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Dance your PhD plaatje

‘One MOF particle to rule them all’

2023-03-21T08:59:00+00:00 Daniël Linzel

Science communication takes many forms. One very special form remains the annual ‘Dance your PhD’ competition, with this year’s chemistry winner depicting Metal Organic Framework research to rap music.

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Mitochondria struggle with crowding

2023-03-15T15:02:00+00:00 Esther Thole

Researchers from Nijmegen can now experimentally show that macromolecular crowding occurs in mitochondria.

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Warm star cloud shows water’s missing link

2023-03-15T14:21:00+00:00 Jessica Vermeer

Leiden astronomers find evidence that water on Earth outdates than the Sun.

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Cryo-EM reveals new details about RNA origami

2023-03-06T12:42:00+00:00 Esther Thole

Researchers at Aarhus University have used cryo-EM to gain a better understanding of the folding process that dictates RNA origami. 

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Synthetic immune receptors speed disease resistance in crops

2023-03-03T12:27:00+00:00 Femke de Jong

Plants lack the ability to develop antibodies against a new virus. British researchers present a new concept: synthetic immune receptors ‘on demand’. 

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Iron complex excited for longer

2023-03-02T12:47:00+00:00 Daniël Linzel

When cyclometallation ligands are used around iron(III), it has an excited state that lasts a thousand times longer. 

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No Bison kit, but mussel glue

2023-02-28T09:54:00+00:00 Daniël Linzel

Groningen researchers have elucidated the polymerisation of polydopamine, which is similar to the substance that mussels use to stick to anything.

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Bonding model fails to explain reality

2023-02-21T08:58:00+00:00 Daniël Linzel

The model behind hydrogen bonds and similar complexes is fundamentally flawed.

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Mummies long preserved by terpenoids from far beyond Egypt

2023-02-16T08:39:00+00:00 Arjen Dijkgraaf

To preserve their mummies, the ancient Egyptians imported resins from Southeast Asia. An early example of globalisation.

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Searching for optimal conditions for silicate weathering

2023-02-08T13:40:00+00:00 Jacqueline van Gool

A European consortium is investigating whether it is possible to accelerate the weathering of silicate rocks in a reactor.

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Plants take up chemical weapons

2023-02-03T08:34:00+00:00 Daniël Linzel

If there has been an attack with chemical weapons somewhere, you should be able to see it in the leaves of plants.

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Bacteria digest plastic

2023-01-31T14:18:00+00:00 Jessica Vermeer

Texel researchers demonstrate via carbon isotopes that the bacterium Rhodococcus ruber can eat polyethylene. 

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Metamaterial computes more efficiently than electronics

2023-01-27T14:50:00+00:00 Jessica Vermeer

AMOLF researchers describe their nanostructured metamaterials that can perform mathematical operations. 

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Pregnant PhD students get automatic contract extension

2023-01-25T09:06:00+00:00 Daniël Linzel

PhD students and postdocs working in chemical laboratories at WUR will find it much easier to extend their contracts from this year onwards.

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Synthesis brings alkenes zusammen

2023-01-24T12:53:00+00:00 Daniël Linzel

Groningen researchers have found an easier way to make alkenes where the functional groups are on the same side.

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Mushroom synthesis unstable

2023-01-18T11:17:00+00:00 Daniël Linzel

For the first time, a number of substances from the mushroom family Ganoderma have been produced via total synthesis. 

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Zeolite membrane sifts CO2 from gas mixtures

2023-01-11T09:59:00+00:00 Jessica Vermeer

Leuven researchers combine polymers and zeolite in a membrane matrix for superefficient gas separation.

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Making lignin branches easier to visualise

2023-01-09T15:17:00+00:00 Daniël Linzel

Despite the fact that lignin has been analysed for quite some time, it is still a considerable challenge to map the branches properly.

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Measuring polymer stress with mechanophores

2022-12-21T12:52:00+00:00 Jessica Vermeer

Delft duo plots polymer stress at the molecular level.

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Cowless cheese is a reality

2022-12-21T12:25:00+00:00 Jessica Vermeer

Those Vegan Cowboys managed to make casein with precision fermentation.

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