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InternationalDedicated Young Program at IUPAC | CHAINS 2023
The Young Program committee reveals some of the activities they are organising for early career chemists.
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InternationalPlastic waste underneath an electric blanket
US researchers developed a method to depolymerise commodity plastics PP and PET without a catalyst.
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InternationalPFAS becomes toxic to industries
If all goes according to plan, a European ban on synthesizing, processing, importing, and selling virtually all PFAS would be enacted in mid-2027.
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InternationalJohan Visser – Pasting plants with bioplastic
Johan Visser is working on an adhesive bioplastic that could increase the capacity of greenhouses.
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InternationalThe yellow rose and its lustre
A study has revealed a previously unknown degradation pathway for orpiment. The medium appears to play a greater role than previously thought.
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InternationalMethane hide-and-seek makes methanol
You can ‘hide’ methane in a cavity of an iron catalyst decorated with an organic structure and thus selectively oxidise it to methanol.
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InternationalThreads of beauty
Analytical polymer chemistry can be quite colourful, as shown in this X-ray diffraction pattern of a nylon fibre.
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InternationalTizian Ramspoth – Improving coating technique sustainability with catalysts
Making solid cross-linked coatings requires high temperatures. Tizian Ramspoth is on a quest to find out how we can coat plastic or wood.
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International2D gas chromatography-to-go
Researchers from the University of Michigan created a portable gas chromatograph that’s very light-weight and efficient.
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InternationalAlgae autocatalyse biofuel production
The alga Chlorella variabilis can convert medium fatty acids into petrol-like hydrocarbons. However, commercial application is still a long way off.
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InternationalIron couples Suzuki
With a well-designed iron catalyst, it is easy to make Suzuki-Miyaura couplings, US researchers show in ACS Catalysis.
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InternationalHelix ‘catches’ chiral oxygen
For the first time ever, British researchers created a molecule with its single chiral centre on an oxygen atom.
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InternationalPast the von Neumann bottleneck in thousands of steps
Miniaturisation and integration into existing electronics are key to the large-scale application of memristors, programmable resistors that combine memory and processor in computers. Researchers in Groningen and the US are now developing methods to get more out of their memristors.
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InternationalSocietal impact with molecular cell biology
Maike Hansen (33) studied in five countries and leads her own research group at Radboud University Nijmegen.
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InternationalERC Advanced Grants 2022 announced
The recipients of the prestigious (and substantial) ERC Advanced Grants 2022 were announced yesterday, also featuring members of the Dutch and Flemish chemistry communities.
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International‘In terms of theory, chemistry 2.0 is coming’
Matthias Bickelhaupt’s research is literally rewriting chemistry textbooks. ‘I dare to say that some models are pointless.’
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InternationalNew algorithm complements protein models
NKI researchers are using their own algorithm to overcome shortcomings in their protein folding predictions.
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InternationalStephanie Rensink – Protecting wood with fungi
Wood needs a protective coating to be preversed and remain beautiful. How can we do this in an eco-friendly way? Stephanie Rensink investigates a special fungal coating that protects wood from the sun.
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InternationalBiosensor as a Geiger counter
Chinese researchers have developed a biosensor that uses thioflavin T to detect strontium ions.
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InternationalGreen chemistry has many origins
Arjan Linthorst describes how concerns on environmental pollution and the deteriorating image of the chemical industry were all driving forces behind the emergence of ’green chemistry’ as a new research field.