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International3D printed sustainable cat
A team from Amsterdam has 3D printed a catalyst made entirely of stainless steel and aluminium that works extremely well for borohydride hydrolysis.
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InternationalMethane pyrolysis: A balancing act on multiple levels
Researchers from Utrecht, Eindhoven and Delft are teaming up with several industrial partners in a five-year multilateral ARC CBBC project to carry out optimisation at both atomic and reactor scale of methane pyrolysis.
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InternationalFunctional coatings are the future
If you ask ARC CBBC researchers, future coatings will be able to adapt to light, temperature or chemicals and even be self-healing.
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InternationalElexel: Accelerating electrochemical innovation
Marie Brands just went for it. Driven by her passion for sustainability, she founded Elexel, an independent electrolyzer testing and scale-up service company. Though it is still in its early stages, she dreams big.
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InternationalThe rise of electrosynthesis
Electrosynthesis is gaining traction as an interesting method to enable sustainable production processes. For example, by creating relevant chemical building blocks from carbohydrates.
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InternationalTowards the Refinery of the Future
Defining the future of the chemical industry is a good start, but realizing these visions will prove challenging. We asked Bas de Bruin, Guido Mul and Atsushi Urakawa, all of them PIs within ARC CBBC, to share their ideas on how we can turn that envisioned future into reality.
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International‘It is important to know the industrial conditions’
With the end of her PhD track in sight, Sofie Ferwerda explains how she navigates the worlds of academia and industry in her research, which includes a collaboration with BASF.
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InternationalCircus
You won’t see editor-in-chief Esther Thole charging down a black slope. But when it comes to mindblowing science, she can stomach steep descents and sharp curves.
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InternationalA passion for Green Chemistry
When you’re driven by something bigger than yourself, it’s hard to put your work down, says Thomas Freese (32).
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InternationalTime for chemistry to change lanes
To keep pace with a rapidly changing world, the chemical industry will have to reinvent itself, says Bert Weckhuysen, scientific director of the ARC CBBC consortium.
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InternationalBecoming a 21st century chemist
Combining transdisciplinary challenge-based education with design thinking creates a unique environment for students to learn skills that will help them navigate sustainability transitions.
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InternationalCreating colours
Colour is an intriguing phenomenon, as it is truly in the eye of the beholder. To create that sensation of colour, nanometer-scale particles need to be structured in just the right way.
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InternationalBiophotonic ‘windows’ enable symbiosis
Several molluscs have developed benificial relationships with symbiotic, photosynthetic algae. Heart cockles boast advanced biophotonic structures in their shells that operate like optic fiber cables to catch and transmit the incoming sunlight.
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InternationalTricky protein modification with potential
Lysine crotonylation is an understudied yet very interesting post-translational modification which has great medical potential.
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InternationalHow to embrace feedback as an academic writer
Isabelle Kohler shares practical strategies to help early-career researchers and students not only survive feedback but also embrace it as a powerful tool for growth.
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InternationalMaking square drug fragments under pressure
1,2-substituted cyclobutanes can be easily prepared under high pressure and are interesting building blocks for drug development.
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InternationalBiocompatible labelling for PET scans
A Franco-Belgian team has developed a gallium-18F complex for PET scans that can also be attached to biomolecules. It could be turned into an 18F radiolabelling kit.
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InternationalThe symmetry of bees lies within
Nature is full of symmetry, though often only on the outside, but recently an international team discovered that honeybees also build the inside of their nests symmetrically. As well as being aesthetically pleasing, this has practical advantages.
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InternationalIt’s not just about money
The government’s massive budget cuts are sparking deep concern across academia. In this column, Isabelle Kohler outlines the primary effects of these cuts on research, higher education, and innovation, with a specific focus on PhD students.
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InternationalThe Thinking Game takes you behind the scenes at DeepMind
The documentary The Thinking Game follows newly minted Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis and his team during the development of AlphaFold.