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InternationalPrioritise your next step
Career planning is often overshadowed by the demands of research, leaving many PhD students unprepared for their next step. That’s why they should start planning their next career move early, says Isabelle Kohler.
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InternationalEphemeral active sites form super acid
Research into plastic recycling with sulphated zirconium oxide took an interesting fundamental turn when a team of Dutch and American chemists found signs of transient superacidity, as reported in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
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InternationalDelivery for the bone marrow
Dutch researchers have developed a lipid anode particle that can be used to deliver nucleic acids into the bone marrow. They report in Nature Nanotechnology that it already works in mice.
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InternationalDiels-Alder database for computing and experimenting
Researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel have created a database for chemists working with Diels-Alder reactions, focusing on covalent adaptive networks, they state in Macromolecules.
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InternationalWell marinated
Single-cell techniques offer many possibilities, but it is difficult to reach all the cells inside organs. Researchers at MIT have developed a new approach that brings those hard-to-reach parts into brilliant focus.
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InternationalPolymers that like to move
Soft materials for surgical robotics, that’s the goal of a group in Groningen. They have recently made a surprising step in the right direction.
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InternationalSustainable nitrogen control with biochar
Qian Zhou is working to solve the nitrogen problem using agricultural waste, such as plant stems and wood chips.
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InternationalGreen solvents for biogas membranes
To help make the agricultural sector more sustainable, a team from KU Leuven designed a membrane with a green solvent strategy for biogas purification.
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InternationalSolid composite electrolyte outperforms on all fronts
A team from the University of Hasselt and the research institute imec presents in Advanced Science a new electrolyte that combines the properties of solid and liquid electrolytes in batteries. ‘We actually cheat a little.’
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InternationalWhat does success mean to you?
Isabelle Kohler explores the personal nature of success and guides early-career researchers through the process of defining what success means to them.
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InternationalSoft, lightweight and biocompatible
A US team has developed an organic electrochemical transistor that is highly biocompatible, reports Nature Communications.
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InternationalFuture electronics powered by light
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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InternationalPolymer skeleton keeps artificial cell in shape
Using diacetylene-based building blocks, researchers in Eindhoven have succeeded in creating an artificial cytoskeleton that closely mimics the mechanical properties of its living counterpart.
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InternationalGold and sugar to fight ovarian cancer
Combine gold atoms, thioglucosides and N-heterocyclic carbenes and you get a complex that targets ovarian cancer cells in vitro while leaving healthy tissue untouched.
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InternationalTurbocharger for photosynthesis
Hornwort, a moss, is capable of highly efficient photosynthesis thanks to a ‘turbocharger’ that allows this tiny plant to concentrate CO2 in its cells.
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InternationalENW-XL and ENW-M: Christmas presents for Dutch science
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. ...
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InternationalUK launches £37m programme to uncover cultural heritage through chemistry
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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InternationalMore than pollution: secondary organic aerosols
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.
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InternationalSmall variations, serious consequences
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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InternationalFirst step towards natural sunscreen
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.