Sanne Boesveldt awarded Vici grant to study how smell influences health and eating behaviour
Less meat helps people and planet - but where is the clear direction?
Medicine and Life Sciences - Life Sciences
Multi-year field study provides insight into environmental effects of offshore solar energy
A four-year study in the Dutch part of the North Sea shows that a small-scale offshore solar farm did not cause measurable changes in currents and water mixing.
How the brain creates meaning: Martin Vinck investigates the key to thoughts, attention and consciousness
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. In December, Vinck was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his NONLIN project, marking a fundamental step in understanding this collaboration.
VHLGenetics invests in Aviti sequencer with guaranteed shared use
VHLGenetics invested in an advanced Aviti sequencer in autumn 2025, while WUR-Bioscience guarantees a minimum number of runs per year. The team coordinating the Shared Research Facilities (SRF) at WUR brought the parties together.
Paternal mitochondria turn out to be less rare than thought
Mitochondria in plants can be inherited from the father more often than expected. The findings come from Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIMP) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
Less protein, less nitrogen: what does that mean for methane?
Does feeding less protein over a longer period not only reduce nitrogen losses, but also affect methane emissions? Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) investigated this in a multi-year study with dairy cows, funded by the Vereniging Diervoederonderzoek Nederland (VDN), LVVN and the Melkveefonds.
VHL Genetics invests in Aviti sequencer with guaranteed shared use
VHLGenetics invested in an advanced Aviti sequencer in autumn 2025, while WUR-Bioscience guarantees a minimum number of runs per year. The team coordinating the Shared Research Facilities (SRF) at WUR brought the parties together.
Microbial ancestor of complex life was more sophisticated than previously thought
The molecular building blocks that make up the cells of humans, animals and plants so sophisticated appear to be older than scientists previously assumed. They were already present in our single-celled ancestor that lived 2.5 billion years ago.
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Sanne Boesveldt awarded Vici grant to study how smell influences health and eating behaviour
Less meat helps people and planet - but where is the clear direction?