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During the Covid pandemic, media stories have been proven to inspire young people to help others. Helping others also often gave them a feeling of satisfaction. This is the conclusion of researchers from Radboud University and Erasmus…

Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)— an international observatory co-operated by the US National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)— have for the first time recorded…

Radboud University and thirteen other European research centres will join forces to develop a new, open European infrastructure for web search. The OpenWebSearch.EU project will be contributing to Europe’s digital sovereignty as well as…

ERC Advanced Grants are annually granted for exceptional, innovative and ground-breaking research. The researchers can use this funding to continue their research for the next five years.Ultrafast & green data storageIn today’s…

Physicists observed a strange new type of behaviour in a magnetic material when it’s heated up. The magnetic spins ‘freeze’ into a static pattern when the temperature rises, a phenomenon that normally occurs when the temperature…

Neuroscientists have gained new insight into how our brain evolved into a language-ready brain. Compared to chimpanzee brains, the pattern of connections of language areas in our brain has expanded more than previously thought. The…

“Radboud University contributes to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all.” To reinforce this goal and ensure that it does not merely remain empty words, the university launched its Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI)…

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded eight researchers from Nijmegen a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. This will allow them to develop an innovative line of research and build up their own research group for the…

QurieGen is a new spin-off of Radboud University that supports pharmaceutical companies in the early identification of successful drug molecules. This will have a major impact on the drug development process as it will enable rapid…

Researchers have discovered a molecule that might prevent obesity by suppressing food intake. The molecule, Lac-Phe, is produced in our bodies from lactate and is naturally released during physical exercise. In mice, the presence of the…