News articles – Pagina 13
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InternationalLeprosy-infection stimulates liver growth
A healthy increase in liver mass in leprosy-infected armadillos offers new insights into organ regeneration.
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InternationalBreakthrough in non-living materials for soft robots
Researchers from the Eelkema Lab at TU Delft discovered a reaction cycle that allows them to make hydrogels grow and shrink on command.
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InternationalMolecular motor gets flashing light
Ben Feringa’s Nobel Prize-winning molecular motors have received an update, allowing them to both emit light and rotate.
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InternationalERC Synergy Grants awarded
Four Dutch and Belgian chemists and life scientists receive ERC Synergy Grants.
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InternationalRepulsion stabilises carbocation
Alkyl groups around a carbon atom destabilise it, making the resulting carbocation relatively more stable. This fact is unjustly overlooked.
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InternationalProducing ammonia with light
Californian researchers developed a cleaner, more efficient method of producing ammonia through photocatalysis.
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InternationalAging brain exhibits decrease of protective lipids
A combination of lipidomics, expression analysis and chemical synthesis unravels new patterns in brain lipid metabolism.
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InternationalMolecular ratchet reads molecular tape
Using a biphenyl crown ether, you can read the programmed stereochemistry in a molecular tape like a kind of Turing machine.
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InternationalBrain in a dish plays Pong
A group of scientists from Melbourne shows how brain cells living in a petri dish can play the arcade game Pong.
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InternationalEnlightening nerves
Most biological cells are not very special to see unless you pass some fluorescent compounds through them. These brain cells also have an unusual shape.
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InternationalArtificial cell with compartments without membranes
DNA nanotech allows you to make artificial cells that divide into different compartments without the need for membranes.
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InternationalA new hope: how a fungus helps banana plants
Pre-treatment with a non-pathogenic fungus may offer protection for banana plants, according to research.
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InternationalNiels Bohr medal for Ewine van Dishoeck
Ewine van Dishoeck received the Niels Bohr International Gold Medal on 7 October for her work in molecular astrophysics and astrochemistry.
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InternationalSoap bubble solar cell
You can see solar panels appearing on more and more rooftops. But Saudi scientists printed a solar cell on a bubble.
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InternationalQuantum entangled physics Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for research on quantum entanglement of photons.
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InternationalThe Netherlands to distribute Ukrainian biogas
Ukrainian companies RGC and Gals Agro have reached an agreement with Dutch company STX to facilitate the sale of biomethane.
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InternationalNobel Prize in Physiology awarded to sequencing of ancient genomes
Svante Pääbo won the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his discoveries surrounding the genomes of Neanderthals and Denisova people.
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InternationalNovel enzymes involved in breaking down paracetamol in wastewater
Dealing with pharmaceutical compounds is hard for bacteria. But paracetamol is an exception, thanks to novel enzymes that ensure full degradation.
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InternationalProgrammable origami with colloids
If you coat colloids with bits of specific DNA, you can use temperature to programme shapes that self-assemble.
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InternationalFrozen-film and ice cream win science battle
Daniëlle van den Broek became Firefly of 2022 by captivating 150 students about ice-binding proteins.
