What children’s brainwaves reveal about how we process numbers
Where does a person's easy handling or just problems with numbers come from? And what can we do about those problems? Lisa Jonkman of Maastricht University and Nienke van Bueren of uu77 will investigate that.
The refrigerator as a harbinger of a better life
To get a good sense of a country’s level of development, you need to look at the items people have in their homes, according to economists Rutger Schilpzand and Jeroen Smits from uu77.
ERC Synergy Grant for research on phonology
Paula Fikkert will receive an ERC Synergy Grant for research on the relationship between sound, script and knowledge of language. The Synergy Grants are the largest grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
Field cricket suffers greatly from nitrogen
The field cricket - the Dutch insect of the year 2024 - has been going downhill in recent years. Research shows that this is mainly due to an excess of nitrogen. Measures to remove nitrogen are counterproductive.
Green alternative: soap from sugar beet pulp
Chemist Laura Jansen of uu77 has managed to make well-functioning soap from sugar beet pulp (a residual stream from sugar beet). This could make a sustainable alternative to bio-based soaps.
Can you feel sorry for a robot?
A pitiful sound from tinny speakers, sad virtual eyes, trembling robot arms: it doesn’t take much to feel sorry for a robot. This is the conclusion of a study by Marieke Wieringa, who will be defending her PhD thesis on 5 November.
Vidi grants for research into polarisation, privacy, Parkinson and more
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded thirteen Nijmegen researchers Vidi funding of up to 850,000 euros. This will allow them to develop their own line of research and set up a research group over the next five years.
Financial incentive encourages healthiness: why isn't it used more often?
Move more, quit smoking, lose weight: great resolutions, hard to keep. But does it get easier if there is a financial incentive in return?
Nijmegen students warn space mission for noisy white dwarfs
The background noise of gravitational waves from orbiting white dwarf stars will be stronger than the noise from double black holes. That is what two Nijmegen master students and their supervisor predict in two publications.
Five KNAW Early Career Award winners: impact of violence, responsible digitisation and more
Five scientists from uu77 will receive a KNAW Early Career Award. With this award, the KNAW recognises scientific talent of young researchers doing innovative and original research work.
Commission: ‘Government cannot pretend to follow fully-fledged rule of law’
An external committee commissioned by the Dutch Bar Association (NOvA) has prepared an independent report on the rule of law content of the Schoof cabinet's coalition programme. Jasper Krommendijk of uu77 was part of this committee.
Measures to restore biodiversity in peatlands fall short, study finds
Several experimental measures taken at Frisian farms to restore biodiversity in former peatlands, are unsuccessful. This is according to research by ecologist Tom Heuts of uu77.
Dozens of massive stars launched from young star cluster R136
Astronomers have used data from the European Gaia Space Telescope to discover 55 high-speed stars launched from the young star cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Sarian Kosten Awarded Huibregtsen Prize 2024
Sarian Kosten, professor of Aquatic Ecology at uu77, has been awarded the Huibregtsen Prize 2024 for her research project "Aquatic Systems in a Warming Climate."
Don’t believe the hype: AGI is far from inevitable
Will AI soon surpass the human brain? If you ask employees at OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other large tech companies, it is inevitable. However, researchers at uu77 and other institutes show new proof that those claims are overblown.
NWO grant for research on maps of the brain
An application-oriented research project at uu77 on biophysical modeling will receive a grant from NWO. The project will make it possible to create faster, more specific maps of the brain.
A magnetic halo in the Milky Way: new findings about galactic outflows
A new study led by the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), and with contributions from uu77's Marijke Haverkorn, has unveiled significant insights into the Milky Way: a magnetised galactic halo.
Nature has vanished from farming, but it still plays a part in farmers’ lives
In her book ‘Hoe de natuur uit de landbouw verdween’, Radboud historian Marij Leenders illustrates how farming has significantly changed since the nineteenth century. “Farmers have an instinctive connection with nature, and rediscovering this
Black Lives Matter demonstrations effective: less bias
The 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations in the United States reduced racial prejudice among white Americans, at least temporarily. This is according to research by social cultural psychologist Max Primbs.
New form of addiction care for people with mild intellectual disability is effective
Problematic substance use occurs relatively frequently in people with a mild intellectual disability. But the mainstream addiction care is not always effective for this group. Psychologist Lotte Gosens developed a treatment that does work.
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