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The intensity and colour of lighting influence heating costs. Moreover, the right lighting contributes to a healthier indoor climate in offices and other buildings. This is demonstrated in Marije te Kulve’s research, with which she obtained her PhD at Maastricht University (UM) this week.

International collaboration in healthcare is not standard practice, even in border regions, according to a recent study by Maastricht University and Uniklinik RWTH Aachen.

Professors Wynand Wijnen and Riet Drop are being posthumously honoured through the naming of a new classroom after each of them.

Can the referral of patients with chest pain from the general practitioner to the cardiologist be more efficient? Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) and Maastricht University will answer this question in the near future.

Op woensdag 13 juni 2018 vond de allereerste Maastricht UMC+ Wetenschapsdag plaats. Onder de noemer Beter door meer kennis werd er gediscussierd overonderwerpen uit de praktijk en over de vraag hoe de verbinding tussen wetenschappelijk onderzoek en gezondheidszorg nog sterker kan worden gemaakt.

The CaRe Award 2018 has been awarded to Ben Wijnen. Wijnen won the prize for his PhD dissertation Pleidooi voor betere meetinstrumenten voor mensen met epilepsie; zelfmanagement bij patiënten met epilepsie kosteneffectief (‘Call for better measurement instruments for people with epilepsy: self...

Scientists from the MERLN Institute and the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW) have successfully created in the laboratory embryo-like structures from mouse stem cells. These model embryos resemble natural ones to the extent that, for the first time, they implant into the uterus and initiate pregnancy.

It is important for music academies to focus on the health of its students, according to Vera Baadjou, a PhD candidate at Maastricht University.

Two UM publications present evidence for relationship between cardiovascular diseases and cognitive decline (MUMC+ press).