Cardiovascular syndromes are the major cause of death in Western societies.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

Plant diversity is essential for us and our planet as it sustains the stability of our ecosystems, provides vital materials and food to us and supports many ecosystem services.

Promotor: J. Schaye

A new publication on changes in the relationship between news and their public in Chile

The plant hormone auxin regulates plant growth and development through polar cell-to-cell transport-generated maxima and minima. PIN FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux carriers determine the direction of this auxin flow through their asymmetric placement on the plasma membrane (PM).

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens

Op 28 oktober 2021 verdedigde Hein van der Bruggen zijn proefschrift en behaalde daarmee de doctorstitel.

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: J. Geml

Promotores: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg & Dr. M.G. Vijver

What impact does a mid-season wildfire have on grassland invertebrates?

The key characteristic of active matter is the motion of an emergent collection (such as a flock of birds), which is driven by the consumption of energy by its active components (i.e. individual birds).

The main research question of this thesis was: Can nitrogen cycling on dairy farms on peat soil in the Dutch Green Heart area be improved by adapting management to the nitrogen supply from soil and by using other grassland species and crops without affecting milk production?

Promotores: Prof.dr.G.R. de Snoo and Dr. R. Heijungs

Novel entities may pose risks to humans and the environment. The small particle size and relatively large surface area of micro- and nanoparticles (MNPs) make them capable of adsorbing other novel entities, leading to the formation of aggregated contamination.

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotores: P.B.F. Ouwerkerk, M. Wang

Promotor: Prof.dr.ir. E. Deprettere

Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the fundamental processes of modern life, being common in industrial refinery and hydrogen vehicles, all the way to the living cell. The dissociation of H2 on Cu(111) is an important benchmark system for studying heterogeneous catalysis, with a large and varied amount…

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. A. Bouwstra, Prof.dr. W. Jiskoot

Promotor: H.J.A. Röttgering, Co-promotor: M. Haverkorn

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper, Prof.dr. P.H.A. Quax, Co-promotor: I. Bot

The European Council and the European Commission have a similar role in agenda setting. Both place issues on the EU agenda. However, these institutions have distinct designs. They have different political attributes (the European Council has considerably more political authority) and information-processing…

Electrocatalysis allows for storing electricity or converting it into chemical bonds, producing chemical building blocks and fuels using renewable resources.

With tomography it is possible to reconstruct the interior of an object without destroying.

In a typical glycosylation reaction, a donor is activated to form a (variety of) electrophilic species which can react with a nucleophilic acceptor, following a reaction mechanism having both SN1 and SN2 character.

Innovation plays an essential role in firms' competitiveness and long-term success. It varies from different types, ranging from run-of-the-mill innovation that brings incremental changes to existing technologies to radical innovation that breaks from existing trajectories.

Wil jij je onder begeleiding van enthousiaste wetenschappers meer verdiepen in een bepaald onderwerp? Of wil jij een kijkje nemen bij een studie die je overweegt en ervaren hoe het is om college te volgen aan de universiteit?

Van 7-9 juni 2023 organiseert Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) haar tweede internationale conferentie in Den Haag. Deadline voor inzendingen: 15 februari 2023.

Het lijkt voor de hand te liggen dat prijzen van kinderen motiverend werkt. Decennia aan onderzoek toont aan dat het motiveren van kinderen lang niet zo intuïtief is als het soms lijkt.

Kim Stroet onderzoekt hoe de interactie tussen docenten en leerlingen invloed heeft op de motivatie van leerlingen. ‘Kinderen moeten het gevoel hebben dat ze grip hebben op hun eigen leerproces.’

Van 8-10 juni 2022 organiseert Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) haar eerste internationale conferentie in Den Haag. Deadline voor inzendingen: 22 april 2022.

The origin and evolution of galaxies are closely tied to the cyclic feedback processes between stars and the interstellar medium (ISM).

Vinasse is a major by-product generated by the sugarcane biofuel industry. It is a source of microbes, nutrients and organic matter and often it is recycled as fertilizer.

Atoms and molecules are the basic units of matter. If we keep dividing a bar of gold or a glass of water into smaller parts, at the end we are left with a single gold atom or a water molecule.

Systems with local constraints is a new finding in recent researches on complex systems. The heterogeneous spatial interactions and the temporal dependencies among those numerous units make it difficult to describe by traditional statistical physics.

Why do black holes emit thermal radiation? And how does a closed quantum system thermalize?

Modeling and analysis of cyber-physical systems are still challenging. One reason is that cyber-physical systems involve many different parts (cyber or physical), of different nature (discrete or continuous), and in constant interaction via sensing and actuating.

Over the last three decades, the discovery of exoplanets has revealed the boundless variety of worlds beyond our own Solar System⁠. Majority of planetary systems contain short-period planets that are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune⁠.

Promotor: A.P. IJzerman

Circumstellar discs are the reservoirs of gas and dust that surround young stars and have the potential to become planetary systems.