News – Pagina 3
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EnglishChiral-at-metal: how to prevent racemisation
DFT calculations can be used to find out why chiral-at-metal complexes lose their chirality and how this can be prevented.
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EnglishStructural modification creates safer antifungal
By manipulating the kinetics of sterol binding, an important but also highly toxic antifungal drug could become a lot safer for patients.
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EnglishScalable photoanodes for gold hydrogen
An international team has developed a new method for making scalable photoanodes using inexpensive materials for solar hydrogen production.
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EnglishCeramic materials for passive air conditioning
Two studies in Science present new ceramic materials for passive cooling. This could potentially save a lot of energy.
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EnglishSugar reveals disease
Plasma glycoproteomics makes it possible to detect specific biomarkers in blood plasma based on sugar molecules on proteins.
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EnglishAward-winning AI thinks like a drug criminal
A well-trained algorithm only needs a mass spectrum to deduce the molecular structure of a new designer drug.
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EnglishNetherlands Academy of Engineering appoints 62 fellows
The Netherlands Academy of Engineering presents its first 62 fellows, including three KNCV members and one NBV member.
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EnglishCleaner halogenation in a two-chamber reactor
In a two-chamber reactor, it is very easy to couple hydrogen halogens with olefins in a fast, clean and efficient process.
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EnglishCompanies and talent meet at ChemAI event
The combination of chemistry and AI offers all kinds of opportunities. At the ChemAI event in Amsterdam, different perspectives will be discussed.
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EnglishSugar substitute affects cakes
Replacing sucrose with a substitute in your cake batter has a major impact on the final outcome of your baking, Flemish researchers have found.
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EnglishPC cases can now be recycled
Covestro has developed a process for the chemical recycling of polycarbonate.
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EnglishMolecular research rewarded with ERC Synergy Grants
Several Dutch research groups ensure substantial funding.
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EnglishFolding DNA-nanoturbines
An international team has created a turbine based on DNA origami in a nanopore that converts electrical energy into mechanical work.
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EnglishProtein cuts liposomes in half
The protein dynamin A in liposomes can be used as a one-component cell division machine.
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EnglishNew: secondary amines in your protein
Scientists in Amsterdam have succeeded in incorporating amino acids with a secondary amine into a protein to give it an enzymatic function.
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EnglishSilane manipulation with arenium ion
Using dichloroethane and Reed’s benzenium ion as a catalyst, alkyl-substituted silicon can be very selectively modified.
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EnglishFascinating Orange
Sometimes when you’re doing research you come across something beautiful that you can’t quite explain.
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EnglishNobel Prize goes nano
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
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EnglishNobel Prize for mRNA vaccines
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are awarded the Nobel Prize for their work on the modification and use of mRNA for Covid vaccines.
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EnglishBenzene carbon replaced with nitrogen
US chemists have found a way to regioselectively replace one of the carbon atoms in a benzene ring with a nitrogen atom.