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Substantial investments in priority research themes

Rector Magnificus Prof. Bert van der Zwaan commented: "With Dutch universities generally doing well in the world, Utrecht University is performing excellently. However, an even greater focus on...

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Marjan Oudeman named President of Utrecht University Executive Board

Prof. Emmo Meijer, chairman of the Supervisory Board, is very pleased with the appointment of Ms Oudeman: “Utrecht University currently has a strong position, which it aims to maintain. This will...

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Millions for project on European television heritage

Building on the achievements of EUscreen, EUscreenXL aggregates a comprehensive amount of professional audiovisual content and makes it accessible through Europeana (www.europeana.eu). It will thus...

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Canadian glaciers melting faster than ever

The researchers developed a climate model for the island group to the north of Canada with which they simulated the shrinking and growing of glaciers. It appeared that the model correctly ‘predicted’...

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Veterinary Medicine research programmes score very good to excellent

“We are extremely proud of these results”, says Anton Pijpers, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. “Our cutting-edge research in the field of animal health, disease and welfare and the related...

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Researchers discover how new human corona virus enters cells

The new virus, called the human corona virus-EMC, seems to have transferred from animals to humans on the Arabian Peninsula. “The discovery of the receptor is essential for understanding the pathology...

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North Sea was subtropical and anoxic 56 million years ago

In addition to the more acknowledged consequences of climate change, such as global warming, the current human-induced increase of anthropogenic CO2 into the atmosphere is also responsible for a...

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Antarctic ice sheet initiated unique marine ecosystem

In 2010 the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) took, for the first time, long complete sediment cores from the seafloor along the Antarctic margin south of Australia. Previous studies on these...

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Strong regional sea-level rise during the onset of Antarctic glaciation

‘We already knew gravity has an important role by sea-level changes due to glaciation or deglaciation. But this is stunning,’ said Paolo Stocchi (NIOZ), leader of the international team of researchers...

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Super insecticide imidacloprid has dramatic impact on insect richness in and...

Insecticide impacts on surface waters In just over ten years, imidacloprid has become the most widely used insecticide in the world. Some 20,000 tons are produced annually and used on agricultural land...

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Model calculations show the contribution of ice flow from the ice sheet to...

Due to climate change, ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet and other glaciers has been accelerating. There are two possible causes of ice mass loss: the ice is melting (a great deal is known about...

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Rosi Braidotti receives honorary doctorate from Linköping university

During an official ceremony in Linköping she will receive a laurel wreath and a ring. The university praises her key contributions to continental philosophy at the intersection with cultural politics,...

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6,5 million Euro for research into European citizenship

The research aims to gain an insight into the obstacles faced by European citizens when they exercise their rights and obligations, into the possible contradictions between economic, social, political...

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Present scale of use of neonicotinoid pesticides put pollinator services at risk

Rapidly emerging scientific insights One third of the world food production and 87,5% of all flowering plants on earth critically depend on pollinators. To protect honeybees, the European Commission...

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Bert Weckhuysen wins NWO Spinoza Prize

Catalyst In his research, Weckhuysen studies catalysts. "A catalyst is a substance which can accelerate a chemical reaction without itself being affected", he explains. "You can compare it to the Tour...

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Combining efforts benefits expertise for transgenic models

Alain de Bruin, Director of the DMPC: ”This collaborative effort will aid to centralize the specific expertise required for making and analyzing transgenic models. We will be able to offer a high level...

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Major European grant for innovative research into the nucleation of earthquakes

In the next few years, Niemeijer will focus on rock-friction processes, which largely determine eventual earthquake magnitudes. He will perform friction experiments in Utrecht University’s High...

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Marjan Oudeman to start as new President of the Executive Board

Marjan Oudeman (1958) comes to the University from AkzoNobel, where she was a member of the Executive Committee holding the personnel policy and organisational development portfolio. Ms Oudeman studied...

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Europe-wide study finds long-term exposure to even low levels of air...

"At this stage, we might have to add air pollution, even at current concentrations, to the list of causes of lung cancer and recognise that air pollution has large effects on public health", warns...

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Himalayas to become warmer and wetter over the next century

The rivers in the Himalayas, such as the Indus and the Ganges, are supplied with meltwater from glaciers and snow and are essential to the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in the...

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Bas van Bavel awarded 2.25 million for research into societal resilience

Economic historian Bas van Bavel will carry out research into the factors that determine the extent to which a society is resilient to shocks and disasters. All societies are regularly confronted with...

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ERC Advanced Grant awarded to sociologist Tanja van der Lippe

Economic and demographic trends are impelling the need for a sustainable European workforce, consisting of productive, satisfied employees (micro level), profitable organizations and cohesive...

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Utrecht University remains best Dutch research university

Leading ranking system Worldwide, the ARWU (or Shanghai) ranking is the leading system for assessing and comparing the quality of research universities. Of the more than 1,000 universities considered...

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New insights into the Arctic permafrost carbon complexities

This week, in an article published as a Correspondence in Nature Geoscience, scientists from Stockholm University and Utrecht University highlight the need to broaden our perspective on the climate...

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Biologist Frans de Waal appointed University Professor

Frans de Waal Frans B.M. de Waal studied biology in Nijmegen and Groningen, and received his PhD in 1977 at Utrecht University under Professor Jan van Hooff. From 1975 to 1981 he studied the chimpanzee...

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