Stories

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  • WE Festival

    The Gashouder and the former radium factory will be the place to be from 12 to 19 May for anyone who wants to learn something new, sample some good food, meet other people or just enjoy the party. The eighth WE Festival has a full programme with a wide variety of activities. Better yet, admission is...

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  • Plastic: the good, the bad and the ugly

    On Saturday 14 July, Dagblad de Limburger published a column by Martin Paul about the negative impact plastic has on our health and the role that the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM) plays to counter this.

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  • Neon Night Run - Colourful stream of runners

    A clear blue sky with a light breeze – the organisers of the Neon Night Run couldn’t have hoped for more. The conditions not only attracted some 150 runners to the event on 8 May, but also made for a great barbecue afterwards. The result: a nice donation to the MF Foundation, the charity selected...

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  • Hiding in plain sight

    Signals are everywhere, and they contain a lot of information. However, it is not so easy to see or to extract this information.

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  • A matter of balance

    The importance of fairness and balance is not to be underestimated. It comes with unique challenges, both on a mathematical and on a personal level.

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  • Through Ariadne’s guidance

    The modern-day incarnation of an ancient Greek goddess is a software package that provides rigorous, mathematical certainty about problems involving change.

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  • Advanced problem solving

    Did you ever stop to think whether you solved a puzzle in the most efficient way possible? Math is here to help, and you may want to pay special attention if you marshal trains for a living.

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  • To learn or not to learn…

    …that is not the question. At least, not according to Mathias Staudigl. He is more concerned with the how of learning in and outside of game theory.

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  • The math games surrounding us

    The cheerful statues of the Zaat Herremenieke are connected to hundreds of mathematicians worldwide, who work in a field called game theory.

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  • Power dynamics

    The ability to reason gives humans an edge over beings driven by evolution, like cancer cells or animals. The outcome of this power imbalance varies depending on where you look.

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