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EnglishAlgae autocatalyse biofuel production
The alga Chlorella variabilis can convert medium fatty acids into petrol-like hydrocarbons. However, commercial application is still a long way off.
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EnglishIron couples Suzuki
With a well-designed iron catalyst, it is easy to make Suzuki-Miyaura couplings, US researchers show in ACS Catalysis.
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EnglishHelix ‘catches’ chiral oxygen
For the first time ever, British researchers created a molecule with its single chiral centre on an oxygen atom.
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EnglishPast the von Neumann bottleneck in thousands of steps
Miniaturisation and integration into existing electronics are key to the large-scale application of memristors, programmable resistors that combine memory and processor in computers. Researchers in Groningen and the US are now developing methods to get more out of their memristors.
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EnglishSocietal impact with molecular cell biology
Maike Hansen (33) studied in five countries and leads her own research group at Radboud University Nijmegen.
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EnglishERC Advanced Grants 2022 announced
The recipients of the prestigious (and substantial) ERC Advanced Grants 2022 were announced yesterday, also featuring members of the Dutch and Flemish chemistry communities.
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English‘In terms of theory, chemistry 2.0 is coming’
Matthias Bickelhaupt’s research is literally rewriting chemistry textbooks. ‘I dare to say that some models are pointless.’
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EnglishNew algorithm complements protein models
NKI researchers are using their own algorithm to overcome shortcomings in their protein folding predictions.
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EnglishStephanie Rensink – Protecting wood with fungi
Wood needs a protective coating to be preversed and remain beautiful. How can we do this in an eco-friendly way? Stephanie Rensink investigates a special fungal coating that protects wood from the sun.
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EnglishBiosensor as a Geiger counter
Chinese researchers have developed a biosensor that uses thioflavin T to detect strontium ions.
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EnglishGreen chemistry has many origins
Arjan Linthorst describes how concerns on environmental pollution and the deteriorating image of the chemical industry were all driving forces behind the emergence of ’green chemistry’ as a new research field.
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EnglishTopical, broad and varied
Petra de Jongh and Hermen Overkleeft, co-chairs of the Scientific Program Committee of IUPAC | CHAINS 2023 provide a preview of the program.
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EnglishBas Tuenter – From disposables to Sustainables
Sustainables has an easy way to clean Eppendorf tubes, test tubes and pipette tips so that you can reuse them.
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EnglishNew spin on photocatalysis
The PhotoScale consortium aims to design a photospinning disc reactor that will allow photocatalytic reactions to be carried out on a larger scale.
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English‘One MOF particle to rule them all’
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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EnglishA European network for chemistry lecturers
The European Chemistry Thematic Network (ECTN) will try to answer questions on challenges for chemistry lecturers at its annual meeting in April.
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EnglishMitochondria struggle with crowding
Researchers from Nijmegen can now experimentally show that macromolecular crowding occurs in mitochondria.
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EnglishWarm star cloud shows water’s missing link
Leiden astronomers find evidence that water on Earth outdates than the Sun.
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EnglishRegra – Reducing emissions with organic fertilizers
Thomas Vos and Robin Coes know what plants need, collect this from various sources and process these sources into a high-quality fertilizer pellet.
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EnglishMachine learning for chromatography
At KU Leuven, researchers apply machine learning for more efficient method development.