Atmospheric chemist and Nobel Prize laureate prof. Paul Crutzen passed away at the age of 87. Crutzen was affiliated to Utrecht University from 1997 to 2002.
UU data scientists developed a model to predict the potentially severe consequences of minor disruptions in complex transport networks. Like railway timetables.
Pharmaceutical research on the corona vaccine at the UU: effectiveness, safety, roll-out of the vaccination programme and a fair international distribution.
The new Phytotron at the Hugo R. Kruyt building has now been taken into use. Researchers Dr. M.A. (Angelica) Sanclemente and S.W.M. (Sanne) Poppeliers MSc and project manager Leon Knijn tell you the story of this special building project in the video above.
Scientists have discovered a signal that causes the roots of plants to stop growing in hard soils, which can be ‘switched off’ to allow them to punch through compacted soil – a discovery that could help plants to grow in even the driest of climates.
On Monday 11 January 2021, the knowledge agenda Microplastics and Health was presented to the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management, Stientje van Veldhoven. This knowledge agenda describes the most important knowledge gaps and calls for more research.