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Around the globe, coal-fired power stations, metal foundries and small-scale gold mining are responsible for the emission of the heavy metal mercury. In the Arctic the mercury is causing a lot of damage to people, animals and the environment. UG scientist Frits Steenhuisen is conducting research into this.

Access from within the UG domain to the journals of the Institute of Physicshas been extended. You now have access to the whole package of 95 journals.
It is now also possible to publish in open access without costs in 54 of these journals; please check the Journal browser for this.

The CMB Christmas Book Fair raised € 1,066.50

MICADO, the first dedicated imaging system for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), has reached an important milestone in its design review. The MICADO consortium, together with a group of external experts from around the world, met at ESO’s Garching headquarters for a week of intense examination of the instrument’s optics, mechanics, software, and electronics, and budget plan to identify any areas which needed further design work. After the meeting, the MICADO team addressed all of the major concerns raised during the review and the instrument has now formally passed its preliminary design review. A more detailed design phase is now underway, leading towards the final design review and construction of the instrument’s many components.

Symposium Open Access

Since early January 2020, European Journal of Life Writing (EJLW) has been included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Research Data Office: development of the Groningen Digital Competence Center

It is becoming increasingly clear that our world is full of microplastics, and that this does not bode well. Barbro Melgert aims to find out what this does to our lungs, and hopes to receive a second ZonMW grant next year to continue her research at the UMCG.