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PhD candidate Dario Ramirez Villacis collected soil and micro-organisms in the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, the center of origin of wild potato plants.

By emitting energy through oscillations, certain hair-cell bundles amplify sound waves so they can be picked up better by other hair-cell bundles.

The study also suggests that plant populations have the capacity to adapt rapidly to climate change, but only if there is sufficient genetic variation.

How do you find a solution for a disease so rare that only one patient a year is diagnosed? During his PhD, Imre Schene addressed this question.

Saber Amin Yavari has received funding from NWO’s Open Technology Program to develop a new biomaterial that aims to improve the success of spinal fusions.

Those who develop technology make choices. About what's important. About who can participate. According to Karin Jongsma, those choices should be judged during the development of the technology.

Chimpanzees are seen as aggressive and bonobos as peaceful. But a new study shows that, in zoos, chimpanzees are not more aggressive than bonobos.

The PHARMIGA consortium has been awarded a multi-million euro investment to build a national research network focused on developing medicines based on IgA antibodies.

What if, instead of inhibiting growth signals in colorectal cancer cells, we hyperactivate them to make them sensitive to treatment? Madelon Maurice is one of the principal investigators in the international REWIRE-CAN team to develop a radically new approach to colorectal cancer.

Roel Custers develops innovative treatments for knee problems. With his recent appointment as associate professor, a new chapter for knee care begins.