Faculty of Science and Engineering
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Céline Nicole strengthens collaboration between Maastricht University and HAS green academy in high-tech horticulture
UM and HAS collaboration takes shape: Céline Nicole bridges fundamental and applied research in high-tech horticulture
ETpathfinder Smart Skills Lab shares Einstein Telescope knowledge with businesses
Research into the Einstein Telescope is generating valuable technological expertise.
MaGIC summer school: physics teachers dive deep into gravitational waves
Last week saw the very first edition of the MaGIC Summer School take place in Maastricht.
How do plants make their secret weapons? Clever new tool helps scientists to find out.
Dutch scientists created MEANtools, a smart tool that reveals how plants make specialised compounds, reducing lab work
AI's moral architects: neither demi-gods nor code monkeys
Who’s to blame if AI goes wrong? And who’s responsible for it not having a negative impact in the first place?
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Beyond the bang: how Maastricht scientists helped win the Breakthrough Prize
- Sense the Science
This year's Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to the 17,500 scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider, including researchers from Maastricht University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering. They contribute to major experiments exploring the universe’s deepest mysteries: ALICE and LHCb.
Food Forests: A source of inspiration for future food supply
- Sense the Science
This story is about more than food forests, bumblebees, birdsong, and biodiversity. It shows how a shared interest in sustainability and nature makes collaboration at FSE effortless.
Mirror Magic: wine glasses, every flavour of ice cream, and other challenges for the design of the Einstein Telescope mirrors.
- Sense the Science
When you think of a telescope, stargazing comes to mind, but the underground Einstein Telescope is different. It is all about engineering and technology. Jessica Steinlechner and Alex Amato reveal a portion of the magic they perform on only one component of the telescope: its mirrors.
Plastic-eating people do not like biodegradable polymers
- Sense the Science
Cola bottles and microplastics are two examples of plastics that frequently end up in the environment, which we then consume. Why? Simply because biodegradable alternatives have a hard time entering the market. Simon Schick at AMIBM investigated why this is the case.
