Stories

On June 24, the Brightlands High Tech Agro facility opens in Venlo. Here, scientists from multiple fields are engineering the next generation of horticulture. Robots, AI, and data science are enabling autonomous greenhouses to secure future food availability.

Through initiatives like Girls’ Day, special tours, and role models, companies and educational institutions try to attract more women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. But do these efforts make women feel addressed or uncomfortable? Physicists Annabel Wolf and Emma...

Maud Vesseur, an orthopaedic surgeon in training, encountered a striking issue at Zuyderland Hospital: increasingly, patients with hip prostheses were being admitted after a fall, having fractured their hip. Often this happens precisely around the stem of their prosthesis. Vesseur recently defended...

How can artificial intelligence help unravel biological processes? At the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Aurélie Carlier and her team are searching for answers.

Human memory is one of biology’s most intriguing puzzles. Pinning down its precise genetic foundations remains like searching for a needle in a haystack. Researcher Daan van Beek delved into the data of healthy American volunteers, stretched the boundaries of statistical analysis, and pointed...

Translation software, like the kind on your phone, struggles with Darija, the Moroccan Arabic dialect. The gap between Darija and Standard Arabic is as wide as that between Limburgish and Standard Dutch. Abder Issam and colleagues have taken on the challenge of machine translation for Darija, while...

Valesca Venhof examined the impact of climate change on the mental health of young people. How do they cope with the relentless stream of grim news about the future of their climate? Indifference, born from not knowing where to begin, defines their stance.

Linsay Ketelings is the second winner of the Dissertation Prize from the Faculty of Science and Engineering. She received the award for her research into the health, safety, and consumer perception of meat alternatives and cultured meat. Each of these products has its own advocates, some of whom...

Desalinating seawater is an energy-intensive and costly process. In 2022, a group of students at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering proposed a more sustainable and affordable alternative. Now their startup harvests awards and grants.

Margaux Frigoli had long admired the Netherlands and its culture by the time she chose to pursue her PhD here. Having earned her doctorate in October, she now reflects on her time with the Sensor Engineering group at the Faculty of Science and Engineering.