🍼More children, shorter #lifespan?

UG researcher Euan Young found clear evidence in #parishrecords from the Great Finnish Famine.📖

'Our findings suggest that under harsh conditions, reproductive effort certainly affects lifespan.’

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2025/more-children-shorter-lifespan-clear-evidence-from-the-great-finnish-famine

Published in #ScienceAdvances

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#reproduction #research #evolution #evolutionarybiology #biology #populationstudies #science #ScientistsOnMastodon
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🔋A battery’s life: from raw material extraction to end-of-life disposal. 🚮

At the UG, Ass. Professors Xin Sun & Xiaohua Li study the #battery #lifecycle and investigate how #recycling can be made more effective and greener. ♻️

Read our 4th story on #batterydevelopers of #FSE 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/batterijen/a-battery-s-life-from-the-cradle-to-the-recycling-plant

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‘I am fascinated by robotics and dream of replicating the remarkable abilities of the human body,’ says Raffaella Carloni, Prof. of Robotics at the UG. 🤖

Carloni develops artificial limbs, such as the #bionicleg, and studies how #AI can help to make #prostheses 'smarter'. 🦿

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/digital-society/prostheses-with-a-human-centered-approach

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🔋There is a small chance that rechargeable #lithium batteries will ignite, leak or even explode.🧯

How to make them safer?

Giuseppe Portale, Ass. Prof. of #Polymerchemistry and #Physics at the UG, and his team are building safer small coin batteries using solid #polymers.🪙

Read our 3rd story on #batterydevelopers of #FSE 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/batterijen/how-to-make-batteries-safer

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👀 When’s the last time you saw a #mustelid?

The #weasel, #stoat, and #polecat may be silently disappearing from the Dutch landscape, or are they just hiding? 🐾

Biologists from #GELIFES at the UG are finding out how to monitor these small carnivores. 🔎

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2025/weaseling-out-the-best-way-to-monitor-small-carnivores

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🌀 Inspired by the #ShanghaiTower.

Qi Zhang & Ben Feringa's team developed the first synthetic dynamic helical #polymer.

➿ At low temperatures, the molecule looks like a coiled spring, which unfolds again upon heating. 🌡️

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2025/shanghai-tower-serves-as-an-inspiration-for-the-first-synthetic-dynamic-helical-polymer

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🔋How do batteries work, and can they be improved?

Scientists at RUG develop batteries that are ✅efficient ✅cheap ✅eco-friendly and they study how to recycle old ones. ♻️

Meet the #batterydevelopers of #FSE in our new 5-part series. Read our introductory piece 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/batterijen/hoe-werken-batterijen-en-kan-dat-ook-beter

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom @universityofgroningen

🪸 ‘Humans are changing the world so quickly that corals can’t keep up anymore.’

Sancia van der Meij, marine biologist at RUG, researches various species inhabiting coral reefs and is deeply concerned for their future.🦀

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-nature/coral-reefs-are-dying-with-major-consequences-for-both-humans-and-wildlife
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Prof. dr. Moniek Tromp, chair @Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, built a tabletop version of a huge X-ray facility.🔋

Curious how this battery of the future looks? Check out the article via👇
https://www.rug.nl/news/2025/03/a-tabletop-version-of-a-huge-x-ray-facility

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Photos by Reyer Boxem

Mauricio Muñoz Arias, assistant prof. of Automation and Control Systems @universityofgroningen developed a featherlight drone that flaps its wings like an insect: an #ornithopter.🪰
Curious how it flies? Check out the article via👇
https://www.rug.nl/news/2024/03/makers-van-de-rug

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Photo: Reyer Boxem