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On 24 March, we hosted another lively and engaging After Work Event at PHS1.

At Brightlands High Tech Agro humans will work alongside robots and drones. From its opening in june 2026, researchers, students, and businesses will collaborate here to build the future of horticulture, where technology and biology go hand in hand.

Fourteen universities and companies from the Euregion are joining forces in the ETCETERA project. Together, they are developing an advanced data and computing infrastructure to help the Einstein Telescope detect and analyse gravitational waves.

Maastricht University connects highly motivated top-tier students in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science with forward-thinking companies. These students participate in the KE@Work and CS@Work honours programmes, designed to create direct value for businesses, whether throug

In the CARBIOW project, Maastricht University is conducting a sustainability assessment of a novel value chain that converts food waste into aviation and maritime fuels.

It is with great pleasure and proud to announce the recent appointments of Dr Katrien Bernaerts (per 1-2-2026) and Dr. Jules Harings (per 1-12-2025) as full professor at the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM).

What began as a small group of enthusiastic researchers from the Maastricht Science Programme has grown into a research team that, as of February, became a full member of the LHCb physics experiment at the CERN particle accelerator.

Maastricht Young Academy ensures that the experiences of “young” academics are also heard. Outgoing MYA chair Jenny Schell-Leugers and her successor Michelle Moerel explain why this is so important.

A rectangle incised with diagonal and straight lines, hewn from limestone quarried in France, a thrilling strategy game can look deceptively simple. The Romans used glass, bone or earthenware pieces. Players took turns trying to block each other’s pieces; whoever did it in the least number of moves.

On 4-5 February, I was very proud to celebrate with over 150 colleagues and friends the 10th Anniversary of AMIBM with a symposium: “A Decade of Biobased Materials.”