The popular Netflix series 3 Body Problem, which launched in March 2024, delves into many topics that the researchers at the Faculty of Science deal with on a daily basis. However, the three-body problem is leading. What exactly entails this complex issue, and does it have real-world significance?
Snellings is Professor of Heavy Ion Physics and leads the Dutch contributions to the international ALICE experiment with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Meike Bos studied how the lungs discharge mucus. “Biology can be complex sometimes, but you can use physics to better understand complicated processes.”
Theoretical physicists at Utrecht University, together with experimental physicists at Sogang University in South Korea, have succeeded in building an artificial synapse with water and salt.
The UYA connects young academics from Utrecht University who have obtained their PhD less than eight years ago to exchange critical perspectives on academia, policy, and society.
