Features – Pagina 8
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EnglishLaser Speckle Imaging reveals the exciting world of drying paint
Dried paint does not look very dynamic. But appearances are deceptive. Using an adapted medical technique, Wageningen researchers show that there is a hive of activity within the paint. Useful for restorators and for the makers of new, sustainable paints.
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English'Pressure needs to be higher'
Elsbeth Roelofs develops projects with Dutch chemical companies to make their value chains more sustainable. She is a promotor for the new economy.
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EnglishWater quality monitored continuously
A network of sensors in Flemish waters provides real-time insight into changes in water quality.
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EnglishBacteria for sustainable petrochemistry
With a little tinkering with their DNA, we can make bacteria produce a variety of molecules. Even petrochemical molecules belong to the possibilities.
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EnglishInfrared tracking in centuries-old retables
A new infrared technique provides even more detail to the understanding of how art objects degrade.
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EnglishBio-orthogonal click chemistry receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022
Responses from the field to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Carolyn Bertozzi, Barry Sharpless and Morten Meldal.
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English‘Electrochemistry was always the eternal promise, nowadays it is more or less our only hope’
Marc Koper sees water electrolysis as the only way to a sustainable future, but also wants to answer fundamental questions.
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EnglishThe success of science parks
Both the local and national economy benefit from the growing number of science parks. However the government should act more as a facilitator.
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EnglishKNCV Gold Medal 2022: Erik Garnett
Erik Garnett is the 2022 recipient of the KNCV Gold Medal. His research centers around light as the driver of chemical reactions.
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EnglishHands-on learning at an innovation park
Several initiatives in the Netherlands are trying to stimulate the connection between students and practical research at companies.
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EnglishNon-alcoholic spirits for top-level cocktails
Charlotte Matthys takes virgin cocktails to the next level
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English‘Valorisation is not academic wisdom, it requires experience’
Thriving campuses are crucial to accelerate innovation. ‘They are part of the national innovation infrastructure, but it’s difficult to get across in The Hague.’
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English‘Your datasets hold their value longer than your publications’
Unleash artificial intelligence on old measurement results and you won’t believe what it adds to your knowledge, Lennart Martens promises.
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EnglishRadiochemist Erik de Blois pioneers with a radioactive medicine
Radiochemist Erik de Blois did not shy away from the great technical challenges of working with an α-emitter in a clinical environment under GMP conditions, resulting in the first phase 1 study with a radioactive medicine. ‘I have a practical mind.’
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EnglishPFAS causes borderless problems
The PFOS scandal in Flanders reaches as far as the Netherlands, as Zeelanders are now being advised not to eat fish from the river Westerschelde
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English’Infectious diseases are a global problem and you have to make global policy on them’
She has achieved a great deal at a young age, but professor of vaccinology and malaria expert Meta Roestenberg is never ‘finished’.
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English‘High quality phosphate production and less trouble from phosphate waste is a win-win’ says SusPhos
SusPhos was crowned Frisian Start-up of the Year 2021 in September. How will the chemistry of SusPhos contribute to a better world?
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EnglishBucky balls in space
Researchers from the Leiden Observatory mimic chemical reactions that take place in space in the Laboratory for Astrophysics
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EnglishAncient proteins tell stories of our ancestors
Minute remains of ancient potsherds turn out to be a source of information about daily life thousands of years ago.
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EnglishNon-target screening: the art of looking at everything
KWR Water Research Institute uses state-of-the-art high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) to simultaneously examine as many substances as possible.