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Academia EuropaeaAcademia Europaea is a European, non-governmental association acting as an Academy. Their members are scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research. Founded in 1988, with about…

As of 1 September 2021 Femke van Esch external linkhas been appointed Professor of European Governance and Leadership of the European Union at the Utrecht University School of Governance (USG) of the Faculty of Law, Economics and…

Iron is an essential element for all living cells. In seawater, it is present at extremely low concentrations. “Marine algae, the base of the marine food web, living near the water surface, can be limited by iron shortage. This is a…

Jeroen Torenbeek made an important contribution to the international profile of Utrecht University. Between 1991 and 2005 he was director of Bureau Buitenland. In this role, he was one of the founders of the Utrecht Summer School, the…

The study involved 25 law students, a PhD student, university lecturers and professors from the faculties Law, Economics, Governance & Organisation and Geosciences. With this study and report the Utrecht Region aims to prepare the…

At Royal NIOZ, much research is done on so-called marine lipid biomarkers, tracers that are left behind by micro-organisms like marine bacteria and archaea, and are important indicators for climate research: they tell the scientists for…

When you’re uprooting a plant, the network of plant roots often looks like a unorganised web. However, plant roots grow according to a fixed pattern: a main root grows downwards, with lateral roots emerging at certain intervals. Due to…

Researchers from Utrecht University have visualised the ‘molecular postman’ that makes sure that many important proteins are delivered to the outside of the cell. This has profound implications for our understanding of protein secretion,…

One of the most important open questions in science is how our consciousness is established. In the 1990s, long before winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for his prediction of black holes, physicist Roger Penrose teamed up with…

The centuries-old complex of defensive works was added by the Dutch state to UNESCO's provisional World Heritage List in 1995. On 26 July 2021 the waterline was finally added to the World Heritage List. It is an extension of the Defence…