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Op zaterdag 8 maart bezochten zo’n tweeduizend bezoekers een zonnige 8e editie van de Noordelijke Zadenmarkt op het Terra Suikerterrein. Science LinX was ook van de partij met de aftrap van het nieuwe CurioUs burgerwetenschapsproject Het Donker Dichtbij.

RUG Professor of Robotics Raffaella Carloni has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize 2025! She is competing with her research, developing a bionic leg that moves just like a normal leg.

It seemed such a good idea that doctors would get AI support... Read a story about the possible dangers of giving AI too much power over our lives.

Welke rol speelt twijfel in de wetenschap? Deze vraag stond afgelopen zaterdagavond centraal tijdens het Twijfelachtig Spektakel in de circustent op Noorderzon.

Het tijdschrift National Geographic heeft het planetenpad in het Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer verkozen tot een van de tien mooiste wandelroutes van Nederland.

In de nacht van 3 op 4 juni 2024 stonden zes planeten - Mercurius, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus, Uranus en Neptunus - in een bijna rechte lijn aan de lucht.

University of Groningen chemists created an enzyme with boronic acid at its reactive centre. This approach can produce more selective reactions with boron, and allows the use of directed evolution to improve its catalytic power. The new-to-nature enzyme was presented in the journal Nature on 8 May.

Light-driven molecular motors were first developed nearly 25 years ago at the University of Groningen. However, making these motors do actual work proved to be a challenge. In a new paper, UoG scientists describe improvements that bring real-life applications closer.

A European team of astronomers has discovered the largest stellar black hole of the Milky Way.

Hoe beïnvloeden feromonen, de zogenaamde ‘communicatiemoleculen’ tussen individuen, ons gedrag? Wat zijn lentekriebels? Deze en andere vragen kwamen op 21 maart aan bod in het Kenniscafé.

Researchers at the UG are going to research the material properties of more sustainably produced steel.

Researchers at the UG are going to research the material properties of more sustainably produced steel.

Elisabetta Chicca studied how instects navigate, which can come in handy when developing energy-effecient robots.

On the mudflats along the Chinese coasts where shellfish are cultured, shorebirds like knots and bar-tailed godwits are doing relatively well. That is shown in the dissertation that biologist He-Bo Peng will defend at the University of Groningen on January 15th.