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InternationalProgrammable origami with colloids
If you coat colloids with bits of specific DNA, you can use temperature to programme shapes that self-assemble.
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InternationalFrozen-film and ice cream win science battle
Daniëlle van den Broek became Firefly of 2022 by captivating 150 students about ice-binding proteins.
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InternationalNew actinium-225 plant on the way
The companies IBA and SCK CEN are teaming up to build a new plant to produce actinium-225.
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InternationalKNCV 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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InternationalYeast synthesises chemotherapy
After 56 genetic operations, yeast cells can produce the cancer drug vinblastine. This way you can prevent shortages of this natural alkaloid.
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InternationalStructure of individual RNA molecules visible in vivo
For the first time, we can discern the structure of individual RNA molecules in living plant cells. This new method unlocks a second, hidden layer of the RNA.
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InternationalCorroding gold leaf turns purple
Corroding gold leaf in the world-famous Alhambra palace in Grenada results in purple nanoparticles.
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InternationalSisters in Science receive KNCV Van Marum Medal 2022
The Sisters in Science, Noor Abdulhussain, Lotte Schreuders and Mimi den Uijl, have been awarded the KNCV Van Marumpenning 2022.
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InternationalHands-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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InternationalNon-alcoholic spirits for top-level cocktails
Charlotte Matthys takes virgin cocktails to the next level
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International€ 65 million for hydrogen steel plant design
Tata Steel is investing €65 million in a design for a new hydrogen steel plant, which should be operational before 2030.
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InternationalEnzyme helps malaria through mosquito
Malaria parasites survive their stay in a malaria mosquito thanks to an enzyme that chemically modifies one of their surface proteins.
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InternationalFamous photo now full of chemists
A group of European scientists have made a reprise of the iconic Solvay photo taken in 1927.
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InternationalAncient chemical formulas clarified
Six Chinese formulas for bronze turn out to be pre-made alloys rather than pure metals, Antiquity reports.
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International‘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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InternationalRadical rule of thumb on the reboot
Methyl radicals are not stabilised by more substitutions, but rather destabilised, Amsterdam researchers show.
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InternationalLight and electricity make artificial skin sweat
A team of researchers from TU Eindhoven developed an artificial skin that sweats on command.
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InternationalPhotosynthetic – Making the fastest microscale 3D printing technology
Photosynthetic has created an algorithm for a 3D printer that can make materials at the microscale by shining tiny beams of light into liquid chemicals that thereby become hard polymers.
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InternationalBiological diary of a cell created
With CRISPR-Cas1 and Cas2 and retrons you can keep track of the transcription history in a population of cells in a kind of log.
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InternationalEpigenetic gatekeeper discovered in stem cells
Human pluripotent stem cells can become all types of cells, but possess epigenetic mechanisms that block some cellular pathways.