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  • Figuur nanogaten
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    Finding the gap in electrochemical processes

    2026-03-04T14:25:00Z

    Scientists at Utrecht University have developed an optical method for visualising electrochemical processes at the nanoscale. The technique uses nanogaps and scattered light to track reactions in attolitre volumes without labelling, as the researchers demonstrate in PNAS.

  • Cuphoralix Canva
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    Small molecule transport of copper(I) effective against cancer

    2026-03-03T11:03:00Z

    For the first time, it has been possible to transport Cu⁺ through cell membranes using a small biomimetic molecule, without the aid of proteins. According to an international team in JACS, this completely unexpected development has the potential to become a potent anti-cancer strategy.

  • Metal organic framework
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    Nobel Prize winner Susumu Kitagawa set to speak at ECC10

    2026-02-25T12:21:00Z

    He was the first to discover the porosity of metal complexes, which would later become known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): Susumu Kitagawa is one of three Nobel Prize winners for 2025. This year, he will be the plenary speaker at the tenth EuChemS Chemistry Congress in Antwerp.