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Two UM nominations for 2015 New Scientist Research Talent
UM researchers Tamar Sharon and Yasin Temel have been nominated for the 2015 New Scientist Research Talent.
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Risk of cardiovascular disease can be influenced during pregnancy
Increased awareness for the consumption of essential fatty acids during pregnancy may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in children.
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Energy-efficient buildings by taking into account female metabolism
By taking into account the actual metabolic rate of women, a crucial step can be made in creating more energy-efficient buildings and a more comfortable working area for women. This according to Dr Boris Kingma and Professor Wouter van Marken Lichtenbelt in a letter published in Nature Climate...
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Millionaires are happy to give
Millionaires are more generous than previous research has suggested, according to a study of more than six hundred Dutch millionaires.
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Prof. Johan Vlaeyen receives prestigious Methusalem grant
Johan Vlaeyen, professor of Behavioural Medicine at KU Leuven and Maastricht University has been granted the prestigious Methusalem grant.
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International consortium led by UM receives EU-funding of 865.000 Euro
A consortium of universities from Bulgaria, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, led by Maastricht University, received a funding of 865.000 Euro for an ERASMUS+ project entitled Bridging Innovations, Health and Societies: Educational capacity building in the Eastern European Neighbouring Areas (BIHSENA).
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Diet-based vitamin C can reduce the risk of head and neck cancer
Scientists at Maastricht UMC+ Maastricht University have found that vitamin C derived from fruits and vegetables can significantly reduce the risk of developing head and neck cancer.
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Participants from UM show strength in first Dutch Ironman competition
The first Dutch Ironman triathlon was held in Maastricht on Sunday 2 August. Approximately a thousand professional and amateur athletes from forty-seven countries took on the ultimate challenge by participating in the world’s biggest long-distance sporting event, which includes a 3.8 kilometre swim...
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Rogier Wolf annotates ruling by the Amsterdam Court
Recently ICGI Research fellow mr. dr. Rogier Wolf’s annotation to the ruling has been published in the journal ‘Jurisprudentie in Nederland’