Dutch civil servants increasingly appear to be speaking out against the policies of the governments they work for. What does this mean for the freedom of citizens?

Universiteiten spelen een cruciale rol in het verspreiden van betrouwbare wetenschappelijke informatie. Ironisch genoeg kunnen wetenschappelijke persberichten soms ook bijdragen aan misleidende ...

This thesis presents the work done in our laboratory to develop several different more advanced in vitro models of cardiac fibrosis: lab-grown pieces of human scarred heart. We show that these more ...

It seems so convenient: asking ChatGPT or another chatbot to summarise a text to quickly get a gist of it. But how accurate are they really?

This dissertation investigates the cardiovascular LHS implemented at the University Medical Center Utrecht, including the challenges surrounding informed consent for study participation, showing that ...

Abeln offers insights into the latest developments in her field, the use of AI in the life sciences, and expresses concern over reliance on big tech companies.

Olaf Massen is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics at Utrecht University, regularly works at the CERN particle accelerator and mentors the next generation of ...

We investigated whether the biological clock is disrupted in heart failure and found that while the clock remains active in the heart itself, the day-night variation of cortisol and melatonin is ...

Before we look back, Professor Ismee Tames invites us to engage in a thought-experiment. How will people remember ús, at the dawn of the 22nd century?

The Francqui Foundation annually awards chairs to Belgian universities, selecting top scientists from Belgium and abroad who are nominated by the institutions.

By using advanced techniques like single-cell RNA sequencing, different subtypes of GABAergic neurons have been identified, revealing their unique characteristics and functions. A key finding is the ...