The Science Newsroom shares the Science News of the Faculty of Science and Engineering @rug.nl. Follow us and stay up to date! 📰 ✅ 🧪Check out all our Science News via 👉 www.rug.nl/fse/news/ 📧 fse.sciencenewsroom@rug.nlhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3muz4ijfdtk22👗How to spot a nice wool coat in a heap of discarded textiles? Mauricio Muñoz-Arias & colleagues @rug.nl are working on automating the process with textile collector Sympany Curious? Read more👇 🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/how-chemistry-can-make-robots-move-and-feel 🧪#SciComm08 Sep 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz4ijfdtk22https://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mup5q2moas2o🤖 How chemistry can make robots move and feel Inspired by nature and using smart materials, organic chemist Michael Lerch @rug.nl wants to create robots that move more smoothly, like the arms of an octopus for example. Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/how-chemistry-can-make-robots-move-and-feel 🧪 #SciComm04 Sep 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup5q2moas2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mq7maxjkic27💊How do we keep medicines out of our surface waters? @rug.nl Eelko Hak: we need a collaborative European approach that brings together experts in water technology&pharmacy Curious? Read more 👇 🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/how-do-we-keep-medicines-out-of-the-environment 🧪 #SciComm09 Jul 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7maxjkic27https://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mq4zbg4jas2j🦠 The green sulfur bacterium as an inspiration for a new generation of solar cells? @rug.nl Physicist Thomas La Cour Jansen studies how the structure of this unique bacterium allows it to harvest energy from light so efficiently. Curious? Read more👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/solar-cells/what-a-bacterium-teaches-us-about-solar-cells 🧪 #SciComm08 Jul 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4zbg4jas2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mpldeyfyos26❌‘Terminating this project would have been a real disaster for climate research.’ Prof. Richard Bintanja @rug.nl is releaved after the U.S. Congress saved the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a critical ocean monitoring network.🌡️ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-nature/2026/anxious-weeks-for-ocean-monitoring-network 🧪 #SciComm #OOI01 Jul 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpldeyfyos26https://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mpj4jm7sp22p🐦How do birds know where to go for winter? Unlike geese, songbirds don't learn migration routes from their parents.🐣 Researchers @rug.nl tracked pied flycatchers and found out both their genes & natal environment influence their route.🌍 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/migratory-birds-find-their-wintering-spot-in-africa-thanks-to-an-interplay-between-genes-and-environ 🧪 #SciComm30 Jun 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj4jm7sp22phttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mpgfjwva6c23🚰‘Data centres in water-stressed regions should face stricter conditions.’ Xin Sun @rug.nl found that current AI data centre expansion happens in areas of water stress, e.g. Mediterranean Europe, with consequences for the local community. Curious? Read more👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/digital-society/2026/does-ai-even-fit-within-our-planetary-boundaries 🧪 #SciComm29 Jun 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgfjwva6c23https://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mp4dvi36fc2i👨‍⚕️Dr, what's the diagnosis? When a newly developed solar cell is not working as expected, "device doctor" @rug.nl Prof. Jan Anton Koster helps uncover the cause. A simple measurement reveals exactly where energy is lost in the solar cell.⚡ Curious? Read more👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/solar-cells/20260623-zonnecellenkoster 🧪 #SciComm25 Jun 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4dvi36fc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3monadnt3vs2s🪄 ‘Just like the “magic cake” that I like to bake with my kids.' Chemist Loredana Protesescu @rug.nl is working on a 3-layer ink that contains all components needed for a solar cell. Before use it only needs to be applied to a surface.🖌️ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/solar-cells/more-stable-solar-cells-and-a-three-layer-ink 🧪 #SciComm19 Jun 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3monadnt3vs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mnyvopu2os2c🐭Did we meet? Just like humans, sleepy mice forget their social encounters after a bad night. Neuroscientist Robbert Havekes & team @rug.nl found that the asthma drug roflumilast brings back these social memories after sleep deprivation.😴 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/slaperige-muis-vergeet-ontmoetingen-een-astmamedicijn-brengt-herinneringen-terug 🧪 #SciComm11 Jun 2026 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnyvopu2os2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mnf3wsn2ck2q🔍What are pheromones chemically made of? Researchers from @rug.nl @w-u-r.bsky.social @uniregensburg.bsky.social have deciphered the tiny pheromones of Trichogramma turkestanica, with 0.4 mm one of the smallest insects we know.🔬 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/20260602-tinypheromonesdeciphered 🧪 #SciComm03 Jun 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnf3wsn2ck2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mm7iid5cec2m'Vrij en geïnformeerd een mening vormen onder druk door sociale media' bericht @nieuws.nos.nl vandaag. 🔗 https://nos.nl/artikel/2614935-vrij-en-geinformeerd-een-mening-vormen-onder-druk-door-sociale-media Ons recente artikel over @rug.nl onderzoek laat zien hoe dat komt👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/how-a-free-flow-of-information-can-amplify-incorrect-ideas 🧪 #SciComm [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7iid5cec2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mldjtwaqis2q🫁‘Materials that implants are made of often cause inflammation or tissue damage.’ Prof. Marleen Kamperman & research team @rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social are developing softer stents & valves, and less invasive means to insert them.🧲 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-hard-challenge-making-implants-soft-and-smart 🧪 #SciComm08 May 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldjtwaqis2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3ml6n3my4a22g📱Should information on social media always flow freely? Simulations by Prof. of Artificial Intelligence Davide Grossi and team @rug.nl show that an unrestricted flow of information can amplify incorrect ideas amongst like-minded people.💡 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/how-a-free-flow-of-information-can-amplify-incorrect-ideas 🧪 #SciComm06 May 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6n3my4a22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mkmnqgqowk2f🔢‘The beauty is that our field doesn’t need big experiments.' In the new project FARMLAB, Prof. Bayu Jayawardhana and his team @rug.nl work out the mathematical formulas that let agricultural robots work together to monitor crops.🌾 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/we-don-t-need-experiments 🧪 #SciComm29 Apr 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmnqgqowk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mjp66ttzos2g‘They think I'm an elevator mechanic.'🧰 Thanks to Profs. Jan C. Willems & Ruth Curtain, the @rug.nl is among the world leaders in the field of Systems and Control. 👇Learn about the mathematical tricks behind a range of applications, like a knee prosthesis.🦿 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/new-mathematics-for-an-ever-more-complex-world 🧪 #SciComm17 Apr 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp66ttzos2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mjjv5u427s2h‘We might use this to design efficient cell factories.'🏭 New research by Prof. Matthias Heinemann & team @rug.nl shows that hydrophobic proteins cluster together for faster transport in the cell, like an assembly line in a factory. 📦📦📦 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/proteins-cluster-in-cells-for-faster-performance 🧪 #SciComm15 Apr 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjv5u427s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mij3y27pvs2d🫀 Why is our heart to the left and liver to the right? A research team from @rug.nl & @tue.nl built a world-first artificial embryonic node that simulates the flow pattern that decides where organs grow during embryonic development.🤰 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/health-and-life/why-is-our-heart-to-the-left-and-the-liver-to-the-right 🧪 #SciComm02 Apr 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mij3y27pvs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mie5nvvz6k2b🎧In Science podcast - How can we recycle rubber tires? In the new episode, Prof. @rug.nl Francesco Picchioni shares insights from his startup that uses new technologies to recycle tire rubber into new products.🚗 Listen now via Spotify/Apple Podcast/RSS feed👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/news/podcasts/ 🧪 #SciComm31 Mar 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mie5nvvz6k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mibohsmltc24💊 What makes a good RNA-targeting drug? Molecular biologist @rug.nl Danny Incarnato shows that small molecules that bind to RNA only rarely affect its function. His team's findings were published in @natcomms.nature.com Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/study-shows-how-to-identify-drugs-altering-rna-structure-and-function 🧪 #SciComm30 Mar 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibohsmltc24https://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mi27xt2ebs2k🧊 Since 2020, the total ice mass in Antarctica has stopped decreasing. How? Researchers from @rug.nl & @knmi.nl found that a sharp increase in snowfall is mainly due to ‘atmospheric rivers’ transporting extra moist air to the ice sheet.🌨️ Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-nature/2026/more-ice-in-antarctica-due-to-increased-snowfall 🧪 #SciComm27 Mar 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi27xt2ebs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mhuzu3anec25🦭Why do seals "whisk" their whiskers? New research by PhD student Chinmay Gupta, Prof. Ajay Kottapalli and team @rug.nl shows that active whisking improves sensing, helping seals accurately follow underwater trails.🌊 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/why-do-seals-whisk-their-whiskers 🧪 #SciComm25 Mar 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuzu3anec25https://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mhb4ve4dwk2w'With our simulation model PROTEUS, we can determine the formation history of many more planets with different compositions and climatic histories.' Ass Prof Tim Lichtenberg & team @rug.nl discovered a new type of molten sulphur world.🔥 Curious? Read more 👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/scientists-discover-a-new-type-of-molten-sulphur-world 🧪 #SciComm [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb4ve4dwk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sciencenewsroom-ug.bsky.social/post/3mh6ppzqjf22a🐦What can we learn about our own health from the Seychelles warbler? Dr Chuen Zhang Lee & his team @rug.nl @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system, thanks to this small songbird.🎵 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-nature/2026/island-birds-reveal-surprising-link-between-immunity-and-gut-bacteria 🧪 #SciComm16 Mar 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:ec7ffuxunmaterk2j6rfglp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6ppzqjf22a