What is the effect of weightlessness and cosmic radiation on seeds and can you give crops new properties in space? The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are seeking the answer to this question and have launched seeds into space. Seeds from the IAEA and FAO Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories …

With neurotechnology, brain activity can be measured or stimulated. This technique is becoming more and more perfected. “There are colleagues who say that in twenty years you can control a slider with your thoughts”, explains Pim Haselager. “Electrodes on your head would then observe your brain activity. The technique of artificial intelligence to decode these signals with increasing precision is …

About the episode Male fireflies flash their luminous bellies in impressive patterns to attract mates. Some species do this synchronously as a group. How do they handle this? To answer this question, mathematicians at the University of Pittsburgh used a model normally used to map brain cell activity. With this, they first determined the blinking behavior of one firefly, then …

FC Volendam downstairs urgently needs a win so as not to make the gap in the bottom position impassable before the winter break. Two options presented themselves for this. Saturday at home against FC Utrecht and this Sunday also at home against Feyenoord. How it will play out against FC Utrecht is still uncertain, but how it played out again …

About the episode We keep looking for it: the best way to stay healthy. Sport and muscle strength are important factors in this and new research shows that we may be able to build this muscle strength with much less effort. Whether you train with weights at home or in the gym: most people opt for well-known basic exercises, such …

In order to save energy and at the same time “give room for darkness”, the municipality of Heerenveen and the province of Fryslân will remove around 100 streetlights on the Schoterlandseweg between Oudeschoot and Hoornsterzwaag in the coming weeks . The work began on Monday and will take place outside the agglomeration. There are currently 175 lampposts over a length …

Temporary contracts with poor conditions at the university make work very difficult for researchers and teachers. This is the red line in a relationship with personal stories. Researchers and educators worry so much about their future that they are stilts the national campaign group Casual Academy in a report published this week. The number of temporary contracts in universities grows …

It’s a fun, low-maintenance hobby that can be done on the go and still feel luxurious. However, if you’re not sure how to get started, don’t worry – we’ve got some helpful tips for getting the most out of your nail dips. What is a nail dip? A nail dip is a DIY manicure that involves dipping your nails into …

About the episode Scientists can zoom even deeper into the cells of our body. This makes all kinds of important research possible. Only at this level is it difficult to simultaneously study the interaction between cells and the composition of the tissue as a whole. A group of researchers wanted to change that. Can’t we map tissues in such a …

Our Peperbuske, you can’t go around Bergen op Zoom without seeing it. But did you know that there is also something special halfway up the tower? There is now a plan to turn this space, the tower room, into a place for visitors. Ad is loading… “De Peperbus is more than a bell tower,” according to Tom van Eekelen of …