ScienceLink artikelen in C2W international, 2024 – Pagina 8
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EnglishMaurits de Roo – Chemical reactions using electricity instead of chemicals
Maurits de Roo is looking for a way to make molecules with electricity without fossil resources.
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EnglishSN2 takes a different approach
One of the best-known chemical reaction mechanisms – the SN2 substitution – sometimes proceeds in a completely different way than expected.
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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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EnglishAI for faster protein optimisation
It is a challenge to design and optimise proteins specifically for a given task. By applying AI, Delft start-up Cradle aims to speed up this process.
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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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EnglishPascal Vermeeren – Unraveling chemical mysteries with new models
Pascal Vermeeren develops models (algorithms) to discover and unravel the mysterious world of surface chemistry.
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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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EnglishType III CRISPR-Cas launches ‘Destroyer of Worlds’ to save colony
Type III CRISPR-Cas systems activate a whole cascade of reactions that causes an infected bacterium to die for the sake of the colony.
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EnglishJungle in a flask
With a little imagination, you can see a complete jungle in this picture, with large ferns and grass on the ground.
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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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EnglishMaking products of the future from CO₂ with bacteria
Nico Claassens wants to use bacteria to make plastics using CO2 from the air as a carbon source instead of (crude) oil.
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EnglishRestoring cognitive function in schizophrenia patients
Most schizophrenia patients have problems with cognitive functions. Start-up Kynexis is testing a molecule that could alleviate these symptoms.
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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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EnglishMoney talks: the finances behind your PhD
Isabelle Kohler reflects on her journey to understanding the academic financial landscape and provides information on different types of PhD funding.
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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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EnglishThe Master’s Hand
Finger marks on pieces of art have been largely ignored in art history, but new research aims to unlock their full potential in the future.
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EnglishOligomers, assemble!
For perfect oligomers, you need to look beyond synthesis. Assembly conditions are also essential.