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Higher dykes will not protect us from the water

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Sol van de Universiteit Utrecht in glas in lood in het Academiegebouw.

Utrecht University appoints ‘Lifelong learning’ Dean

Impulse to education for professionals

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Save energy by playing a game

"People will stick to a task longer when you turn it into a game.” Jan Dirk Fijnheer’s publication about saving energy received the Best Paper Award in Palermo.

Powersaving Game

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Research with impact

Electrons in bonding (left) and non-bonding (right) Sierpiński triangles; scale bar 2nm. (Figure: Kempkes et al., Nature Physics, 2018)

What the frac?

Electrons behave very differently in different dimensions. But what happens if they live in 1.58 dimensions? To figure this out theoretical and experimental physicists at Utrecht University Utrecht built a fractal shape out of electrons.

Publication in Nature Physics

News

12 December 2018

3D structure of therapeutic enzyme revealed

The 3D-buildup has been identified of the enzyme that protects us against nerve gas, drugs and obesity. It will finally make production in the lab possible.