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  • The new University Library will open on 1 September

    After years of designing, rebuilding and renovating, the work is finally done. On 1 September, the UvA’s new University Library will open its doors to students, lecturers and researchers.
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  • Why do some influencers not pay income tax?

    Successful influencers can get rich through content creation on social media. But why are some of them not monitored by the tax authorities? Juan Manuel Vázquez evaluated the EU’s policy to prevent tax evasion on online platforms.
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  • What the human brain can do that AI can’t

    How do you intuitively know that you can walk on a footpath and swim in a lake? UvA researchers have discovered unique brain activations that reflect how we can move our bodies through an environment.
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  • Fighting cancer, improving lives

    Advances in cancer research have transformed outcomes for certain types of cancer that were once deemed untreatable. At the UvA, doctors and researchers are hard at work on the next generation of cancer breakthroughs.
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