Blog: What are carbohydrates?
In this blog series about carbohydrates, Professor Emeritus Fred Brouns gives us the facts on this much-discussed nutrient.

In this blog series about carbohydrates, Professor Emeritus Fred Brouns gives us the facts on this much-discussed nutrient.
To recruit donors and also to raise awareness and money for Matchis (the Dutch centre for stam cell donors), the student association Tragos organises a week dedicated to stem cell donation, from today to Friday 22 February.
Food scientist Alie de Boer from the UM campus in Venlo is among the final five talented researchers who have a chance of winning the New Scientist title ‘Science Talent of the Year’.
Technology can increase as well as decrease inequality in education. That is the conclusion of professor of education Carla Haelermans of the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) in Maastricht. She conducted years of research on the subject and will deliver her inaugural address...
New research investigates why women undergo risky cosmetic surgery for appearance ‘improvement’.
A presumed consent system for organ donation, where you are an organ donor unless you indicate that you do not want to, does not automatically lead to fewer deaths among organ patients. The positive expectations in this regard may need to be adjusted.
Employers have hardly adjusted their recruitment strategies after the introduction of the Bachelor-Master system (BAMA). The established educational designations HBO and WO continue to determine recruitment and the return on the labour market.
Maastricht, Working on Europe: In het licht van de Maastricht Europe Days (MED ’18) nodigt Maastricht deze reizende expositie uit om gasten en bewoners van de stad actief te betrekken bij het beantwoorden van de vraag waar Europeanen nu zo boos over zijn en of ze bereid zijn te strijden voor hun...
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