No more dry eyes and painful joints
Earlier this year, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded a grant to the research group of Prof. Henny van der Mei. The grant enabled her research group to study a common complaint among the elderly: dry eyes and painful joints.
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03 May 2021
New model can predict carbon cycle presence on exoplanets
Scientists at SRON, VU and RUG have now developed a model that predicts whether there is a carbon cycle present on exoplanets, provided the mass, core size and amount of CO2 are known.
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26 April 2021
Bert Poolman appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion
On 26 April, Bert Poolman (Avereest, 1959) was appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He is Professor of Biochemistry and programme director of the Groningen Centre for Synthetic Biology at the Faculty of Science and Engineering,...
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26 April 2021
Amina Helmi appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion
On 26 April, Amina Helmi (Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1970) was appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. She is Professor of Dynamics, Structure and Formation of the Milky Way at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, which is part of the Faculty...