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A better understanding of taste and mouthfeel
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Obligation for energy label C for offices seems to have desired effect
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Cutting-edge magnetic and acoustic levitation will bioprint heart models to improve protections against radiation in space and on Earth.
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Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own insulin-producing cells, located in the islets of Langerhans, are destroyed by the body itself. Instead of continuous insulin injections, patients have the option of clinical islet transplantation. This involves placing donor islets in the patient's liver. However, the liver is not an optimal location and donor islets die quickly. This is why Rick de Vries and his colleagues investigated the development of a medical implant that can be placed outside the liver. On Friday, July 14, he will defend his PhD research at Maastricht University.
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A breakthrough in cultured meat research-animal component free production
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Nienke Verstegen, researcher at De Forensische Zorgspecialisten, has conducted research on aggression within forensic care and its impact on patients and staff. On July 6, 2023, she will receive her PhD from Maastricht University with her dissertation 'Hurt people hurt people. Characteristics and impact of inpatient aggression in forensic mental health care'.
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Professor Harry Hummels, Professor of Ethics, Organizations and Society, emphasizes the importance of dialogue about this with stakeholders. In one of his latest papers, People in Chains, he aims to start a movement from "people in economic chains" to "fellow people in value(s) chains.
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Empowering Smallholder Farmers in the Data Economy: Unlocking Opportunities and Overcoming Obstacles
Frederik Claasen, the head of policy at our partner organisation Solidaridad Network on the opportunities and obstacles facing smallholder farmers in their data ecosystems.
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The PhD research of Karlien Strijbosch focuses on Senegalese migrants who were forced to return home after a stay in Europe. Doing justice to such stories is no easy feat, especially when you come up against walls of silence, distrust and shame. Strijbosch and her supervisor Valentina Mazzucato discuss a research project that yields important insights, exposes raw emotions and occasionally spirals out of control.
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