Your nose is (of course) the organ that allows you to smell. But not all smells can be perceived by humans. That is why Leon Smook is investigating the possibilities of an artificial nose, which can identify odors at a molecular level. He tells you about his research within one minute!
Read the interview with Smook: Fundamentele kennis voor een praktische neus (Dutch only).
Leon Smook received the KNCV Golden Master Award in October 2022. This award is granted yearly and rewards the best master’s thesis in chemistry in the Netherlands.
Cooling down the earth through use of bioenergy with carbon storage. By using biomass not only as an energy source, but also reducing CO2 in the process, you create a system where you lower CO2 in the atmosphere. As a result, you cool the earth.
BioBTX has developed technology to sustainably manufacture high-performance materials by converting waste into chemical building blocks.
Adrian Hergesell is working on an alternative and much more sustainable way of recycling plastic using a ball mill and renewable energy.
A worm that lives at hydrothermal vents a kilometer under the seasurface tolerates high levels of arsenic and sulfur by turning them into the bright yellow pigment orpiment.
Some cultures serve a cup of tea with every meal. Recently, researchers at Northwestern University discovered that tea can filter out some of the heavy metals. As well as being tasty, a cup of tea now seems to have another small health benefit.
Fatty tissue is an important energy reserve. But it also acts as a super-strength protective ‘bubble wrap’ for fragile parts of the skeleton.
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