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Computer Science - 12.12.2024
Data scientists help find space on crowded power grid
The energy network in the Netherlands is overcrowded and the demand for new connections cannot be kept up with. So if there is still space to be found, a network company like Alliander wants to know exactly where and when that space is available. Data scientists from Alliander and Radboud University worked together on a system to better map this out.

Psychology - Health - 03.12.2024
Informal care givers experience an exceptionally low quality of life
A new study from Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management sheds light on the significant burdens faced by informal caregivers of individuals with mental health disorders. Published in Health Psychology Open , the research reveals that many caregivers experience an exceptionally low quality of life, with considerable impacts on their mental, physical, and financial well-being.

Life Sciences - 02.12.2024
Tiny dancers: Scientists synchronise bacterial motion
Tiny dancers: Scientists synchronise bacterial motion
Researchers at TU Delft have discovered that E. coli bacteria can synchronise their movements, creating order in seemingly random biological systems. By trapping individual bacteria in micro-engineered circular cavities and coupling these cavities through narrow channels, the team observed coordinated bacterial motion.

Earth Sciences - Campus - 29.11.2024
Mountain shape determines risk of landslides in earthquakes
Mountain shape determines risk of landslides in earthquakes
In mountainous areas, earthquakes can sometimes be amplified by the shape of the landscape. Research by the University of Twente shows that further from the epicentre, the shape of the terrain's topography increases the risk of landslides. Closer to the epicentre, it is mainly the strength of the earthquake itself.

Physics - Career - 28.11.2024
Playing with light and symmetry
Playing with light and symmetry
In a recent study at the University of Twente, researchers discovered a way to scatter light in a special, symmetrical way using nanotechnology. This has potential for future technologies such as anti-counterfeiting. For the study, the researchers printed cubes about five times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, which consisted of rods in random directions.

Innovation - 27.11.2024
Battery-free sensor brace unveils crucial health data via smartphone
The human mouth holds a wealth of information about overall health. From body temperature to head and jaw movements during sleep, this data can be essential for understanding health conditions and dental issues. However, collecting such data is often cumbersome and uncomfortable. Researchers from TU Delft, in collaboration with Radboudumc, have developed a groundbreaking new technology: Densor, a battery-free sensor platform that can be worn in the mouth via a standard dental brace or a -bite splint.

Career - Materials Science - 25.11.2024
How tiny droplets can deform ice
When water freezes slowly, the location where water turns into ice - known as the freezing front - forms a straight line. Researchers from the University of Twente showed how droplets that interact with such a freezing front, cause surprising deformations of this front. These new insights were published in a publication in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters and show potential for applications in cryopreservation and food engineering techniques.

Social Sciences - 21.11.2024
Cultural participation improves emotional well-being
Professor Marc Verboord of the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, together with colleagues from the international research project INVENT, shows that there is a positive effect of participation in cultural activities and conversations on how people feel in daily life. What effect cultural participation has on people's emotional well-being is a question that has long preoccupied cultural researchers.

Life Sciences - 20.11.2024
Unique nature of tickling-induced laughter
Unique nature of tickling-induced laughter
Laughter, a universal human expression, takes many forms - whether it's a chuckle, a giggle, or a full-blown guffaw. But not all laughter is created equal. New research led by social psychologist Roza Kamiloglu at VU Amsterdam reveals that laughter induced by tickling stands apart from other forms of laughter, both acoustically and perceptually.

Politics - 08.11.2024
The power of perception: how salience of ethnicity related issues influences attitudes towards minorities
By comparing data from three experiments in the UK and the Netherlands, PhD researcher Yi Sheng and her co-authors found that when ethnic issues are more salient - often triggered by major social events - majority group tends to act more kindly toward individuals from minority groups. Yi: "The research showed that after events that brought high salience to ethnic issues - such as the rise of the worldwide #BlackLivesMatter movement - people with majority background were more likely to treat individuals from ethnic minority groups with greater kindness.

Health - Pharmacology - 06.11.2024
Tailor-made treatments for ultra-rare disease patients
In a new study, a team of researchers, including Anneliene Jonker, has published the first roadmap for developing genetic therapies for ultra-rare diseases. These conditions affect only one person worldwide and stem from unique genetic mutations. This breakthrough provides hope to millions worldwide who suffer from extremely rare genetic disorders for which no targeted treatments were previously available.

Environment - 05.11.2024
Field cricket suffers greatly from nitrogen
Field cricket suffers greatly from nitrogen
The field cricket - the Dutch insect of the year 2024 - has been going downhill in recent years. Research by Joost Vogels of Radboud University, the Bargerveen Foundation and research centre B-WARE shows that this is mainly due to an excess of nitrogen.

Psychology - 05.11.2024
Mindfulness and attachment relevant to socio-emotional development children
In the crucial period from conception to two years after birth, the so-called "first thousand days", important milestones in a child's development are reached. Recent research by Noor de Waal shows that the mindfulness skills of parents and the quality of the parent-child attachment during and after pregnancy seem to play an important role in the socio-emotional development of children.

Social Sciences - 04.11.2024
Reception and integration policies affect integration of Syrian status holders
From the moment of arrival in the Netherlands, asylum seekers and status holders face a variety of policies. The report 'With Policy Ahead' examined the effects of reception, distribution and integration policies on the integration of Syrian status holders. Migration scholars from Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) collaborated on this report, which is a partnership between WODC, CBS, RIVM and EUR.

Physics - Computer Science - 31.10.2024
A rudimentary quantum network link between Dutch cities
An international research team led by QuTech has demonstrated a network connection between quantum processors over metropolitan distances. Their result marks a key advance from early research networks in the lab towards a future quantum internet. The team developed fully independently operating nodes and integrated these with deployed optical internet fibre, enabling a 25 km quantum link.

Psychology - 29.10.2024
Can you feel sorry for a robot?
Can you feel sorry for a robot?

Earth Sciences - Environment - 29.10.2024
Large meltwater accumulation revealed inside Greenland Ice Sheet
Large meltwater accumulation revealed inside Greenland Ice Sheet
A new study published in Nature unveils a surprising discovery: a substantial amount of meltwater is temporarily stored within the Greenland Ice Sheet during summer months. For the first time, an international group of researchers was able to quantify meltwater with positioning data. The finding challenges current models of how ice sheets contribute to global sea level rise.

Environment - Agronomy / Food Science - 28.10.2024
Water consumption of crops rises to nearly 7 trillion cubic metres of water worldwide
Water consumption of crops rises to nearly 7 trillion cubic metres of water worldwide
A new study by researchers at the UT sheds light on historical changes in the amount of water humanity consumes to grow the world's main crops.

Campus - Career - 24.10.2024
Smart ultrasound pulse train accurately visualises fast blood flow
Charlotte Nawijn, PhD candidate at the University of Twente, has developed a new technique to improve ultrasound images of blood flow. Using a smart ultrasound pulse train, she reduced noise in contrast ultrasound images. Nawijn obtained her PhD on this subject on 24 October with the defence of her dissertation 'Bubbles and Waves for Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy' .

Physics - Electroengineering - 23.10.2024
Superconductivity offers new insights into quantum material
Superconductivity offers new insights into quantum material
For the first time since the discovery of the material MnBi2Te4 (MBT), researchers at the University of Twente have successfully made it behave like a superconductor. This marks an important step in understanding MBT and is significant for future technologies, such as new methods of information processing and quantum computing.
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