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Sustainable and healthy potato starch
Royal Avebe is collaborating with CarbExplore Research and the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) to develop new healthy starch varieties.
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Creating a healthier academic environment for all
Isabelle calls for a shift in the academic mindset and emphasizes the need for structural changes to ensure the well-being of academic professionals.
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‘If you want to apply a technology, you need to fully understand it’
Making molecules with bacteria and electrochemistry, that’s what drives Ludovic Jourdin in a nutshell. This relatively new field is developing quickly and has much to offer.
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Making biosurfactants mainstream
Ghent-based start-up AmphiStar is one of the first in the world to produce biosurfactants using a yeast that derives its nutrients entirely from biological waste streams.
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Quartz: invisible interface, incredibly important
With its high-quality quartz materials for cuvettes and laboratory probes, HELLMA Analytics enables researchers to perform extremely precise optical spectroscopy measurements.
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Fully recyclable silicone elastomers
Researchers from Ghent have developed a scalable method to make silicone elastomers fully recyclable.
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Francqui Prize for Veronique Van Speybroeck
Veronique Van Speybroeck will be awarded the 2024 Francqui Prize for Exact Sciences for her pioneering computational work on catalysts.
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Metal-free MOF makes imines
Pyrene-based covalent organic frameworks and blue light can be used to make imines in an environmentally friendly way.
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Protein gear gives flagella two rotation directions
Bacteria swim with flagella, and a clever switching system allows them to aim at a target. New research shows how the flagellar drive changes direction.
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DNA diamonds
You can create extraordinary photonic crystals out of ‘tetrapods’ using DNA origami with unprecedented precision.
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A well-rested mind as fertile ground
In this column, Isabelle Kohler encourages young scientists to set clear boundaries and prioritize their health.
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New KNAW members 2024
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has added 17 new members, including three KNCV members.
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Improving sustainability starts in your own lab
In RSC Sustainability, Groningen researchers present the results of their efforts to make labs more sustainable and provide tips for other labs.
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Hydrogenation with transition metal mimics
Silicon, germanium and tin versions of carbenes make good hydrogen activators for hydrogenation reactions, quantum calculations show.
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First designer enzyme with boron chemistry
Researchers in Groningen have built a variant of boric acid into an enzyme, a first in the world of designer enzymes.
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Plasma reactor combats ammonia emissions
Elutriators are used to prevent ammonia from entering the atmosphere. A new system using a plasma reactor makes the nitrogen cycle circular.
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Trust the process and embrace the unexpected
In this column, Isabelle invites young scientists to be open to the unexpected in their careers and to trust the process.
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Rubicon Grant sends researchers abroad
Seventeen young researchers have recently been awarded a Rubicon Grant in the third and final round of 2023.
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Networking without borders
Building an impressive international network is second nature to Kimberly Tran (23), who does not let long distances stand in her way.
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Recognition for climate innovation
During the Antwerp Innovation Night, the AHA!-awards 2023 were presented to the most innovative researchers and companies in Antwerp.