English – Pagina 2

  • 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.

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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. 

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    Methane pyrolysis: A balancing act on multiple levels

    2024-12-03T13:44:00Z

    Researchers from Utrecht, Eindhoven and Delft are teaming up with several industrial partners in a five-year multilateral ARC CBBC project to carry out optimisation at both atomic and reactor scale of methane pyrolysis.

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    Functional coatings are the future

    2024-12-02T12:31:00Z

    If you ask ARC CBBC researchers, future coatings will be able to adapt to light, temperature or chemicals and even be self-healing. 

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    Elexel: Accelerating electrochemical innovation

    2024-12-02T12:22:00Z

    Marie Brands just went for it. Driven by her passion for sustainability, she founded Elexel, an independent electrolyzer testing and scale-up service company. Though it is still in its early stages, she dreams big. 

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    The rise of electrosynthesis

    2024-12-02T12:13:00Z

    Electrosynthesis is gaining traction as an interesting method to enable sustainable production processes. For example, by creating relevant chemical building blocks from carbohydrates. 

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    Towards the Refinery of the Future

    2024-12-02T12:02:00Z

    Defining the future of the chemical industry is a good start, but realizing these visions will prove challenging. We asked Bas de Bruin, Guido Mul and Atsushi Urakawa, all of them PIs within ARC CBBC, to share their ideas on how we can turn that envisioned future into reality.

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    ‘It is important to know the industrial conditions’

    2024-12-02T11:35:00Z

    With the end of her PhD track in sight, Sofie Ferwerda explains how she navigates the worlds of academia and industry in her research, which includes a collaboration with BASF.

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    Circus

    2024-12-02T11:14:00Z

    You won’t see editor-in-chief Esther Thole charging down a black slope. But when it comes to mindblowing science, she can stomach steep descents and sharp curves. 

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    A passion for Green Chemistry

    2024-12-02T11:13:00Z

    When you’re driven by something bigger than yourself, it’s hard to put your work down, says Thomas Freese (32). 

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    Time for chemistry to change lanes

    2024-12-02T11:07:00Z

    To keep pace with a rapidly changing world, the chemical industry will have to reinvent itself, says Bert Weckhuysen, scientific director of the ARC CBBC consortium.