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Penalty’s, psychologie en participerende journalistiek

Veldonderzoek in optima forma, zo mag je het afstudeerproject van masterstudent Interaction Technology, Max Slutter, gerust noemen. Hij onderzocht de afgelopen maanden wat er in het hoofd van voetballers gebeurt bij het nemen van penalty’s. Locatie van het experiment: de campussportvelden.
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Penalty kicks, psychology and participative journalism

Field research in optima forma, that is what you can call the graduation project of master's student Interaction Technology, Max Slutter. Over the past few months, he has been studying what happens in the minds of football players when they take penalties. Location of the experiment: the campus sports fields.
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UT researcher works on NASA team

‘We want to see what we can find in the earth’

‘I’m a remote sensing geologist,’ says Chris Hecker. Not a profession you hear of every day. The ITC researcher’s expertise has even earned him a spot on one of NASA’s Science and Application Teams, where he is leading project GeoHot. Its goal is to use a sensor on the International Space Station to find new geothermal fields.
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Electricity from falling water droplets

Scientists from the University of Twente and the South China Normal University developed a device that can generate electricity from falling water droplets. The technology is simple and elegant, but it will not easily solve the energy problems. ‘It just doesn’t rain that often in the Netherlands.’
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Over a pint

‘I’m often asked; what do we need that for?’

‘Over a pint’ is a series about science. UT researchers talk to science journalist Enith Vlooswijk about their field and the misconceptions that exist about it. Enith turns their input into writing and drawings. This seventh episode: Dominik Krug, a researcher of Physics of Fluids.
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Aan de borreltafel

‘Ik krijg vaak de vraag; waar hebben we dat voor nodig?’

‘Aan de borreltafel’ is een rubriek over wetenschap. Wetenschapsjournalist Enith Vlooswijk praat met én tekent over UT-onderzoekers, die vertellen over hun vakgebied en de misvattingen die hierover bestaan. In deze zevende aflevering: Dominik Krug, UT-onderzoeker bij Physics of Fluids.
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Aan de borreltafel

‘Ik krijg vaak de vraag; waar hebben we dat voor nodig?’

‘Aan de borreltafel’ is een rubriek over wetenschap. Wetenschapsjournalist Enith Vlooswijk praat met én tekent over UT-onderzoekers, die vertellen over hun vakgebied en de misvattingen die hierover bestaan. In deze zevende aflevering: Dominik Krug, UT-onderzoeker bij Physics of Fluids.
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Over a pint

‘I’m often asked; what do we need that for?’

‘Over a pint’ is a series about science. UT researchers talk to science journalist Enith Vlooswijk about their field and the misconceptions that exist about it. Enith turns their input into writing and drawings. This seventh episode: Dominik Krug, a researcher of Physics of Fluids.
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Critical materials: how to prepare for the next pandemic?

At the beginning of the Covid crisis, medical face masks were difficult to source. Now test scarcity is becoming increasingly common. What lessons can the Netherlands learn from this? Researchers from the Public Procurement Research Centre, UT and Erasmus received 380,000 euros from ZonMw for an international comparative study into the procurement of critical materials during the corona crisis.
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‘Academics need to know that regional projects are a priority’

‘In my research I focus on how universities collaborate with regional stakeholders,’ says Lisa Nieth. Her PhD thesis, which she defended last week, also includes the UT. ‘If academics know they can and should work on regional projects, it will empower the UT as a whole.’
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Non-invasive method for a better prognosis and treatment of cancer

‘An important step in cancer therapy’

Using a newly developed nano-size biosensor, UT scientists Pepijn Beekman and Dilu Mathew can detect small tumor cell fragments in blood at very low concentrations. These so-called tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (tdEVs) are effective biomarkers for the presence and activity of a tumor.
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Perfecte standscorrectie pols door 3D-techniek

Door een samenwerking met de opleiding Technische Geneeskunde print de Hengelose Orthopedische Kliniek OCON patiënt-specifieke zaag- en boormallen in eigen huis. Dit gebeurt na een 3D-analyse van de CT-beelden waardoor een standscorrectie van de pols op maat uitgevoerd wordt.
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Virtual reality: ‘Make the world as you like it’

For most of us, the term virtual reality (VR) sparks excitement. While the use of VR for entertainment has surely found its place in our world, the technology has much larger potential: for training, therapy and research. Many scientists at the University of Twente are exploring these serious applications. In their hands, VR becomes a tool to overcome addiction, to conduct experimental research in criminology and to treat psychiatric patients.
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Tinkering with molecules

PhD researcher Piet Driest from the Department of Material Sciences changed an existing gel-like biomedical material into a tougher version. With some additional modifications, the new material can be used in many other medical applications. ‘The chemical principles used open the way to endless possibilities.’
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UT researcher Rebecca Saive on MIT’s list of Innovators Under 35

MIT Technology Review has selected UT scientist Rebecca Saive for its annual list of ‘Innovators Under 35’, a list that has included people such as Mark Zuckerberg. The assistant professor in the Inorganic Materials Science group was chosen thanks to her invention which makes solar cells more efficient.
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