News – Pagina 12
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InternationalNo Bison kit, but mussel glue
Groningen researchers have elucidated the polymerisation of polydopamine, which is similar to the substance that mussels use to stick to anything.
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InternationalBonding model fails to explain reality
The model behind hydrogen bonds and similar complexes is fundamentally flawed.
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InternationalMummies long preserved by terpenoids from far beyond Egypt
To preserve their mummies, the ancient Egyptians imported resins from Southeast Asia. An early example of globalisation.
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InternationalSearching for optimal conditions for silicate weathering
A European consortium is investigating whether it is possible to accelerate the weathering of silicate rocks in a reactor.
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InternationalPlants take up chemical weapons
If there has been an attack with chemical weapons somewhere, you should be able to see it in the leaves of plants.
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InternationalBacteria digest plastic
Texel researchers demonstrate via carbon isotopes that the bacterium Rhodococcus ruber can eat polyethylene.
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InternationalMetamaterial computes more efficiently than electronics
AMOLF researchers describe their nanostructured metamaterials that can perform mathematical operations.
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InternationalPregnant PhD students get automatic contract extension
PhD students and postdocs working in chemical laboratories at WUR will find it much easier to extend their contracts from this year onwards.
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InternationalSynthesis brings alkenes zusammen
Groningen researchers have found an easier way to make alkenes where the functional groups are on the same side.
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InternationalMushroom synthesis unstable
For the first time, a number of substances from the mushroom family Ganoderma have been produced via total synthesis.
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InternationalZeolite membrane sifts CO2 from gas mixtures
Leuven researchers combine polymers and zeolite in a membrane matrix for superefficient gas separation.
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InternationalMaking lignin branches easier to visualise
Despite the fact that lignin has been analysed for quite some time, it is still a considerable challenge to map the branches properly.
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InternationalMeasuring polymer stress with mechanophores
Delft duo plots polymer stress at the molecular level.
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InternationalCowless cheese is a reality
Those Vegan Cowboys managed to make casein with precision fermentation.
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InternationalLet it Znow, let it Znow, let it Znow
Australian researchers have succeeded in synthesizing zinc crystals in a solution of liquid metal, resembling snow crystals.
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InternationalSulphonium salt radicalises C–H bonds
Specially designed sulphonium salt labels can be used as electron acceptors for radical formation in photoactive electron donor-acceptor complexes.
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InternationalChemical anchor sticks to drug
Nijmegen-based chemists show that Polyethylene glycol PEG coatings can be functionalized without prior chemical modification.
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InternationalDatabase for electroactive molecules
DIFFER researchers used artificial intelligence to create a database of 31,618 energy storage molecules and their properties.
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InternationalCobalt clusters increase catalytic activity
Eindhoven researchers circumvent structure sensitivity of cobalt catalysts in CO2 hydrogenation by clustering cobalt atoms.
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InternationalMass spectrometry identifies ancient battlefield
‘Metallurgical fingerprint’ points to location of legendary battle between Germans and Romans