Utrecht University

Nearly 2.5 billion years ago, seas on our planet alternately contained more or less oxygen, due to the slow "wobble" of the rotating Earth. So writes an international team of scientists, some affiliated with Utrecht University and the…

As of 3 April 2023, Marcel Boogers has been appointed Endowed Professor of Democracy and Transition at the Utrecht University School of Governance (USG). Boogers will be affiliated to Utrecht University one day a week, for a period of…

Specialized microorganisms that are found in only one type of environment turn out to occur there in relatively low but stable numbers. Microorganisms that live in many different types of environments, on the other hand, are able to…

With a European Consolidator Grant of nearly two million euros, Martijn Kool, a mathematician at Utrecht University, will investigate a completely unexplored area in algebraic geometry: counting surfaces on Calabi-Yau fourfolds. It is…

While using a wood-burning stove, large amounts of particulate matter and ultrafine dust are released into living rooms. This is according to a citizen science project by Utrecht University. Researcher Fleur Froeling: "Although this study…

Can a rapid warming of Earth trigger tipping points in our climate? For decades scientists have debated if today’s warming can strongly amplify itself by triggering a catastrophic release of greenhouse gases. New research, published in…

Deltas and coastal plains are attractive places to live: fertile, flat, open to the sea. These lowlands are, however, also vulnerable to climate-change and sea-level rise. To better predict how deltas develop in the future we need a…

Increased use of the subsurface, for example for geothermal energy production or subsurface storage, is crucial for achieving the (inter)national goals for greenhouse gas emissions. Today it was announced that EPOS-eNLarge, a research…

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded fifteen national knowledge partners, including Utrecht University, a grant totalling 15.2 million euros. Researchers will use this grant to collaborate in the Social Sciences and Humanities…

Five Professors at Utrecht University and one at UMC Utrecht have been appointed as new members of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (RHSSH, in Dutch KHMW). As members, together with about 550 other scientists, they are…