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English‘Titanium behaved like a rude BMW’
Utrecht chemists provide unexpected experimental confirmation of a theoretical trio.
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EnglishCollaboration between BioINX and Rousselot brings bioprinting closer to the clinic
BIO INX and Rousselot are collaborating on a new, standardised biomedical-grade bioink for printing three-dimensional human tissue.
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EnglishUtrecht group improves MS ion retention record
By playing with the hardware and software of a mass spectrometer, ions can be captured and analysed for much longer, increasing resolution.
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EnglishFrom primordial cells to better batteries: Vici laureates cover a broad range of topics
Five members of KNCV / NVBMB are among the recipients of a €1.5 million Vici grant.
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EnglishSustainably dyeing jeans with enzymes
Danish researchers have come up with a plan to produce and apply the jeans dye indigo in a much more sustainable way.
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EnglishSimple, safe and radioactive drug labelling
Using a nickel catalyst and a commercial carbon-14 source, it is easy to radioactively label carboxylic acids.
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EnglishSelective oxidation of unprotected sugars with Lewis & Brønsted
By first protonating the amine group on a sugar, you can selectively oxidise one of the hydroxy groups with palladium without protecting groups.
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EnglishChildren’s experiment for adults
It is a popular experiment to introduce children to science: staining a rose with food colouring. An American student did it with fluorescent dye.
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EnglishMaking devices with liquid building blocks
A 3D printer can make devices entirely from droplets that can be easily redirected or modulated.
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EnglishControlling the ‘temper’ of plastics
In Chicago, a plastic has been developed that can be hard or soft depending on the temperature at which it is synthesised.
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EnglishSolubility of cellulose (dis)solved
Researchers have developed a two-step synthesis to modify cellulose so that it is soluble in water and easily functionalised.
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EnglishBlue cheese now comes in white, green and brown
If you mutate a certain part of the genome of the blue cheese fungus, blue cheese gets a different colour from the traditional blue.
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EnglishRoboChem: synthesising more, better and faster
A home-made photochemistry robot could significantly advance the field of organic (photo)chemistry with rapid yield optimisation and easy scale-up.
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EnglishSteric effects often overlooked
Steric repulsion is important to understand the bond formation process in molecules and your substituents might play a bigger role than you’d expect.
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EnglishWinner of first ever C2W Molecule of the Year announced
Sander Wezenberg (left) receives the cake from editor Daniël Linzel The readers of C2W | Mens & Molecule have chosen the photoswitch calix[4]pyrrole as their favourite molecule of 2023!
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EnglishSensor for ammonia from apple waste
Bio-based molecules that change colour when they react with ammonia can be used as sensors.
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EnglishCobalt complex helps date palm
A dinuclear cobalt complex is particularly effective against a fungus that attacks date palms. Similar complexes also work against bacteria.
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EnglishIneos’s Project One may continue after all
After six months of uncertainty, a new permit for Ineos’ Project One was issued last weekend, reports De Tijd.
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EnglishFWO Research projects senior 2024
The Flemisch FWO awarded funding for research projects by junior and senior researchers.
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EnglishNanobonds create macrofriction
Friction between silicon surfaces appears to depend mainly on the siloxane bonds that form between the two surfaces.