'Open' alternatives to ChatGPT are on the rise, but how open is AI really?
OpenAI's ChatGPT seems ubiquitous, but open source versions of instruction-tuned text generators are gaining the upper hand. They are a lot more transparent. Insight into training data and algorithms is key for responsible use of generative AI, a team of linguists and language technology researchers at Radboud University claim.
Volkswagen Stiftung grant for research on brain-inspired materials: towards eco efficient computing
An interdisciplinary research team from Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour of Radboud University and the University of Stuttgart, have been awarded a grant from Volkswagen Stiftung.
Single-molecule OLED lights up upon charging: towards energy-efficient light sources
Physicists of Radboud University discovered that if electricity goes through an OLED made from single molecules in a scanning tunneling microscope, the charged state is important for emission of light. By this charge the molecule produces light, more energy-friendly than traditional methods.
Bridge funding for the HFML-FELIX research facility
NWO has pledged €3.3 million as bridge funding to HFML-FELIX in the lead-up to a renewed cooperation agreement.
NWO Take-off grant for hearing implants that are able to localise sound
Beephonix, the start-up of neuroscientist and audiologist Martijn Agterberg, has been awarded a NWO take-off grant of €250,000 to optimise a microphone technology inspired by the hearing of bumblebees.
Combining 100 treatment studies: a step closer towards personalised depression treatment?
How do psychologists choose the right depression treatment for each patient? Ellen Driessen, psychologist and researcher at Radboud University, investigates.
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Scientists find first evidence for new superconducting state in Ising superconductor
In this week’s edition of Nature, they present evidence for a special variant of the so-called FFLO superconducting state, a discovery that could have significant applications, particularly in the field of superconducting electronics.
ChatGPT put to the test: how did it do in its accounting exams?
Accounting lecturers Karen de Meyst and Muskan Achhpilia recently contributed to a unique piece of collaborative research, in which ChatGPT was fed thousands of accounting assessment questions to see how it would perform.
Floating plants best at purifying wastewater and there’s a bonus: they can recover phosphorus
According to research by Lisanne Hendriks, an ecologist at Radboud University, azolla and duckweed are the best floating aquatic plants for purifying wastewater. The plants absorb nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater and so render it much cleaner.
Make the right decision? That is more complex than you think
Sara Arts, PhD candidate in financial economics, studies how individuals make financial decisions in complex situations and what processes are involved.
Inhumane conditions surrounding migrant workers
An interdisciplinary study from RUNOMI on the effects of COVID-19 measures on migrant workers in the Dutch-German border region.
Aquatic animals living closer to the edge when it comes to heat stress
Amphipods have a much smaller safety margin to cope with warmer water in rivers than has been recognised previously. This is shown by the research of, among other ecologists, Wilco Verberk of Radboud University.
Are glycans crucial determinants of autoantibody reactivity in multiple sclerosis?
The Stichting MS Research has awarded a project aimed at elucidating the role of sugars in the autoimmune response in multiple sclerosis (MS). Autoimmune reactions against central nervous system proteins likely contribute to MS onset and progression.
Energy subsidy reforms in Europe require honesty, step-by-step approach
Countries around the European Union are looking at reforms of energy subsidies, to encourage more sustainable energy use and to accommodate the higher prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. These countries should be careful, research warns.
'European slavery in Asia seems to have almost disappeared from collective memory'
Historian Dries Lyna and his colleagues are trying to bring the forgotten Asian slavery back into history. ‘We want to reconstruct family histories of enslaved people and their descendants’ With his research, Lyna hopes to contribute to a wider awareness of the colonial past and its repercussions on our culture.
History of slavery on Aruba and St. Eustasius online
Island communities such as Aruba and St. Eustasius were hit hard by slavery. This is apparent from the databases that have been published on the websites of Archivo Nacional Aruba (ANA) and the Dutch National Archives in The Hague.
Vidi grants for research on cells, magnetism, biogas and more
NWO has awarded ten Nijmegen researchers Vidi funding of up to 800,000 euros. This will allow them to develop their own innovative line of research and set up a research group over the next five years.
Nematicity: a pathway towards better and stronger superconductors?
HFML-FELIX and the Universities of Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan have recently discovered that superconductivity in the iron chalcogenide family is optimized just at a particular value of x where a certain long-range order is suppressed to absolute zero.
Thanks to research by two Radboud students, astronomers can now use the James Webb Space Telescope to look for sulphur
Thanks to research by two Radboud students, as of 1 July, scientists from Radboud University will be able to use the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to test their predictions.
Clock-like precision of pulsars opens new window for studying gravitational waves
A team of European astronomers, along with Indian and Japanese colleagues, has reported evidence that strongly suggests the detection of ultra-low-frequency gravitational waves. Such waves probably originate from pairs of supermassive black holes.
