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How does the brain create meaning from the enormous amount of information it constantly receives? According to neuroscientist Martin Vinck, the answer lies in large-scale integration: the way brain areas work together to enable thoughts, attention and consciousness.

Forests in Europe are under pressure from logging, forest fires, storms and pests. Rapid insight into where and when disturbances occur is crucial for sustainable forest management and nature conservation policy.

Dairy's expanding climate footprint The dairy sector is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and a key focus of climate strategies.

Increasingly, people with type 1 diabetes are wearing a glucose sensor. These sensors measure blood glucose levels day and night, generating enormous amounts of data - but what happens with all that information?

What happens when academics leave their comfortable armchairs and genuinely engage with the people they write about? According to David Ludwig, that is precisely what is needed.

VHLGenetics invested in an advanced Aviti sequencer in autumn 2025, while WUR-Bioscience guarantees a minimum number of runs per year.

Underground, intricate networks of soil fungi underpin the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems.

Digital polarisation is often explained by the idea of the filter bubble: the notion that people are stuck in a stable information environment that confirms their existing beliefs.

Industrial pollution is often seen as a problem that can be solved with new regulations, stricter standards or better enforcement.

VHLGenetics invested in an advanced Aviti sequencer in autumn 2025, while WUR-Bioscience guarantees a minimum number of runs per year.

Quantum computers often require hundreds of components for a single reliable qubit, making scaling up complicated and expensive.

Fatigue, concentration problems, muscle weakness and sensory overload: many people still experience persistent symptoms after a coronavirus infection.

A tiny parasitoid wasp from Asia has established itself in the Netherlands without deliberate release.

After more than twenty years of competing in the World Solar Challenge in Australia, Solar Team Twente is entering a new chapter.

Dutch youth drink excessive amounts of sugary drinks. On average, they drink almost two and a half litres per week, while half of them consume around four litres.

Julia Keppler has been appointed personal professor within the Food Process Engineering group at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) as of 1 March.

A harmonised set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) at farm level is intended to help Dutch farmers, governments and supply chain parties steer more effectively towards climate, biodiversity, water, soil, scarce resources and animal welfare goals.