💊How do we keep medicines out of our surface waters? @rug.nl Eelko Hak: we need a collaborative European approach that brings together experts in water technology&pharmacy Curious? Read more 👇 🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/how-do-we-keep-medicines-out-of-the-environment 🧪 #SciComm

🦠 The green sulfur bacterium as an inspiration for a new generation of solar cells? @rug.nl Physicist Thomas La Cour Jansen studies how the structure of this unique bacterium allows it to harvest energy from light so efficiently. Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm

❌‘Terminating this project would have been a real disaster for climate research.’ Prof. Richard Bintanja @rug.nl is releaved after the U.S. Congress saved the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a critical ocean monitoring network.🌡️ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/cli... 🧪 #SciComm #OOI

🐦How do birds know where to go for winter? Unlike geese, songbirds don't learn migration routes from their parents.🐣 Researchers @rug.nl tracked pied flycatchers and found out both their genes & natal environment influence their route.🌍 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

🚰‘Data centres in water-stressed regions should face stricter conditions.’ Xin Sun @rug.nl found that current AI data centre expansion happens in areas of water stress, e.g. Mediterranean Europe, with consequences for the local community. Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/dig... 🧪 #SciComm

👨‍⚕️Dr, what's the diagnosis? When a newly developed solar cell is not working as expected, "device doctor" @rug.nl Prof. Jan Anton Koster helps uncover the cause. A simple measurement reveals exactly where energy is lost in the solar cell.⚡ Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm

🪄 ‘Just like the “magic cake” that I like to bake with my kids.' Chemist Loredana Protesescu @rug.nl is working on a 3-layer ink that contains all components needed for a solar cell. Before use it only needs to be applied to a surface.🖌️ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm

Great news for Prof. of Astronomy @amina-helmi.bsky.social: she has wont the very prestigious 2026 @kavliprize.bsky.social in astrophysics along with two of her colleagues 🏆 They fundamentally changed the view that the milky way is a relatively unchanging spiral galaxy 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

🐭Did we meet? Just like humans, sleepy mice forget their social encounters after a bad night. Neuroscientist Robbert Havekes & team @rug.nl found that the asthma drug roflumilast brings back these social memories after sleep deprivation.😴 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

Great news: Sasha Ivashchenko and Thijs van der Laan have won the 2026 Ben Feringa Impact in the researcher and student categories, respectively 🎉 Congratulations! Read more on how they make an impact 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social @umcgroningen.bsky.social

🔍What are pheromones chemically made of? Researchers from @rug.nl @w-u-r.bsky.social @uniregensburg.bsky.social have deciphered the tiny pheromones of Trichogramma turkestanica, with 0.4 mm one of the smallest insects we know.🔬 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

'Vrij en geïnformeerd een mening vormen onder druk door sociale media' bericht @nieuws.nos.nl vandaag. 🔗 nos.nl/artikel/2614... Ons recente artikel over @rug.nl onderzoek laat zien hoe dat komt👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

'Vrij en geïnformeerd een mening vormen onder druk door sociale media'

Het publieke belang van vrije en geïnformeerde meningsvorming staat door sociale media en hun feeds onder steeds grotere druk, dat concludeert het Commissariaat voor de Media in een vandaag verschenen...

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Science Newsroom - Faculty of Science and Engineering - UG@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📱Should information on social media always flow freely? Simulations by Prof. of Artificial Intelligence Davide Grossi and team @rug.nl show that an unrestricted flow of information can amplify incorrect ideas amongst like-minded people.💡 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

Makers van de RUG | Hartschade vroeg opsporen of de gevolgen van aangeboren hartproblemen in kaart brengen: wiskundige Cristóbal Bertoglio maakt gepersonaliseerde computermodellen van het menselijk hart die hierbij helpen ❤️👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

🫁‘Materials that implants are made of often cause inflammation or tissue damage.’ Prof. Marleen Kamperman & research team @rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social are developing softer stents & valves, and less invasive means to insert them.🧲 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm

📱Should information on social media always flow freely? Simulations by Prof. of Artificial Intelligence Davide Grossi and team @rug.nl show that an unrestricted flow of information can amplify incorrect ideas amongst like-minded people.💡 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

🔢‘The beauty is that our field doesn’t need big experiments.' In the new project FARMLAB, Prof. Bayu Jayawardhana and his team @rug.nl work out the mathematical formulas that let agricultural robots work together to monitor crops.🌾 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm

UG Makers | Using knowledge about birds' flight behaviour to improve the flight performance of aeroplanes and drones: that is the goal of David Lentink (@sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social) 🦅 Together with biotechnician Josien Janssen, he studies American kestrels 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

UG Makers | Using head movements to control an owl in a VR game: sounds fun, but it has other benefits too: it helps you to do relevant neck excercises 🦉 UG researchers of @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social and @umcgroningen.bsky.social developed it 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

‘They think I'm an elevator mechanic.'🧰 Thanks to Profs. Jan C. Willems & Ruth Curtain, the @rug.nl is among the world leaders in the field of Systems and Control. 👇Learn about the mathematical tricks behind a range of applications, like a knee prosthesis.🦿 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... 🧪 #SciComm

‘We might use this to design efficient cell factories.'🏭 New research by Prof. Matthias Heinemann & team @rug.nl shows that hydrophobic proteins cluster together for faster transport in the cell, like an assembly line in a factory. 📦📦📦 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

🫀 Why is our heart to the left and liver to the right? A research team from @rug.nl & @tue.nl built a world-first artificial embryonic node that simulates the flow pattern that decides where organs grow during embryonic development.🤰 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hea... 🧪 #SciComm

🎧In Science podcast - How can we recycle rubber tires? In the new episode, Prof. @rug.nl Francesco Picchioni shares insights from his startup that uses new technologies to recycle tire rubber into new products.🚗 Listen now via Spotify/Apple Podcast/RSS feed👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... 🧪 #SciComm

💊 What makes a good RNA-targeting drug? Molecular biologist @rug.nl Danny Incarnato shows that small molecules that bind to RNA only rarely affect its function. His team's findings were published in @natcomms.nature.com Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

🧊 Since 2020, the total ice mass in Antarctica has stopped decreasing. How? Researchers from @rug.nl & @knmi.nl found that a sharp increase in snowfall is mainly due to ‘atmospheric rivers’ transporting extra moist air to the ice sheet.🌨️ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/cli... 🧪 #SciComm

🦭Why do seals "whisk" their whiskers? New research by PhD student Chinmay Gupta, Prof. Ajay Kottapalli and team @rug.nl shows that active whisking improves sensing, helping seals accurately follow underwater trails.🌊 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/hig... 🧪 #SciComm

'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

Kapteyn Astronomical Institute@kapteynastro.bsky.social · 5mo ago

JWST observations and simulations by researchers from @kapteynastro.bsky.social show that L 98-59 d likely has a permanent sulphur-rich magma ocean and an atmosphere containing sulphur molecules — something never seen on a planet this size before. Read more: www.rug.nl/fse/news/mat...

🐦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

University of Groningen | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen@rug.nl · 6mo ago

The long search for new #physics: Kristof De Bruyn and Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort use the Large Hadron Collider (@cern.bsky.social) to collide protons, with the aim to discover unexplained phenomena 💥 Read more on our website 👇 www.rug.nl/fse/news/sci... #Science @sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social 🧪