Opening of the 2022-2023 Academic Year: how can universities contribute to resilient democracy?
On Monday, 5 September, Ten Dam opened the Academic Year with the question ‘How can universities contribute to a resilient democratic society?
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Typical movement behaviour at large events increases risk of spreading infectious diseases
What is the typical movement behaviour of visitors to large events, such as concerts, and what does this mean for the risk of spreading infectious diseases like COVID-19? A group of researchers from the Informatics ... -
New University of Amsterdam gas contract
The University of Amsterdam will be switching gas suppliers from 1 January 2023 onwards. The switch is necessary because current supplier DVEP is withdrawing from the Dutch market and is not entering into any new ... -
Well-being interventions can help us grow stronger
A new meta-analysis on existing well-being interventions suggests we should not look if individuals got ‘ happier’, but in how far well-being interventions generally helps individuals function better. -
Fans influence video games, but this mainly benefits the gaming industry
Many fans of online video games make their own content, inspired by their favourite game: from self-invented storylines to new characters. Although this gives fans some influence over the video game production ... -
AI learns when it is safer to leave a decision to a human expert
Part of being smart is knowing where your limitations lie. Learning AI systems have long been bad at this. But thanks to UvA researchers Rajeev Verma and Eric Nalisnick, AI systems are now starting to learn when it ... -
Pesticide exposure measurable through sewage water
For the first time, scientists from the University of Amsterdam and a Spanish university have developed a method to quickly determine the exposure of people to pesticides via the analysis of wastewater. The ... -
Gamma rays from neighbouring galaxy related to millisecond pulsars
A team of researchers, including UvA physicists and astronomers, has studied gamma rays caused by the Sagittarius Dwarf, a small neighbouring galaxy of our Milky Way. They showed that all the observed gamma radiation ...
