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Operating based on experience with the help of data that predicts the outcome - that is the ambition of the team of researchers developing the Twente foot model. A unique collaboration between ZGT, MST and the University of Twente.

Small differences in the sugar composition of nutrition during the earliest stages of life can have long-lasting effects on metabolism, body weight and even lifespan. 

It has been six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but one question remains relevant: who should be first in line when vaccines are scarce?

For decades, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) has been diagnosed and treated using a surprisingly small slice of the information collected during sleep studies.

On Monday, 30 March 2026, Minister Rianne Letschert (Education, Culture and Science) paid a working visit to the University of Twente. At the TechMed Centre, she met with researchers and regional partners to discuss the crucial role of education.

Chemists at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Utrecht University have developed a new method to produce a promising chemical building block from biomass.

Scientists from TU Delft, SoundCell and RHMDC (laboratory of Reinier de Graaf hospital) have discovered that different bacterial species produce their own characteristic sounds.

Researchers at the University of Twente and Radboudumc are developing a new generation of prosthetic technology: a bionic foot that closely replicates the body’s natural walking motion.

Increasingly, people with type 1 diabetes are wearing a glucose sensor. These sensors measure blood glucose levels day and night, generating enormous amounts of data - but what happens with all that information?

Positive steps at the University of Twente (UT) in the run-up to International Women's Day on 8 March: more attention to equal health opportunities.

Fatigue, concentration problems, muscle weakness and sensory overload: many people still experience persistent symptoms after a coronavirus infection. This is known as post-covid. Recovery remains uncertain and is rarely complete.

The Protein Monitor 2025 shows that the share of plant-based proteins in the Dutch diet has levelled off at around 39 percent. The ratio between plant-based and animal-based proteins has therefore hardly changed.

Wastewater contains a hidden wealth of information about the communities that produce it. During the Covid-19 pandemic, sewage monitoring for viral RNA became a key tool for tracking outbreaks.

Researchers from the University of Twente, Deventer Hospital and Saxion University of Applied Sciences are working together on a smart solution to a growing problem in healthcare. Patients are being discharged sooner and sooner after major surgery.

Our intestines probably have an influence on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as depression and stress. With the help of artificial intestines – aka the poo machine – scientists are trying to figure out how that relationship functions.