Marianne de Visser joins NWO Governing Board
Prof. Marianne de Visser will join the Governing Board of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) on 1 February 2010. De Visser is a neurologist at the Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam and professor of neuromuscular diseases at the University of Amsterdam. She succeeds retiring member Charles Buys. Continue
Introverts have more health problemsPeople who experience a lot of negative emotions and do not express these experience more health problems, says Dutch researcher Aline Pelle. She discovered that heart failure patients with a negative outlook reported their complaints to a physician or nurse far less often. Continue Climate models don't tell the full storyClimate models that predict heavy rainfall don’t give the whole picture, says NWO scientist Martin Ziegler. He examined climate changes in the past 800,000 years, and discovered that the melting icebergs in the North Atlantic and changes in the El Niño Southern Oscillation have a great influence on the intensity of monsoon rains. Continue |
Software knowledge unnecessarily lostAll too often the knowledge acquired by software architects is unnecessarily lost. Moreover, it is difficult to simply and quickly assess the quality of software. According to Dutch researchers Remco de Boer and Rik Farenhorst these problems can, however, be easily resolved. Continue Sustainable gas obtained from wasteAccording to Dutch researcher Guus van Rossum energy can be obtained from biomass more quickly and efficiently than is currently the case. He has developed a new method for the low-temperature extraction of hydrogen from biomass, such as forestry and agricultural waste. Continue |
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The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme ('Vernieuwingsimpuls') provides talented researchers with the opportunity to conduct their own research programme independently and to remain committed to the scientific profession. Researchers from abroad may apply.Continue |
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The Rubicon programme offers talented postgraduates from abroad the opportunity to spend one year conducting research in the Netherlands. There are three selection rounds a year for Rubicon grants. Women especially are urged to apply. Continue |
