Research news
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Eventually everything will evaporate, not only black holes
New research by Michael Wondrak, Walter van Suijlekom and Heino Falcke of Radboud University has shown that Stephen Hawking was not completely right about black holes. All large objects in the universe will eventually evaporate.
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Algorithms for better cochlear implants receive NWO grant
The board of NWO's Applied and Technical Sciences domain awarded funding to a project by John van Opstal of Radboud University. Within the OtoControl 2.0 project, algorithms are being developed to produce better cochlear implants.
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Suriname birth certificates for and by the public put online
The first part of the database of the Civil Registry of Suriname is online since today on the website of the National Archives of Suriname. These are birth registrations made in Paramaribo between 1828 and 1921.
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Learning a new language makes you forget other languages
Learning words in a new foreign language makes it more difficult to remember those same words in another foreign language. That is the conclusion of a research study by Kristin Lemhöfer, Psycholinguist at Radboud University and The Donders Institute.
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Warnings about ‘alcohol posts’ on social media
‘Alcohol posts’ could lead to more youngsters drinking alcohol. In a new study, communications scientist Hanneke Hendriks asked students for their ideas on potential solutions. ”Youngsters underestimate this problem.”
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Radboud University and Radboud university medical center research team issues recommendations for better transgender care in the Netherlands
Een team van onderzoekers van de Radboud Universiteit en het Radboudumc onderzocht hoe de toenemende wachttijd voor transgenderzorg verklaard en opgelost kan worden. ‘Er is een mismatch tussen de vraag naar en de inrichting van de transgenderzorg’.
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NWO grant for telescope that can film black holes in colour
The Dutch Research Council, NWO, has awarded a grant of 3.45 million euros to a Dutch team, together with British and Namibian astronomers, that will enable the first colour movies of black hole.
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Nijmegen University Library donates Surinamese collection to Anton de Kom University in Suriname
Radboud University library received a large donation of books, reports and journals on Suriname last year. The university library has decided to donate them to the Anton de Kom University in Suriname, believing they are most needed there. The collection will be shipped over this week.
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From cholera to cancer: the health gap already existed in the nineteenth century
Apparently, the ‘health gap’ is not just something of our time. In the nineteenth century, people from lower social groups also died younger and from different causes than more affluent people. That is the conclusion of historian Owen Lammertink in his PhD thesis, which he defends at Radboud University on 12 May.
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Free SpeakApp!-Kids helps children overcome fear of public speaking
For many primary school children, it is a cause for enormous stress and sleepless nights time and again: class presentations. A new, free app helps children with fear of public speaking to prevent and overcome this fear.
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Future of data storage lies in DNA microcapsules
Within five to 10 years, we will be able to store data in DNA, Professor Tom de Greef expects. Data will not be stored in zeros and ones on a hard disk, but in the base pairs AT and CG that make up DNA.
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Climate index highlights vulnerability of regions for more targeted policies
Climate change affects every country, but some regions will be hit harder than others. This involves not only emissions and precipitation, but also various socio-economic factors.
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Nitrogen also affects soil invertebrates and insects
Higher levels of nitrogen in the environment not only affect plants but also soil invertebrates and insects. What is more, climate change may amplify the negative effects of nitrogen. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from Radboud University.
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Social media data provides first glimpse at increased popularity of air conditioning worldwide
Through social media advertising data, we get a first glimpse of what drives and motivates people to buy air-conditioners worldwide, new research led by Sibel Eker from Radboud University shows.
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The human tendency to help exists in all cultures
People from different cultures are more alike than we first thought. All over the world, people tend to respond to requests for help and help others. This is the conclusion of a new linguistic study in which several Radboud University researchers collaborated.
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Reports of neighbourhood conflicts give voice to people of Sri Lanka under VOC administration
In his PhD research at Radboud University, historian Luc Bulten discovered that not only the VOC made use of the Sri Lankan registers; the registered persons also used them to their own advantage, for example in conflicts between neighbours.
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Rubicon-grant for researcher Radboudumc
Gijs Franken (Radboudumc) have received Rubicon funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and ZonMw.
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People are open to algorithms (if they benefit from them)
A new publication in AI & Society by Radboud University researchers shows that humans are quite open to algorithms’ decisions, as long as we believe that this is to our benefit.
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How do you recover trust in government after a civil war?
In this kind of situation, development agencies must be very careful that interventions do not undermine the legitimacy of existing forms of land governance.
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Growing cells on synthetic PIC gel could save millions of mice
The synthetic PIC gel, discovered in 2013 at Radboud University, seems highly suitable to grow cells in for research. An additional advantage is that unlike the gels commonly used for cell culture, this gel requires no breeding and killing of mice.