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Two promising PhD graduates from the University of Groningen will be able to conduct research at top institutes abroad for two years thanks to the Rubicon programme organized by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The NWO Rubicon programme enables talented, young researchers to acquire international research experience to help kick-start their academic careers.

University of Groningen researchers Jacqueline Stefels and Maria van Leeuwe are joining an expedition to Antarctica on the icebreaker Polarstern. They investigate the influence of sea ice and algae on the regional climate in Antarctica. This contributes to the protection of the Weddell Sea.

Professor by special appointment at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences Lonneke Lenferink joins The Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie, DJA) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, KNAW).

Mechanical engineer Francesco Maresca and his team from the University of Groningen have worked out how memory metals change shape at the atomic level. ‘Based on our model, better shape memory crystalline materials could be designed for applications that require reversible deformations, vibration damping, or impact absorption.’

University of Groningen researchers have developed a method for the customer service department of the company AFAS to check answers generated by AI. The system uses the same methods as human experts and is based on internal documentation as a knowledge base.

2025 was the year of floods, wars, earthquakes, genocide, drought, hunger, infectious disease outbreaks, overcrowded and filthy refugee camps and closed borders. It was also the year in which the humanitarian sector itself fell into crisis. The largest donor, the United States, cancelled its annual contribution of nine billion euros. ‘The sector must reinvent itself very quickly, and for that you need out-of-the-box thinkers,’ says NOHA director Nadine Voelkner.

Een team geleid door prof. dr. Edwin Otten van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen ontvangt een NWO subsidie van 5 miljoen euro vanuit het Nationaal Groeifondsprogramma ‘Material Independence and Circular Batteries’.

On Monday 12 January exams are canceled until 2 p.m.

How do you know a face is a real face? With the emergence of generative AI, photos of non-existent faces can be created at the touch of a button. And if these photos are used in official documents it will be possible to create fake identities, bypass facial recognition and commit all kinds of fraud. Luckily, George Azzopardi and Guru Swaroop Bennabhaktula have created a way to confirm the authenticity of photos

Every year in mid-January, Groningen is dominated by ESNS (Eurosonic/Noorderslag). The city then becomes the stage for Europe's largest showcase festival. For several years now, the University of Groningen has been collaborating with the festival on various themes.