diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultList.html b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultList.html
index 229023fd..c5b2fde8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultList.html
+++ b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultList.html
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ <h4 wicket:id="label">Query</h4>
     <ul wicket:id="items" class="inline-list">
       <li wicket:id="listItem"></li>
     </ul>
+    <p wicket:id="no-records" class="no-records-note">Nothing found.</p>
     <div class="navigation" wicket:id="navigation">
       <div class="navigatorLabel" wicket:id="navigatorLabel"></div>
       <div class="navigator" wicket:id="navigator"></div>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultList.java b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultList.java
index 207398e9..c21f7d1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultList.java
@@ -246,9 +246,18 @@ protected void populateItem(Item<ApiResponseEntry> item) {
         navigation.setVisible(dataView.getPageCount() > 1);
         navigation.add(pagingNavigator);
 
+        Label noRecordsLabel = new Label("no-records", "Nothing found.") {
+            @Override
+            protected void onConfigure() {
+                super.onConfigure();
+                setVisible(filteredDataProvider.size() == 0);
+            }
+        };
+
         itemsContainer = new WebMarkupContainer("items-container");
         itemsContainer.setOutputMarkupId(true);
         itemsContainer.add(dataView);
+        itemsContainer.add(noRecordsLabel);
         itemsContainer.add(navigation);
         add(itemsContainer);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultNanopubSet.html b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultNanopubSet.html
index dce211c2..c0386c12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultNanopubSet.html
+++ b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultNanopubSet.html
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ <h4 wicket:id="title">[View Title]</h4>
   </div>
   <div wicket:id="nanopubs-container">
     <div class="flex-container" wicket:id="nanopubs"></div>
+    <p wicket:id="no-records" class="no-records-note">Nothing found.</p>
   </div>
 </wicket:panel>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultNanopubSet.java b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultNanopubSet.java
index 1abc52c3..0d6ed120 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultNanopubSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/QueryResultNanopubSet.java
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ protected void populateComponent() {
         nanopubsContainer = new WebMarkupContainer("nanopubs-container");
         nanopubsContainer.setOutputMarkupId(true);
         nanopubsContainer.add(buildNanopubResults());
+        Label noRecordsLabel = new Label("no-records", "Nothing found.") {
+            @Override
+            protected void onConfigure() {
+                super.onConfigure();
+                setVisible(filteredDataProvider.size() == 0);
+            }
+        };
+        nanopubsContainer.add(noRecordsLabel);
         add(nanopubsContainer);
 
         if (viewDisplay.getNanopubId() != null) {
@@ -110,6 +118,10 @@ protected void populateComponent() {
     private NanopubResults buildNanopubResults() {
         NanopubResults nanopubResults = NanopubResults.fromApiResponse("nanopubs", filteredDataProvider.getFilteredData(), itemsPerPage);
         nanopubResults.add(AttributeAppender.append("class", NanodashSession.get().getNanopubResultsViewMode().getValue()));
+        // Hide the (empty) results container when there is nothing to show, so the
+        // "Nothing found." note sits directly below the header instead of being pushed
+        // down by the flex-container's padding.
+        nanopubResults.setVisible(!filteredDataProvider.getFilteredData().isEmpty());
         return nanopubResults;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingListPanel.html b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingListPanel.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fbe2c0e..00000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingListPanel.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html xmlns:wicket="http://wicket.apache.org">
-
-<head>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../webapp/style.css?for-local-testing-only" type="text/css" media="screen" title="Stylesheet" />
-</head>
-<body style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 20px; max-width: 1400px">
-
-<wicket:panel>
-
-<div wicket:id="message-row" class="paneltitlerow">
-<h4><span wicket:id="message">Has X things:</span></h4>
-</div>
-
-<div wicket:id="templates" class="forms"></div>
-<div wicket:id="things"></div>
-
-</wicket:panel>
-
-</body>
-
-</html>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingListPanel.java b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingListPanel.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b2df756d..00000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingListPanel.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-package com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.component;
-
-import org.apache.wicket.Component;
-import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.WebMarkupContainer;
-import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.basic.Label;
-import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.panel.Panel;
-import org.nanopub.extra.services.ApiResponse;
-import org.nanopub.extra.services.QueryRef;
-
-import com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.ApiCache;
-import com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.QueryApiAccess;
-import com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.Utils;
-import com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.template.Template;
-import com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.template.TemplateData;
-
-/**
- * Panel to show a list of things.
- */
-public class ThingListPanel extends Panel {
-
-    /**
-     * Constructor for the ThingListPanel.
-     *
-     * @param markupId the Wicket markup ID for this panel
-     * @param mode     the mode of the panel, determining what kind of things to show
-     * @param thingRef the reference of the thing to show the list for
-     * @param response the API response containing the data to display
-     */
-    private ThingListPanel(String markupId, final Mode mode, final String thingRef, ApiResponse response) {
-        super(markupId);
-        // TODO Not copying the table here, which can lead to problems if at some point the same result list is sorted differently at different places:
-        response.getData().sort(new Utils.ApiResponseEntrySorter("date", true));
-        WebMarkupContainer messageRow = new WebMarkupContainer("message-row");
-        if (response.getData().isEmpty()) {
-            setVisible(false);
-            messageRow.add(new Label("message", ""));
-        } else if (mode == Mode.TEMPLATES) {
-            messageRow.setVisible(false);
-            messageRow.add(new Label("message", ""));
-        } else if (response.getData().size() == 1) {
-            messageRow.add(new Label("message", mode.messageStart + " 1 " + mode.wordSg + ":"));
-        } else if (response.getData().size() == 1000) {
-            messageRow.add(new Label("message", mode.messageStart + " more " + mode.wordPl + " (>999) than what can be shown here:"));
-        } else {
-            messageRow.add(new Label("message", mode.messageStart + " " + response.getData().size() + " " + mode.wordPl + ":"));
-        }
-        add(messageRow);
-        if (mode == Mode.TEMPLATES) {
-            add(new ItemListPanel<Template>(
-                    "templates",
-                    "📝 Related Templates",
-                    TemplateData.getTemplateList(response),
-                    (template) -> new TemplateItem("item", template)
-                ));
-            add(new Label("things").setVisible(false));
-        } else {
-            add(ThingResults.fromApiResponse("things", mode.returnField, response));
-            add(new Label("templates").setVisible(false));
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Factory method to create a ThingListPanel component.
-     *
-     * @param markupId    the Wicket markup ID for the panel
-     * @param mode        the mode of the panel, determining what kind of things to show
-     * @param thingRef    the reference of the thing to show the list for
-     * @param waitMessage the message to display while waiting for the API response
-     * @return a new ThingListPanel component
-     */
-    public static Component createComponent(final String markupId, final Mode mode, final String thingRef, final String waitMessage) {
-        QueryRef queryRef = new QueryRef(mode.queryName, mode.queryParamKey, thingRef);
-        ApiResponse response = ApiCache.retrieveResponseAsync(queryRef);
-        if (response != null) {
-            return new ThingListPanel(markupId, mode, thingRef, response);
-        } else {
-            ApiResultComponent c = new ApiResultComponent(markupId, queryRef) {
-
-                @Override
-                public Component getApiResultComponent(String markupId, ApiResponse response) {
-                    return new ThingListPanel(markupId, mode, thingRef, response);
-                }
-
-            };
-            c.setWaitMessage(waitMessage);
-            return c;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Enum representing the different modes of the ThingListPanel.
-     * Each mode corresponds to a specific type of thing and defines how to query and display them.
-     */
-    public enum Mode {
-        CLASSES(QueryApiAccess.GET_CLASSES_FOR_THING, "thing", "class", "class", "classes", "🏷 Assigned to"),
-        INSTANCES(QueryApiAccess.GET_INSTANCES, "class", "instance", "instance", "instances", "\uD83E\uDEE7 Has"),
-        PARTS(QueryApiAccess.GET_PARTS, "thing", "part", "part", "parts", "🧩 Has"),
-        TEMPLATES(QueryApiAccess.GET_TEMPLATES_WITH_URI, "thing", "np", "template", "templates", "Used in"),
-        DESCRIPTIONS(QueryApiAccess.GET_TERM_DEFINITIONS, "term", "np", "nanopublication", "nanopublications", "📄 Described in");
-
-        /**
-         * The name of the query to be used for this mode.
-         */
-        public final String queryName;
-        /**
-         * The parameter to be used in the query for this mode.
-         */
-        public final String queryParamKey;
-        /**
-         * The field in the API response that contains the relevant data for this mode.
-         */
-        public final String returnField;
-        /**
-         * The singular word used in messages for this mode.
-         */
-        public final String wordSg;
-        /**
-         * The plural word used in messages for this mode.
-         */
-        public final String wordPl;
-        /**
-         * The start of the message displayed in the panel for this mode.
-         */
-        public final String messageStart;
-        /**
-         * The identifier for this mode, used in URLs and other references.
-         */
-        public final String modeId;
-
-        private Mode(String queryName, String queryParamKey, String returnField, String wordSg, String wordPl, String messageStart) {
-            this.queryName = queryName;
-            this.queryParamKey = queryParamKey;
-            this.returnField = returnField;
-            this.wordSg = wordSg;
-            this.wordPl = wordPl;
-            this.messageStart = messageStart;
-            this.modeId = name().toLowerCase();
-        }
-
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingResults.html b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingResults.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 56d2bcaa..00000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingResults.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html xmlns:wicket="http://wicket.apache.org">
-
-<head>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../webapp/style.css?for-local-testing-only" type="text/css" media="screen" title="Stylesheet" />
-</head>
-<body>
-
-<wicket:panel>
-
-<ul>
-<li wicket:id="things"><span wicket:id="thing-link">Instance name</span> ( <a href="." wicket:id="nanopub-link"><span class="nanopub-icon"></span></a> )</li>
-</ul>
-
-<div class="navigation" wicket:id="navigation">
-<div class="navigatorLabel" wicket:id="navigatorLabel"></div>
-<div class="navigator" wicket:id="navigator"></div>
-</div>
-
-</wicket:panel>
-
-</body>
-
-</html>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingResults.java b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingResults.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cb23edbd..00000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/ThingResults.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-package com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.component;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.apache.wicket.ajax.markup.html.navigation.paging.AjaxPagingNavigator;
-import org.apache.wicket.extensions.markup.html.repeater.data.table.NavigatorLabel;
-import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.WebMarkupContainer;
-import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.link.BookmarkablePageLink;
-import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.panel.Panel;
-import org.apache.wicket.markup.repeater.Item;
-import org.apache.wicket.markup.repeater.data.DataView;
-import org.apache.wicket.markup.repeater.data.ListDataProvider;
-import org.apache.wicket.request.mapper.parameter.PageParameters;
-import org.nanopub.extra.services.ApiResponse;
-import org.nanopub.extra.services.ApiResponseEntry;
-
-import com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.Utils;
-import com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.page.ExplorePage;
-
-/**
- * A panel that displays a list of things (e.g., nanopublications, entities) based on an API response.
- */
-public class ThingResults extends Panel {
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new ThingResults panel.
-     *
-     * @param id          the Wicket component ID
-     * @param thingField  the field in the API response that contains the thing ID
-     * @param apiResponse the API response containing the data
-     * @return a ThingResults instance populated with the data from the API response
-     */
-    public static ThingResults fromApiResponse(String id, String thingField, ApiResponse apiResponse) {
-        List<ApiResponseEntry> list = apiResponse.getData();
-        ThingResults r = new ThingResults(id);
-        DataView<ApiResponseEntry> dataView = new DataView<>("things", new ListDataProvider<ApiResponseEntry>(list)) {
-
-            @Override
-            protected void populateItem(Item<ApiResponseEntry> item) {
-                // TODO Improve label determination and move this code to a more general place?
-                String thingId = item.getModelObject().get(thingField);
-                String thingLabel = item.getModelObject().get(thingField + "Label");
-                String npLabel = item.getModelObject().get("npLabel");
-                if (thingId.matches(".*[^A-Za-z0-9-_]RA[A-Za-z0-9-_]{43}[^A-Za-z0-9-_].*") && (thingLabel == null || thingLabel.isBlank()) && npLabel != null && !npLabel.isBlank()) {
-                    thingLabel = Utils.getShortNameFromURI(thingId) + " in '" + npLabel.replaceFirst(" - [\\s\\S]*$", "") + "'";
-                }
-                item.add(new NanodashLink("thing-link", thingId, null, null, thingLabel));
-                String npId = item.getModelObject().get("np");
-                item.add(new BookmarkablePageLink<Void>("nanopub-link", ExplorePage.class, new PageParameters().set("id", npId)));
-            }
-
-        };
-        dataView.setItemsPerPage(10);
-        dataView.setOutputMarkupId(true);
-        r.add(dataView);
-
-        WebMarkupContainer navigation = new WebMarkupContainer("navigation");
-        navigation.add(new NavigatorLabel("navigatorLabel", dataView));
-        AjaxPagingNavigator pagingNavigator = new AjaxPagingNavigator("navigator", dataView);
-        navigation.setVisible(dataView.getPageCount() > 1);
-        navigation.add(pagingNavigator);
-        r.add(navigation);
-
-        return r;
-    }
-
-    private ThingResults(String id) {
-        super(id);
-        setOutputMarkupId(true);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/page/ExplorePage.html b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/page/ExplorePage.html
index 444c86be..e6377f04 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/page/ExplorePage.html
+++ b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/page/ExplorePage.html
@@ -48,13 +48,10 @@ <h2><span wicket:id="termname"></span></h2>
   </div>
 
   <div wicket:id="info-section" class="row-section">
-    <div class="col-12">
-      <div wicket:id="classes-panel"></div>
-      <div wicket:id="definitions-panel"></div>
-      <div wicket:id="instances-panel"></div>
-      <div wicket:id="templates-panel"></div>
-      <div wicket:id="parts-panel"></div>
-    </div>
+    <div wicket:id="classes-panel"></div>
+    <div wicket:id="definitions-panel"></div>
+    <div wicket:id="instances-panel"></div>
+    <div wicket:id="templates-panel"></div>
   </div>
 
   <div wicket:id="nanopub-section" class="row-section">
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/page/ExplorePage.java b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/page/ExplorePage.java
index 2de510a5..817b731f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/page/ExplorePage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/page/ExplorePage.java
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ public class ExplorePage extends NanodashPage {
      */
     public static final String MOUNT_PATH = "/explore";
 
+    private static final String DESCRIBED_IN_VIEW = "https://w3id.org/np/RAMH_7qMY-jmgXr2jqqk5F_XW7t2k2n3NCB6LtoKEXDzY/described-in-view";
+    private static final String CLASSES_VIEW = "https://w3id.org/np/RAHPtR1VriEW09tcvZhrM8Dr3vE1JnMWWi9-ajKJWNOJs/classes-view";
+    private static final String INSTANCES_VIEW = "https://w3id.org/np/RABXfsNoT_RYlk8LpDmKfJ2poSlvIGk3jgq4DkR4YLAps/instances-view";
+    private static final String TEMPLATES_VIEW = "https://w3id.org/np/RAP0-S9PUUVF1rQiqo8vq8z6XWsXkeGBUo60DJf8JsXsc/templates-view";
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
@@ -300,18 +305,26 @@ private void initPage() {
         if (publishedNanopub != null) {
             infoSection.add(new Label("classes-panel").setVisible(false));
         } else {
-            infoSection.add(ThingListPanel.createComponent("classes-panel", ThingListPanel.Mode.CLASSES, ref, "<em>Searching for classes...</em>"));
+            View classesView = View.get(CLASSES_VIEW);
+            QueryRef classesQueryRef = new QueryRef(classesView.getQuery().getQueryId(), "thing", ref);
+            infoSection.add(QueryResultListBuilder.create("classes-panel", classesQueryRef, new ViewDisplay(classesView)).build());
         }
         if (isNanopubId) {
             infoSection.add(new Label("definitions-panel").setVisible(false));
             infoSection.add(new Label("instances-panel").setVisible(false));
-            infoSection.add(new Label("parts-panel").setVisible(false));
             infoSection.add(new Label("templates-panel").setVisible(false));
         } else {
-            infoSection.add(ThingListPanel.createComponent("definitions-panel", ThingListPanel.Mode.DESCRIPTIONS, ref, "<em>Searching for term descriptions...</em>"));
-            infoSection.add(ThingListPanel.createComponent("instances-panel", ThingListPanel.Mode.INSTANCES, ref, "<em>Searching for instances...</em>"));
-            infoSection.add(ThingListPanel.createComponent("parts-panel", ThingListPanel.Mode.PARTS, ref, "<em>Searching for parts...</em>"));
-            infoSection.add(ThingListPanel.createComponent("templates-panel", ThingListPanel.Mode.TEMPLATES, ref, "<em>Searching for templates...</em>"));
+            View describedInView = View.get(DESCRIBED_IN_VIEW);
+            QueryRef describedInQueryRef = new QueryRef(describedInView.getQuery().getQueryId(), "term", ref);
+            infoSection.add(QueryResultNanopubSetBuilder.create("definitions-panel", describedInQueryRef, new ViewDisplay(describedInView)).build());
+
+            View instancesView = View.get(INSTANCES_VIEW);
+            QueryRef instancesQueryRef = new QueryRef(instancesView.getQuery().getQueryId(), "class", ref);
+            infoSection.add(QueryResultListBuilder.create("instances-panel", instancesQueryRef, new ViewDisplay(instancesView)).build());
+
+            View templatesView = View.get(TEMPLATES_VIEW);
+            QueryRef templatesQueryRef = new QueryRef(templatesView.getQuery().getQueryId(), "thing", ref);
+            infoSection.add(QueryResultListBuilder.create("templates-panel", templatesQueryRef, new ViewDisplay(templatesView)).build());
         }
         add(infoSection);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/style.css b/src/main/webapp/style.css
index 9c7345a2..363f1f11 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/style.css
+++ b/src/main/webapp/style.css
@@ -2162,6 +2162,14 @@ td div:has(.button-list) {
   display: block;
 }
 
+.flex-container.list-view {
+  padding-top: 0;
+}
+
+.flex-container.list-view > .nanopub-item:first-child .meta {
+  margin-top: 8px;
+}
+
 .flex-container.list-view .nanopub-item {
   border: 0;
   border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
@@ -2279,6 +2287,13 @@ a.source:hover {
   display: inline;
 }
 
+.no-records-note {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 8px 15px;
+  color: #888;
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
 .cell-data-html p,
 .cell-data-html span,
 .cell-data-html div {