A stoat caught by a regular camera trap | Image University of Groningen
👀 When’s the last time you saw a #mustelid?
Weasels, stoats, & polecats may be silently disappearing from the Dutch landscape, or are they just hiding? 🐾
Biologists @rug.nl are finding out how to monitor them.🔎
Curious? Read more👇
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Qi Zhang (left) and Ben Feringa in front of Shanghai Tower | Photo Zhang / University of Groningen
🌀 Inspired by the #ShanghaiTower.
Qi Zhang & Ben Feringa @rug.nl developed the first synthetic dynamic helical polymer.
➿ At low temperatures, the molecule looks like a coiled spring, which unfolds again upon heating. 🌡️
Curious? Read more👇
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Vanadium flow batteries next to a solar park in China. The batteries can store excess solar energy. | Image Xinjiang local government, WeChat
🔋#2 For the stability of our #powergrid, large-scale energy storage is needed.⚡
Edwin Otten, Prof. @rug.nl, works on a #flowbattery which stores electric power in large containers of fluid. 💦
Read our 2nd story on #batterydevelopers of #FSE👇
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Coral reefs form nurseries for many species of fish | Image: Anderson Mayfield
🪸 ‘Humans are changing the world so quickly that corals can’t keep up anymore.’
Sancia van der Meij, marine biologist @rug.nl, researches various species inhabiting coral reefs and is deeply concerned for their future.🦀
Curious? Read more👇
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#1 How can we create sustainable batteries to power the #energytransition? ♻️
Moniek Tromp Prof. @rug.nl designs and builds the batteries of the future.🔋
Read our 1st piece on #batterydevelopers of #FSE👇
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Batteries play a major role in the energy transition. How sustainably they are produced, the materials used, and how easily they are recycled have a significant impact on the environment. | Image Roberto Sorin / Unsplash
🔋How do batteries work, and can they be improved?
Scientists @rug.nl develop batteries that are ✅efficient
✅cheap ✅eco-friendly and they study how to recycle old ones.♻️
Meet the #batterydevelopers of #FSE in our new 5-part series. 👇
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Prof. Ming Cao | ©UG, photo: Bram Belloni
🤝 #ASML takes a share in #Mistral – But why does a hardware company need #artificialintelligence?
Ming Cao, Prof. of Networks and Robotics @rug.nl, explains why a chip-machine factory requires #AI.
Read more👇
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How much we work and how we spend the rest of our time has an impact on the climate one way or the other. Changes in our habits can have a positive impact on the amount of CO2 that we emit into the atmosphere. This pictures shows people working together on installing a living roof | Image Brian (Ziggy) Liloia
🕧Reduced working hours for a smaller #carbonfootprint?
Prof. @rug.nl Klaus Hubacek analyses the effects of green solutions to reduce #CO2 emissions, such as planting more trees, sharing cars or working less.
Read our 3rd #carboncycle story👇
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The village of Elm, from which historical parish data have been used. Image Erik Postma, University of Exeter Reference: Mark Spa, Euan A. Young, Virpi Lummaa, Erik Postma and Hannah L. Dugdale. Age- and sex-dependent associations between the number of older siblings and early-life survival in pre-industrial humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 3 september 2025.
📖 What can old Swiss parish records tell us about #siblingsurvival? Researchers @rug.nl found older brothers 👦 close in age reduced sisters’ survival, while older sisters 👧 helped both sexes.
Read more 👇
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Study in @royalsocietypublishing.org
Oceans are a huge reservoir that absorbs a lot of CO2 from the air. But there's a limit to how much oceans can absorb. During an expedition to investigate this, PhD student Florine Kooij took this photo in Antarctica | Image Florine Kooij
🌊"The ocean is a massive carbon reservoir," say climate & ocean experts @rug.nl Richard Bintanja (@knmi.nl) & Rob Middag (@niozsearesearch.bsky.social).
But what happens if the temperature increases? 🌡️
Find out in our 2nd #carboncycle story👇
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Nanoparticles convert near-infrared photons to ultraviolet/blue photons, which are capable to power molecular motors. Image: HIMS/RUG/JACS. Reference: Jinyu Sheng, Youxin Fu, Kefan Wu, Thomas Freese, Hong Zhang, and Ben L. Feringa: Highly Efficient Near-Infrared Light-Driven Molecular Motor Rotation Enabled by Upconversion Nanoparticles as Nanoscale Light Sources. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025
⚡How do you power molecular motors?
The #BenFeringa research group (@rug.nl) & UvA team report a strategy using upconversion #nanoparticles to turn near-infrared radiation into blue/UV light in @jacs.acspublications.org.
Curious? Read more 👇
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For twenty-five years, Harro Meijer and his team have been measuring the composition of the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide concentrations. The Earth's atmosphere can be seen here as the blue layer above the clouds | Image NASA Earth Observatory
#1 How does #CO2 leave a fingerprint in our atmosphere? 🐾
For 25 years, Prof Harro Meijer and his team @rug.nl have been measuring the composition of the atmosphere, including #carbondioxide levels.📈
Curious? Read our 1st #carboncycle story👇
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Carbon is essential to all life on Earth. Atmosphere, oceans, plants and rocks all exchange carbon, which keeps the carbon cycle balanced. But human emission of carbon dioxide disrupts this balance and results in global warming. | Beeld Shawn Appel/Unsplash| Image Shawn Appel/Unsplash
🌍 The #carboncycle as Earth’s thermostat. 🌡️
Atmosphere, oceans, plants and rocks all exchange carbon, but human #CO2 emissions have disrupted this carbon balance, resulting in #globalwarming. 🏭
Curious how? Read our new overview article 👇
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‘This is revolutionary, something the whole field has been seeking for years,’ says molecular biologist
@rug.nl Danny Incarnato.
A new study, published in @natbiotech.nature.com, identifies shapeshifting RNA switches. 🧬
Curious? Read more 👇
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Population trends show that many species are declining in the Wadden Sea area. At first glance, birds seem to be doing well, but among birds there are also many populations that are not doing well. Reference: Anika Happe, Kasper J. Meijer et al: Synthesis of Population Trends Reveals Seascape-Wide Reorganisation of Biodiversity From Microalgae to Birds. Global Change Biology, 18 June
‘In any case, it is a warning signal of potential local extinction,’ says Prof. @rug.nl Britas Klemens Eriksson.
🌊 New research by his group reveals many species are declining in the #WaddenSea, only a few are thriving.
Curious? Read more 👇
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🍊 The past years, orange juice prices fluctuated because of the #antibiotic #resistant #citrusgreeningdisease.
Scientists @rug.nl found new ways to fight these infections by making holes in bacteria or weakening their cell walls.🦠 Read more 👇
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🦠#3: About the importance of ecology and evolution in preventing resistance.
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🦠#2 About using antibiotics with switches and fluorescent labels for targeted treatment
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🦠#1 About new ways to fight infections by making holes in bacteria or weakening their cell walls in other ways.
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The furry coat of this E. coli bacteria protects it against antibiotics | Image Unsplash
🦠How to deal with #antimicrobialresistance? Read our finished three-part series on research at #FSE @rug.nl and find out!🔬
#1 New ways to fight infections 💊
#2 Beating resistance using light and oxygen 💡
#3 Why bacteria are stronger together 🧫
🔗Find all articles below👇
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With the help of imaging techniques and by attacking bacteria with light, Wiktor Szymanski hopes to find new ways to fight bacterial infections | Image Sean Sinclair / Unsplash
'As far as we know, it seems unlikely that bacteria could become resistant to this type of treatment.'
Prof. @rug.nl Wiktor Szymanski hopes to find new ways to fight bacterial infections by attacking bacteria with light.💡
Curious? Read more👇
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The tiny nests are well hidden in the tall summer barley, making it difficult to find them. Photo: Leoni von Ristok
‘Arable farming systems used to be very diverse,’ says ecologist @rug.nl Raymond Klaassen.🌾Now, fewer crop variety mean trouble for species like the skylark.
🪺 How can farmers protect wildlife? Read our final #sustainable #agriculture story 👇
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Kira Tiedge and her group are investigating which plant species can best adapt to difficult conditions. Here she is monitoring how different alfalfa species react when exposed to, for example, drought or increased salt concentrations in the soil. | Image Leoni von Ristok
🌱 How do plants thrive in challenging conditions?
@rug.nl Kira Tiedge's group is investigating which plant species can best adapt to difficult conditions to select the most robust varieties.🌿
Read our 2nd #sustainable #agriculture story 👇
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🌍 On #WorldEnvironmentDay we ask: how can we #BeatPlasticPollution?
Researchers @rug.nl are working on several ways for #plasticrecycling:
'With a little help from bacteria'👇
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'How to best reuse carbon atoms'👇
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This photo shows a glacier on Svalbard. This island is a 'hotspot' for climate change, where warming is very rapid. The study describes a very high change in surface air temperature (TAS), but also a high variablity, which affects the 'Time of Emergence'. | Image Richard Bintanja, University of Groningen
🌧️ When does 'anomalous weather' become a new #climate?
Researchers @rug.nl and @knmi.nl have developed a robust method to determine the beginning of a new climate, based on warming, wetting, and sea ice melting.🌡️💦
Curious? Read more 👇
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This is the first article in a three-part series about #sustainable #agriculture research @rug.nl.
Today’s topic is #healthy #soil. Coming up:
🌱 How do plants adapt to a changing environment?
🐝 How can we help animals that suffer from our intensive use of land?
Stay tuned!🧪 #ScienceNewsroom #FSE
At a farm in Foxwolde (Drenthe), Joana Falcao Salles and Barbara Prack McCormick are studying the quality of the soil
🌱 What makes for healthy soil? It thrives without chemical fertilizers and stores water and carbon better.
@rug.nl Joana Falcao Salles and Barbara Prack McCormick are studying how to restore it. Read our 1st #sustainable #agriculture story👇
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The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) advises against eating home-produced eggs in The Netherlands because of PFAS. Biochemist Clemens Mayer hopes to solve the accumulation of PFAS in the environment by developing enzymes that can break down these substances | Image Alex P/ Pexles
⛓️💥 How can we break down forever chemicals?
Harmful #PFAS accumulate in our environment, ending up in sea foam, chicken eggs, and wine.🍷
Chemists @rug.nl Clemens Mayer and Suzanne Jansen are working on enzymes to break them down. Read more 👇
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This cartoon shows the newly identified mefloquine binding site causing the changes in the ribosome's dynamics which promote read-through of the premature stop codons. The main interactions are shown with the dashed lines. The patch of electron microscope density assigned to mefloquine is shown as blue mesh. | Image Albert Guskov
Recently in April, researchers from @rug.nl discovered that the antimalarial drug #mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as #cysticfibrosis, #Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some #cancers.
Curious? Read more 👇
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Het is de #WeekvanOnsWater! Lees onze reeks over wateronderzoek van de #FSE @rug.nl 👇
🚰 Hebben we in de toekomst nog wel genoeg drinkwater?
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🚾 Waarom laten we ons regenwater eigenlijk weglopen in het riool?
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