De prestigieuze KidneyX Prize is toegekend aan het onderzoeksteam MI-TRAM. Het team ontwikkelt handzame chips waarmee dialyse-apparaten veel efficiënter bloed kunnen zuiveren.
The winners of the 2021 Student Awards were announced by Margot van der Starre, Vice President of Utrecht University's Executive Board, during the Opening of the Academic Year on Monday 6 September.
The way plant roots grow turns out to be surprisingly well described by a new computer model. The model could help to cultivate crops that require less fertilisation, pesticides, and watering.
For the first time, researchers have visualised the ‘molecular postman’ that makes sure many important proteins can be delivered to the outside of cells.
There's a well-known Dutch saying 'The rain that falls today, will not fall tomorrow'. But can you also say 'What falls today, will not fall next week'?