Feature articles – Pagina 6
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Chemistry’s turn in gas crisis
Natural gas prices are soaring and Europe is bracing for winter with all kinds of measures. How can the chemical sector help?
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Creative baker debunks baking hacks
YouTuber Ann Reardon not only creates the most beautiful and delicious desserts, but the food scientist and dietician also dives into baking hacks.
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Ambitious postdoc clarifies cellular response
Kinga Matuła (32) heads an award-winning spin-off that can test the mode of action of drugs on single cells.
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Holistic view from cell to tissue
Spatial transcriptomics visualises molecules in cells and tissues in their spatial context. Aspect Analytics wants to make this technology widely available.
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Laser Speckle Imaging reveals the exciting world of drying paint
Dried paint does not look very dynamic. But appearances are deceptive. Using an adapted medical technique, Wageningen researchers show that there is a hive of activity within the paint. Useful for restorators and for the makers of new, sustainable paints.
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'Pressure needs to be higher'
Elsbeth Roelofs develops projects with Dutch chemical companies to make their value chains more sustainable. She is a promotor for the new economy.
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Water quality monitored continuously
A network of sensors in Flemish waters provides real-time insight into changes in water quality.
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Bacteria for sustainable petrochemistry
With a little tinkering with their DNA, we can make bacteria produce a variety of molecules. Even petrochemical molecules belong to the possibilities.
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Infrared tracking in centuries-old retables
A new infrared technique provides even more detail to the understanding of how art objects degrade.
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Bio-orthogonal click chemistry receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022
Responses from the field to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Carolyn Bertozzi, Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal.
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‘Electrochemistry was always the eternal promise, nowadays it is more or less our only hope’
Marc Koper sees water electrolysis as the only way to a sustainable future, but also wants to answer fundamental questions.
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The success of science parks
Both the local and national economy benefit from the growing number of science parks. However the government should act more as a facilitator.
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KNCV Gold Medal 2022: Erik Garnett
Erik Garnett is the 2022 recipient of the KNCV Gold Medal. His research centers around light as the driver of chemical reactions.
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Hands-on learning at an innovation park
Several initiatives in the Netherlands are trying to stimulate the connection between students and practical research at companies.
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Non-alcoholic spirits for top-level cocktails
Charlotte Matthys takes virgin cocktails to the next level
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‘Valorisation is not academic wisdom, it requires experience’
Thriving campuses are crucial to accelerate innovation. ‘They are part of the national innovation infrastructure, but it’s difficult to get across in The Hague.’
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‘Your datasets hold their value longer than your publications’
Unleash artificial intelligence on old measurement results and you won’t believe what it adds to your knowledge, Lennart Martens promises.
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Radiochemist Erik de Blois pioneers with a radioactive medicine
Radiochemist Erik de Blois did not shy away from the great technical challenges of working with an α-emitter in a clinical environment under GMP conditions, resulting in the first phase 1 study with a radioactive medicine. ‘I have a practical mind.’
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PFAS causes borderless problems
The PFOS scandal in Flanders reaches as far as the Netherlands, as Zeelanders are now being advised not to eat fish from the river Westerschelde
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’Infectious diseases are a global problem and you have to make global policy on them’
She has achieved a great deal at a young age, but professor of vaccinology and malaria expert Meta Roestenberg is never ‘finished’.