Young religious people on the separation of church and state
Is our multicultural society ready for a definitive separation of church and state? Young Christians, Muslims, and Humanists think not. This is the conclusion of religious studies expert Jeroen Jans, who will defend his PhD thesis on 12 September.
Ten million euros for 18 years of research into Roman life
Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities has granted 10 million euros for the research project Limes und Legion. This will make it possible to comprehensively study four Roman legionary fortresses in Bonn, Neuss, Xanten and Nijmegen.
NWA funding for research on transition to animal-free models in safety assessment
An international consortium receives funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to research how the acceleration of the transition to animal-free safety assessment can be governed.
Female characters are still coming off worst in fiction
Even though women have been playing an increasingly important and visible role in society since the 1960s, that isn't at all reflected in literature.
Media stories inspire young people to help during the pandemic
During the Covid pandemic, media stories have been proven to inspire young people to help others. Helping others also often gave them a feeling of satisfaction, concludes a new paper from researchers at Radboud University and Erasmus University.
Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active
Our brain works a bit like the autocomplete function on your phone – it is constantly trying to guess the next word when we are listening to a book, reading or conducting a conversation.
Explosive neutron star merger captured for the first time in millimeter light
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have for the first time recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger of a neutron star with another star.
Reduction of methane emissions from lakes possible with new approach
Dredging and the use of Phoslock (a phosphate-binding clay particle) can reduce lake emissions by over 50%. This is the conclusion of a study by Radboud University researchers, published today in Science of The Total Environment.
OpenWebSearch to promote Europe's independence in web search
Radboud University and thirteen other European research centres will join forces to develop a new, open European infrastructure for web search. The OpenWebSearch.EU project will be contributing to Europe’s digital sovereignty.
How elephants adapt to human development in cities versus farm life
The movement of elephants through wildlife corridors is directly impacted by differing forms of human pressures and development, new research by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) and Radboud University shows.
Do fish suffer from oxygen starvation?
Larger fishes are more likely to experience oxygen deficiency in warming water than smaller species. The same applies to fish with large cells, note researchers at Radboud University in their latest study.
Mosaic 2.0 grant for research on juvenile rehabilitation in Suriname
Sabine de Vries receives a Mosaic 2.0 grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). With this grant she will research alternatives to criminal justice.
NWO grants for four new research projects at RICH
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded grants to four new research projects involving researchers from the Faculty of Arts.
Heineken Young Scientists Award 2022 in Humanities awarded to Fleur Jongepier
Philosopher Fleur Jongepier (1986), assistant professor Ethics and Political Philosophy at Radboud University, has been awarded the Heineken Young Scientists Award 2022 in the field of Humanities.
ERC Advanced Grant for research on ultrafast and energy efficient data storage
Alexey Kimel, Professor in Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Correlated Materials of Radboud University has been awarded an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) to develop new technologic concepts for ultrafast, low dissipative data storage.
NIST chooses Kyber, Dilithium and SPHINCS+ as standards for post-quantumcryptography
Security algorithms created by researchers from Radboud University and other organisations have been selected by the American National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as one the new standards for post-quantum cryptography.
New Horizon Europe project looks into discrimination in algorithmic hiring
FINDHR, a research project aimed at preventing, detecting and mitigating discrimination in algorithmic hiring, will receive a Horizon Europe Grant. The three year project involves researchers from Radboud University’s iHub.
NWO funding for two new PhDs at RICH
Two new PhD candidates will conduct their research at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History (RICH) with support from NWO, as part of the PhD programme in the Humanities.
Connectivity of language areas unique in the human brain
Neuroscientists have gained new insight into how our brain evolved into a language-ready brain.
Magnetic spins that ‘freeze’ when heated: nature in the wrong direction
Physicists observed a strange new type of behaviour in a magnetic material when it’s heated up.
