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In February 2026, research into a Roman gaming stone from Heerlen made headlines around the world. Now, it has been nominated for the Quest science award. Help us win and cast your vote!

For the Regio Deal application 'Samenhang in Preventie Zuid-Limburg' (Coherence in Prevention South Limburg), an amount of over € 1.6 million has been awarded by the Regio Deal Zuid-Limburg and Parkstad.

What if information deliberately misleads us when it is delivered via social media, newspapers or television? What are the consequences, and what can society do about it? In the Netherlands, too, we are increasingly confronted with this form of disinformation.

Maastricht UMC+ Comprehensive Cancer Center has once again been accredited by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) with the ‘Research Excellence’ designation, confirming the high quality of our cancer care.

Article about Erika Timmer

In her doctoral research, Floor Pinckaers examined whether catheter treatment administered within a later time window (6 to 24 hours) is still effective in patients with a cerebral infarction. She also investigated whether this treatment method is cost-effective.

First-year Health Sciences students are making extensive use of ChatGPT and similar AI tools. Master’s students Fenne Gijzen and Luke Kox investigated which tasks these students outsource and how they reflect on this in their written assignments.

Congratulations to Marvin Martens, Egon Willighagen, Lars Eijssen and Susan Steinbusch-Coort!

One more cucumber time!

From 24 to 28 August, Egon Willighagen, Denise Slenter, Javier Millán Acosta and Marvin Martens drove to Brno for a week at RECETOX, Masaryk University.