The University of Groningen, located in Groningen, Netherlands, is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Europe, established in 1614. It enjoys an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative institution of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Balanced across a wide array of disciplines, the university offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD programs in medical, legal, theological, philosophical, and linguistic education, among others. Known for its pioneering and interdisciplinary approach, the University of Groningen is home to more than 30,000 students, with a significant proportion of international students, contributing to its vibrant academic community. The university is deeply integrated into the city of Groningen, playing a key role in its social and economic development, while fostering an environment where innovation and collaboration flourish.
Boronic acid has been utilized in organic chemistry for decades, despite not being found in any living organism. ‘It gives rise to different chemical reactions…
Patrick van der Wel, an associate professor at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, specializes in Solid…
Controversial research often sparks defensive reactions, sometimes even leading to calls for censorship, especially if the findings clash with established ideologies. However, a pair of…
The properties of hafnium dioxide, often referred to as hafina, might seem unremarkable on the surface. However, when this material is rendered into ultrathin layers,…
Efforts to mitigate climate change will be insufficient unless we lower greenhouse gas emissions originating from the global food system, a sector responsible for one-third…
Through a collaborative effort involving the Universities of Groningen and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, along with Italy’s European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, scientists have significantly…
In a ground-breaking experiment, researchers from the University of Groningen collaborated with their peers from Nijmegen and Twente universities in the Netherlands, and the Harbin…
Nearly two decades have passed since the advent of graphene, the two-dimensional variant of graphite, which has significantly amplified interest in 2D materials due to…
Episodic ataxia type 6 is a rare neurological disorder that affects only a small number of individuals globally. It leads to temporary loss of muscle…
Students often sacrifice sleep to study for exams, but lack of sleep can negatively impact memory. Now, University of Groningen neuroscientist Robbert Havekes has found…
According to a new study, it would take an astounding 3 million years for the number of species that have been lost due to human…
A University of California, Riverside physicist explains. In a study co-led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside and the University of California, Irvine,…
Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas. The Vikings got there centuries beforehand, although exactly when has remained unclear. Here, an international…
For many years now, astronomers and physicists have been in a conflict. Is the mysterious dark matter that we observe deep in the Universe real,…
The biological clock is present in almost all cells of an organism. As more and more evidence emerges that clocks in certain organs could be…
In spintronics, the magnetic moment of electrons (spin) is used to transfer and manipulate information. An ultra-compact 2D spin-logic circuitry could be built from 2D…
The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered some seventy years ago, are famous for containing the oldest manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and many hitherto…
All supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies appear to have periods when they swallow matter from their close surroundings. But that is about…