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Scientists at the Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Institute (M4I) have developed an ‘intelligent surgery knife’, or iKnife. The European subsidy programme Interreg Flanders-Netherlands has made more than two million euros available for the further development of this technology.

Philosopher Maud Oostindie of Maastricht University is one of the new 'Faces of Science' presented today by the KNAW. Through blogs and vlogs, she is going to show what her life as a young scientist looks like.

Kim Ragaert and SublimeStone students won the public's awards given out during the Engineer of the Year contest. This triumph as well as the nomination of both, by the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers, demonstrates that Maastricht University, particularly its only five-year-old Faculty of Science and Engineering, is among the best of Dutch engineering research and education.

Jan-Willem van Prooijen’s new book Hoax explores why conspiracy theories proliferate and how they undermine democracy and societal cohesion.

Saskia Brand-Gruwel is a member of the Executive Board of Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, and on March 21, 2024, she will also accept her professorship at Maastricht University.

Maastricht University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Last week, students and staff gathered in the FASoS garden to kick-start the festivities of the faculty’s anniversary year. 

The Globalisation & Law Network is honoured to present the interactive video highlighting its objectives and main activities.

Does she ever indulge in pizza? “Absolutely! And crisps, too”, laughs Anne Roefs, professor of Psychology and Neuroscience of Abnormal Eating and head of the Eat Lab research group at Maastricht University. Equally, Leo Pimpini, a native of Venice who completed his PhD under Roefs’s supervision, is not averse to a good tiramisu or lasagne.

Failure is part of life, but not something academics talk about often. In this interview, Vincent Lagendijk discusses the failure to find a publisher for his book. Why is this such an intricate process and is there any hope?

Niels van der Baan talks about the intersection between his doctoral research and HPE.