🤝 #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

🍊 The past years, orange juice prices fluctuated because of the #antibiotic #resistant #citrusgreeningdisease. Scientists @rug.nl found new ways to fight these infections by making holes in bacteria or weakening their cell walls.🦠 Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🦠How to deal with #antimicrobialresistance? Read our finished three-part series on research at #FSE @rug.nl and find out!🔬 #1 New ways to fight infections 💊 #2 Beating resistance using light and oxygen 💡 #3 Why bacteria are stronger together 🧫 🔗Find all articles below👇 🧪 #ScienceNewsroom #SciComm

Margarita Méndez-Aróstegui en Beatriz Rapado-Tamarit onderzoeken zeehonden in het #Waddengebied 🌊 Zij zien de zeehond als belichaming van de gezondheid van het gebied. Het nieuwe Werelderfgoedcentrum Waddenzee faciliteert het onderzoek 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social

'As far as we know, it seems unlikely that bacteria could become resistant to this type of treatment.' Prof. @rug.nl Wiktor Szymanski hopes to find new ways to fight bacterial infections by attacking bacteria with light.💡 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

Are you curious? Come to Forum Groningen on 26 September for the European Researchers Night: the science festival for all the curious! Join us for music, art, experiments and more 🧪👐 See you there? Tickets are €7.50, incl. one drink token 👇 forum.nl/nl/agenda/eu...

New episode of the In Science Podcast! 🎧 Guest is @tamalika.bsky.social (FSE), She is a Prof. of Physics & Spintronics and founder of IMChip, a CogniGron startup and talks about creating faster, energy-efficient chips from new materials 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social

This article is the first in a three part series by @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social about resistance to antibiotics. Stay tuned for parts two and three! ✅

We need new #antibiotics! An increasing number of bacteria are becoming resistant to drugs 💊 Dirk-Jan Scheffers and Marthe Walvoort (@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social) are working on new ways to combat resistance, by making holes in bacteria, among other ways 👇 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... #Science 🧪

the Donkerte Lauwersoog master plan receives nearly €1 million from the #WaddenFund to tackle light pollution. Together with local businesses, @rug.nl, Port Lauwersoog and @kapteynastro.bsky.social the goal is to cut light emissions by 50% by 2027. www.rtvnoord.nl/natuur/13116...

Great news! Wouter Roos, Syuzanna Harutyunyan and Inga Kamp (FSE/@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social) each receive an @erc.europa.eu Advanced grant of up to €2.5 million. Congratulations! 👏 Read more about the research the grants were awarded for 👇 www.rug.nl/news/2025/06...

‘Arable farming systems used to be very diverse,’ says ecologist @rug.nl Raymond Klaassen.🌾Now, fewer crop variety mean trouble for species like the skylark. 🪺 How can farmers protect wildlife? Read our final #sustainable #agriculture story 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🔆Last Friday, the #TopDutchSolarRacing student team @rug.nl unveiled their brand-new solar car Green Falcon. They will compete in the #BridgestoneWorldSolarChallenge. Their ambitions are high: ‘We are fully committed to winning.’ Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🌱 How do plants thrive in challenging conditions? @rug.nl Kira Tiedge's group is investigating which plant species can best adapt to difficult conditions to select the most robust varieties.🌿 Read our 2nd #sustainable #agriculture story 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🌍 On #WorldEnvironmentDay we ask: how can we #BeatPlasticPollution? Researchers @rug.nl are working on several ways for #plasticrecycling: 'With a little help from bacteria'👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 'How to best reuse carbon atoms'👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🌧️ When does 'anomalous weather' become a new #climate? Researchers @rug.nl and @knmi.nl have developed a robust method to determine the beginning of a new climate, based on warming, wetting, and sea ice melting.🌡️💦 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

This is the first article in a three-part series about #sustainable #agriculture research @rug.nl. Today’s topic is #healthy #soil. Coming up: 🌱 How do plants adapt to a changing environment? 🐝 How can we help animals that suffer from our intensive use of land? Stay tuned!🧪 #ScienceNewsroom #FSE

🌱 What makes for healthy soil? It thrives without chemical fertilizers and stores water and carbon better. @rug.nl Joana Falcao Salles and Barbara Prack McCormick are studying how to restore it. Read our 1st #sustainable #agriculture story👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

UG research: Households can cut #emissions by 40% through lifestyle change 🚴🌱 Household carbon #footprint across 116 countries was analyzed, focusing on individuals whose emissions exceed the global per-capita average 👇 www.rug.nl/fse/news/cli... @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social #Science 🧪

⛓️‍💥 How can we break down forever chemicals? Harmful #PFAS accumulate in our environment, ending up in sea foam, chicken eggs, and wine.🍷 Chemists @rug.nl Clemens Mayer and Suzanne Jansen are working on enzymes to break them down. Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hea... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

Recently in April, researchers from @rug.nl discovered that the antimalarial drug #mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as #cysticfibrosis, #Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some #cancers. Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

The energy transition faces a big risk: #grid congestion ⚡ Michele Cucuzzella researches how to use our current #energy infrastructure more efficiently, focusing on the interplay between digital and energy transitions 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social #Science #SciComm 🧪

🌊 Het is de #WeekvanOnsWater! Ontdek de wateractiviteiten van oa @noorderzijlvest.bsky.social 👇 🔗 www.onswater.nl/onderwerpen/... 💦 Water: wat als we er (soms) te veel van hebben? Lees meer over het wateronderzoek van de #FSE @rug.nl👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

🛠️ Engineering smart decisions for a dynamic world. Nima Monshizadeh Naini, ass. prof. at #ENTEG, uses control theory to help dynamical systems make smart decisions.💡 Curious? Read more about Naini's mathematical models 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... 🧪 #ScienceNewsroom #SciComm #UGmakers @rug.nl

Would you like to know more? The Faculty of Science and Engineering newsroom (@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social) has published a web page about Otto's research and its development throughout the years 👇 www.rug.nl/sciencelinx/...

Can a strange state of matter explain what life is – and how it began? 🌎 Great article in @newscientist.com about Sijbren Otto's research on life-emulating molecules 👇 www.newscientist.com/article/mg26... #Chemistry #SciComm #Science 🧪 @stratinghinst.bsky.social/@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social

Arnold Driessen, hoogleraar Moleculaire Microbiologie (FSE/@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social), ontving afgelopen vrijdag een Koninklijke onderscheiding 🎖️ Driessen is een topwetenschapper met een reputatie van wereldformaat. We feliciteren hem met zijn onderscheiding! 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

🔬 #Microplastics in our homes: how do they affect the human body? Barbro Melgert, prof. @unigroningen.bsky.social, studies the effect of microplastics on the lungs. 🫁 Curious? Read more in our final article on #plastics #research 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/news/2025/04... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #FSE

🦠‘I have found bacteria that can live off plastics in lakes here in Groningen,’ says Edita Jurak, biochemical technologist @unigroningen.bsky.social. Read more about the use of bacterial #enzymes in #plastic #recycling 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #FSE #Groningen

Great news! Nathalie Katsonis (@nathaliekatsonis.bsky.social) has won the Ammodo Science Award 2025! 🏆 Katsonis researches how tiny molecules can convert light and chemical energy into useful movement 🔃 Congratulations Nathalie! 🎈 More: www.rug.nl/fse/news/awa... @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social

Catalysts are crucial for the chemical industry: they speed up reactions and boost energy-efficiency.♻️ Paolo Pescarmona, prof. @unigroningen.bsky.social designs and builds catalysts that turn CO2 into polymers. Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... 🧪 #ScienceNewsroom #SciComm #UGmakers #ENTEG

How can we best reuse carbon atoms in #plastic #recycling? Scientists at the @unigroningen.bsky.social are working on new ways to recycle plastic waste into new, high-quality products. ♻️ Read our 2nd article on plastics research @FSE 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #FSE

🌉 Dertien bruggen en viaducten moeten vervangen worden omdat het staal mogelijk aangetast is door #waterstofverbrossing. Wetenschappers @unigroningen.bsky.social Bart Kooi en Francesco Maresca doen onderzoek naar dit fenomeen. 1/2 Lees meer 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #ScienceNewsroom #SciComm

Plastics are very convenient, but wouldn't it be great if they weren’t as wasteful? 🗑️ FSE scientists are researching ways to create ‘green plastic’ 🌱Dive into the topic and read the first of 4 articles on #plastics research 👇 www.rug.nl/news/2025/03... @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social #science 🧪

In the beginning, there was only #hydrogen: the smallest, simplest of all elements.💧 Now, this oldest of elements plays a key role in the #energytransition. ♻️ Are we ready for a greener future? Explore our #storymap 👇 🔗 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c453... 🧪 #SciComm @unigroningen.bsky.social

🗳️ Will there be a new voting system in the Netherlands? NSC’s electoral reform plan may have unwanted consequences, according to Davide Grossi, Prof. of Collective Decision Making and Computation @unigroningen.bsky.social Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/dig... 🧪 #ScienceNewsroom #SciComm

💡 Grid congestion poses a challenge to our electricity network, and expanding the infrastructure will take time and money. What can we do now? Michele Cucuzzella, prof. dr. @unigroningen.bsky.social, gives an answer in this week's #UGMakers 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... 🧪 #ScienceNewsroom #SciComm

🔭 After 12 years, space telescope #Gaia has completed its mission of mapping the Milky Way. Researchers from @unigroningen.bsky.social have been uncovering its cosmic secrets. 🌌 What did the Gaia reveal about our galaxy? Find out here 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/mat... 🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom

A free student-created escape room with chemistry puzzles, in our building – how awesome is that? It happened yesterday, thanks to @lerchlab.bsky.social. Students and staff certainly enjoyed it, though no one would say it was easy! 🙂 @unigroningen.bsky.social @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social

🌒 Komende zaterdag is er een gedeeltelijke zonsverduistering! Kijk je mee? 🔭 Op verschillende plekken in de provincie staan telescopen opgesteld. Sterrenkundigen van @unigroningen.bsky.social geven uitleg en delen eclipsbrillen uit. 😎 Ontdek de waarneemlocaties via 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...