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UG associate professor Eize Stamhuis and his colleagues have helped to further develop and refine an underwater device in the Wadden Sea that moves back and forth and generates electricity from the resulting tensile forces.

Learning facts at school is something hardly anyone likes. The day before a test, pupils cram as many words or names as possible into their heads, only to hopefully remember them the next morning and then forget them again after the test.

A truly sickening, disgusting smell to chase harassers away, activated by a small button on your bracelet: thousands of women all over the world already wear it to keep themselves safe. Sexologist Charmaine Borg of the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences played a crucial role in its development.

Scientists work day by day on solutions to a variety of problems. But this is not always immediately visible. This week: Bert Otten and Mickey Wiedemeijer developed a method that allows them to analyse runs. The method is so sophisticated and so unique that they use it to solve crimes.