Female and male primates often form close bonds, but not purely out of affection. Close relationships usually evolve when there is a clear benefit for both parties, with protection and reproductive control playing key roles.
Assistant professor Ina Vollmer received an ERC Starting Grant for her plastic recycling research. The main goal of the five-year project is to gain fundamental insight into the innovative process of breaking down plastics to its chemical building blocks, the monomers, by using force.
PhD researcher Juliette Ermers from the AI Lab for Public Services is investigating how Parliament can gain control over the algorithmic implementation of legislation.
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?
Utrecht University and its spin-off, DialogueTrainer, have secured funding from Click.nl to elevate their virtual conversation trainer to the next level.
Renske ten Ham has received a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) for her research into improving cost-effectiveness analyses for gene therapies.
