rocky 'lava planet'.🔥 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/mat... 🧪 #SciComm

🌎'There is always drama, but every COP does produce results.' Prof. @rug.nl André Faaij returned from the climate conference in Brazil with optimism. 'Eighty countries have committed to phasing out fossil fuels.' ⛽ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/cli... 🧪 #SciComm #COP30

⚡‘This would be of interest to the aviation industry, as static charges can create sparks that may damage the plane.’ Prof. @rug.nl Olaf Scholten & his team published a new study in @natcomms.nature.com on observed radio wave-emissions.✈️ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

🔎What are #perovskites and #quantumdots? Prof. @rug.nl Maria Antonietta Loi uses these minerals and 'super atoms' to create new materials for solar cells and LED lights - materials that turn light into electricity, or vice versa.💡 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/ene... 🧪 #SciComm

Nature is brimming with colour in almost every season. While the majority of colours are matte, some are shiny. Evolutionary biologist Casper van der Kooi (FSE/@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social) researched why shiny colours are so rare ✨ The results are fascinating 👇 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig...

🧠 What if we classified mental disorders differently? Prof. @rug.nl Martien Kas wants to update the #DSM5 handbook to enable more targeted treatment by diagnosing the underlying biology. E.g. by using blood tests to look for #biomarkers.🩸 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hea... 🧪 #SciComm

🤖 Rockets, robots, and regulations What good can #AI bring us? In the #ELSAlab @rug.nl, Prof. Ming Cao researches the inner workings of fish, humans, and computers to figure out how to control complex systems.🐟 Read more about Cao's work as an #engineer👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/dig... 🧪 #SciComm

🍼More children, shorter #lifespan? Researcher Euan Young @rug.nl 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 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

🔋#4 A battery’s life: from raw material extraction to end-of-life disposal.🚮 Researchers @rug.nl Xin Sun and Xiaohua Li study this cycle, and investigate how recycling can be made more effective and greener.♻️ Read our 4th story on #batterydevelopers of #FSE👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm

‘I am fascinated by #robotics & dream of replicating the remarkable abilities of the human body,’ says Raffaella Carloni, Prof. of Robotics @rug.nl. She develops artificial limbs & studies how #AI can help to make #prostheses 'smarter'.🦿 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/dig... 🧪 #SciComm

The NWO is investing tens of millions in science consortia with UG/UMCG researchers 🎉 One of these consortia is lead by prof. Moniek Tromp (@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social). She and partners want to gain an in-depth understanding of how functional materials work 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

🔋#3 There is a small chance that rechargeable #lithium batteries will ignite, leak or explode. How to make them safer? 🪙 Giuseppe Portale's team @rug.nl is building small coin batteries using solid #polymers. Read our 3rd story on #batterydevelopers of #FSE👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm

👀 When’s the last time you saw a #mustelid? Weasels, stoats, & polecats may be silently disappearing from the Dutch landscape, or are they just hiding? 🐾 Biologists @rug.nl are finding out how to monitor them.🔎 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #GELIFES

🌀 Inspired by the #ShanghaiTower. Qi Zhang & Ben Feringa @rug.nl developed the first synthetic dynamic helical polymer. ➿ At low temperatures, the molecule looks like a coiled spring, which unfolds again upon heating. 🌡️ Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🔋#2 For the stability of our #powergrid, large-scale energy storage is needed.⚡ Edwin Otten, Prof. @rug.nl, works on a #flowbattery which stores electric power in large containers of fluid. 💦 Read our 2nd story on #batterydevelopers of #FSE👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🪸 ‘Humans are changing the world so quickly that corals can’t keep up anymore.’ Sancia van der Meij, marine biologist @rug.nl, researches various species inhabiting coral reefs and is deeply concerned for their future.🦀 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/cli... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

#1 How can we create sustainable batteries to power the #energytransition? ♻️ Moniek Tromp Prof. @rug.nl designs and builds the batteries of the future.🔋 Read our 1st piece on #batterydevelopers of #FSE👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🔋How do batteries work, and can they be improved? Scientists @rug.nl develop batteries that are ✅efficient ✅cheap ✅eco-friendly and they study how to recycle old ones.♻️ Meet the #batterydevelopers of #FSE in our new 5-part series. 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

Per person, we throw away about 33 kilos of #plastic packaging per year 🗑️ This needs to change, according to Katja Loos, Professor of Polymer Chemistry (@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social) 'At every step, we should ask ourselves: do I really need it?' 👇 www.rug.nl/fse/news/ene... 🧪 #Science

De RUG start een bijzonder project voor scholen in Noord-Nederland: Alle sterren verzamelen 🌟 Uitgerust met een zogenoemde slimme telescoop gaan leerlingen van het basis- en voortgezet onderwijs het heelal ontdekken. Maandelijks krijgen zij een opdracht 🔭 Lees meer 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

🤝 #ASML takes a share in #Mistral – But why does a hardware company need #artificialintelligence? Ming Cao, Prof. of Networks and Robotics @rug.nl, explains why a chip-machine factory requires #AI. Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/dig... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🕧Reduced working hours for a smaller #carbonfootprint? Prof. @rug.nl Klaus Hubacek analyses the effects of green solutions to reduce #CO2 emissions, such as planting more trees, sharing cars or working less. Read our 3rd #carboncycle story👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

📖 What can old Swiss parish records tell us about #siblingsurvival? Researchers @rug.nl found older brothers 👦 close in age reduced sisters’ survival, while older sisters 👧 helped both sexes. Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom Study in @royalsocietypublishing.org

🌊"The ocean is a massive carbon reservoir," say climate & ocean experts @rug.nl Richard Bintanja (@knmi.nl) & Rob Middag (@niozsearesearch.bsky.social). But what happens if the temperature increases? 🌡️ Find out in our 2nd #carboncycle story👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

⚡How do you power molecular motors? The #BenFeringa research group (@rug.nl) & UvA team report a strategy using upconversion #nanoparticles to turn near-infrared radiation into blue/UV light in @jacs.acspublications.org. Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

Join us for the European Researchers' Night 2025 in Forum Groningen 🙌 Everybody is welcome, whether you are a researcher, student or just interested in all kinds of science 🧪 Get your tickets now 🎟️ forum.nl/nl/agenda/eu...

#1 How does #CO2 leave a fingerprint in our atmosphere? 🐾 For 25 years, Prof Harro Meijer and his team @rug.nl have been measuring the composition of the atmosphere, including #carbondioxide levels.📈 Curious? Read our 1st #carboncycle story👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🌍 The #carboncycle as Earth’s thermostat. 🌡️ Atmosphere, oceans, plants and rocks all exchange carbon, but human #CO2 emissions have disrupted this carbon balance, resulting in #globalwarming. 🏭 Curious how? Read our new overview article 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

Na meer dan 2.500 kilometer in de Australische outback is de Bridgestone World Solar Challenge voor Top Dutch Solar Racing onverwacht geëindigd. Hoewel de race teleurstellend eindigde, kijkt Top Dutch Solar Racing met trots terug op de prestaties en de leerervaring. Lees meer 👇

‘This is revolutionary, something the whole field has been seeking for years,’ says molecular biologist @rug.nl Danny Incarnato. A new study, published in @natbiotech.nature.com, identifies shapeshifting RNA switches. 🧬 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

‘In any case, it is a warning signal of potential local extinction,’ says Prof. @rug.nl Britas Klemens Eriksson. 🌊 New research by his group reveals many species are declining in the #WaddenSea, only a few are thriving. Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom