ScienceLink artikelen in C2W international, 2024
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NieuwsDe ware aard van de waterstofbrug: een discussie
In een artikel uit 2023 in JACS werd voorgesteld om de definitie van waterstofbruggen uit te breiden met hydriden. Een team uit Amsterdam pleit nu in hetzelfde tijdschrift ervoor om de definitie van waterstofbruggen juist te houden zoals ze is.
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EnglishNot all that glitters is gold
Researchers from the Rijksmuseum, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Antwerp, came across unusual arsenic sulfide pigments that Rembrandt, among others, used to create strikingly shiny details in his work.
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EnglishAn introvert’s guide to professional events
Isabelle Kohler offers practical tips to help introverts not onlly survive but even thrive at conferences and professional events.
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EnglishProgramming molecular memory
Using a simple autocatalytic reaction, researchers have programmed a chemical reaction network that has memory and performs logical functions.
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English(Not) sharing is caring
Using a combination of heat and light, symmetric σ-bonds can be broken asymmetrically, German researchers show in Nature.
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EnglishZapping sand
Turning soft beaches into hard rock. American researchers managed this (at least on lab scale) by exposing sea-soaked sand to a mild electric current.
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EnglishWill the real H-bond please stand up?
A 2023 paper in JACS suggested that the definition of hydrogen bonding should be extended to include hydrides. A team from Amsterdam responds.
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EnglishCleaner polystyrene thanks to improved degassing
Modifications to the degassing process have enabled Ineos Styrolution Antwerp to increase the purity of its food-grade high-impact polystyrene.
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EnglishCrash course in computational chemistry
The TheoCheM group from VU Amsterdam is now offering a course to get chemists from various disciplines up to (computational) speed in just five days.
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EnglishBridging Bonds Speaker Highlight: Matt Baker (Maastricht)
The new symposium Bridging Bonds will uncover the collaboration potential of soft matter and macromolecules. Here we highlight speaker Matt Baker, associate professor at Maastricht University.
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EnglishThe best of both monomers
By fusing two commonly used monomers into a new monomer, you can combine their best properties, a Leuven team shows in ChemSusChem.
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EnglishIg Nobel prize for drunken worms
The Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded again last night, and Dutch scientists from Amsterdam won the Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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EnglishFrom all over the world to Belgium
As an international student you are on an adventure: Exploring an academic subject and becoming familiar with a new culture.
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EnglishChemistry and sign language
Four deaf scientists reveal their most common struggles, how signs for scientific concepts are created, and more.
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EnglishBelow the tip of the iceberg: the hidden value of conferences
Isabelle Kohler explores the benefits of conferences that can significantly influence your research and career development in unexpected ways.
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EnglishNew ‘super antibiotic’ overcomes resistance
A team from Leiden has developed an extremely potent antibiotic against Gram-positive bacteria, including drug resistant strains.
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EnglishSmart intruders
By studying the infection of lung organoids, Swiss researchers revealed how a notorious pathogen deploys a Trojan horse-stategy.
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EnglishA closer look at The Night Watch
For two weeks, a hand-held Laser Speckle Imaging device analysed The Night Watch from just a few centimetres away.
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EnglishA wider focus on the international chemist
Attracting and retaining international talent is proving to be a key factor in the scientific success of the Netherlands. But how do you ensure talent retention?
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EnglishHundreds of millions for European ‘starters’
Throughout Europe, 494 researchers will receive a €1.5 million ERC Starting Grant. Among the laureates we spotted members from KNCV, NBV and NVBMB.