🧊 Since 2020, the total ice mass in #Antarctica has stopped decreasing. How?

Researchers from the UG & KNMI 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

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🦭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

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🪐'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 at the UG 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

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🐦What can we learn about our own health from the #SeychellesWarbler?

Dr Chuen Zhang Lee & his team at the UG/UEA have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system, all 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

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☢️‘Without the ozone layer, the radiation that reaches us is comparable to the radiation from an atomic bomb.’

Reynier Peletier, astronomer at the UG, is worried about #SpaceX & Musk's plans to launch another million satellites in space.🛰️

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/data-centres-in-space-threaten-astronomy-and-ozone-layer

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⚛️ How does the biggest #particleaccelerator help to understand the smallest building blocks of #matter?

Ass. Profs. Kristof De Bruyn & Ann-Kathrin Perrevoort use the #LargeHadronCollider @CERN to collide #protons with the aim to discover unexplained phenomena. 💥

Read about the long search for new #physics in our new article 👇
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/science-in-focus/the-long-search-for-new-physics

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🌏 Why are only a few #planets suitable for life? And why is Earth one of them?

Dr. Rob Spaargaren, together with his international team of astronomers, answers these questions in a new paper.

It may have consequences for the search for life elsewhere.🔎

Curious? Read more 👇️
🔗https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/why-only-a-small-number-of-planets-are-suitable-for-life

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🧊 What are #metamaterials, and why does their size matter?

Shyam Veluvali and research team at the UG & UMCG discovered new insights that lead to better implants, robot hands, and bumpers.

Curious? Read more👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/highlighted-papers/2026/new-insights-in-metamaterials-lead-to-better-implants-robot-hands-and-bumpers

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🌌 Why are most nearby galaxies moving away from the #MilkyWay?

Astronomers Ewoud Wempe & Prof. Amina Helmi discovered a ‘large-scale sheet’ that explains these motions.↗️

They published their findings in @NatureAstronomy .

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/a-large-scale-sheet-surrounding-of-the-milky-way-explains-the-motion-of-nearby-galaxies

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🚢 Do you want to follow the icebreaker #Polarstern expedition?

Join oceanographer Jacqueline Stefels and marine biologist Maria van Leeuwe (UG) on their journey in the Antarctic.🗺️

Go check the @awi live-stream 👇
🔗 https://follow-polarstern.awi.de/expedition/antarktis-2025-26/?lang=en

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