ScienceLink artikelen in C2W international, 2024

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  • Shuxia Tao
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    Future electronics powered by light

    2025-01-14T15:17:00Z

    Imagine a future where light itself powers our devices. Shuxia Tao uses advanced computer simulations to predict how materials behave even before they are made, to accelerate the design of better semiconductors so that – in the future – your phone can be charged directly by the sun.

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    ENW-XL and ENW-M: Christmas presents for Dutch science

    2024-12-20T10:07:00Z

    The Open Competition ENW-XL offers funding for groundbreaking fundamental research projects set up by collaborative consortia of scientists from various universities and institutes. In this round, 21 proposals have been granted, ranging from €1-3 million per project. Here, we present those that involve members from the KNCV and/or NVBMB. ...

  • Archaeology
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    UK launches £37m programme to uncover cultural heritage through chemistry

    2024-12-20T09:16:00Z

    The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will fund 31 innovative projects designed to protect and grow the UK’s £29 billion heritage sector.

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    More than pollution: secondary organic aerosols

    2024-12-20T08:38:00Z

    Air pollution interferes with plant olfactory communication by accelerating the breakdown of volatile compounds. However, a recent study published in Science suggests that the effects of pollution are not as simple as they seem.

  • Leukaemia cells with the BIM variation
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    Small variations, serious consequences

    2024-12-18T13:17:00Z

    Genetic variants of the BIM protein increase therapy resistance in leukaemia cells, researchers in Singapore show. Important findings for East Asian populations, where these variants are relatively common.

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    First step towards natural sunscreen

    2024-12-18T13:09:00Z

    Researchers in Amsterdam have laid the first foundations for a sunscreen based on a molecule found naturally in the skin: urocanic acid. They have published extensive spectroscopic data in two papers in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

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    Banned pigments found in tattoo inks sold in the EU

    2024-12-18T12:37:00Z

    Several common tattoo inks sold and used in Europe contain pigments banned under the region’s chemicals regulatory framework, according to a new analysis.

  • DEXSORB installatie RWZI Dordrecht
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    Ball mill removes PFAS from wastewater

    2024-12-12T09:50:00Z

    Many pharmaceutical residues and PFASs accumulate in the environment, including in our wastewater. A ball mill seems to be the solution in a Dutch pilot project.

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    One-electron covalent bond between two carbons pushes limits of bonding

    2024-12-11T13:44:00Z

    Scientists in Japan have made a groundbreaking discovery: they have identified a covalent bond between two carbon atoms that share only a single electron. 

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    One technology for all volumes

    2024-12-11T10:03:00Z

    With a smaller version of its Kytero single-use centrifuge, GEA enables customers to apply the same separation technology during each stage of the track from R&D to full-blown commercial scale.  

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    An ode to patience

    2024-12-10T09:45:00Z

    Isabelle Kohler offers valuable tips to help early-career researchers stay patient while pursuing their professional dreams.

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    ‘We all have our own career path’

    2024-12-09T13:03:00Z

    According to KNCV Gold Medal winner Caroline Paul, biocatalysis offers many opportunities, but it is not by default more sustainable than chemical synthesis. ‘You do have to look at the numbers and make a fair comparison.’

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    A bigger and modular CT-scanner for safer EV batteries

    2024-12-04T12:44:00Z

    Electric vehicle batteries are notorious for causing uncontrollable fires. Unfortunately, current battery management systems are unable to detect problems in time. Dutch start-up INNER has a solution: a CT machine the size of a battery pack that can do just that. 

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    €5 million for better imaging

    2024-12-04T08:47:00Z

    Amsterdam-based Confocal.nl has received a €5 million investment to make its live cell imaging more accessible. As a foretaste of what is possible, they have produced this stunning image of a mouse ear.

  • Metal cat 3D printer
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    3D printed sustainable cat

    2024-12-03T15:18:00Z

    A team from Amsterdam has 3D printed a catalyst made entirely of stainless steel and aluminium that works extremely well for borohydride hydrolysis. 

  • heart-cockles
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    Biophotonic ‘windows’ enable symbiosis

    2024-11-27T13:19:00Z

    Several molluscs have developed benificial relationships with symbiotic, photosynthetic algae. Heart cockles boast advanced biophotonic structures in their shells that operate like optic fiber cables to catch and transmit the incoming sunlight.

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    Tricky protein modification with potential

    2024-11-27T08:11:00Z

    Lysine crotonylation is an understudied yet very interesting post-translational modification which has great medical potential.

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    How to embrace feedback as an academic writer

    2024-11-26T08:02:00Z

    Isabelle Kohler shares practical strategies to help early-career researchers and students not only survive feedback but also embrace it as a powerful tool for growth.

  • cyclobutanen
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    Making square drug fragments under pressure

    2024-11-19T13:26:00Z

    1,2-substituted cyclobutanes can be easily prepared under high pressure and are interesting building blocks for drug development.

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    Biocompatible labelling for PET scans

    2024-11-18T09:48:00Z

    A Franco-Belgian team has developed a gallium-18F complex for PET scans that can also be attached to biomolecules. It could be turned into an 18F radiolabelling kit.