News – Pagina 4
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EnglishERC Advanced Grants announced
It’s a good day for European science thanks to the €652 million that is awarded to 255 researchers through a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant.
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EnglishSubstance clusters reveal source of water pollution
From the vast amount of water monitoring data, you can extract clusters of substances that may tell you something about the source of micropollutants.
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EnglishRAAK-mkb: applied chemistry rewarded
Nine of the seventeen projects funded by RAAK-mkb (with €300,000 each) are related to circular and materials chemistry.
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EnglishSensitive channels
Surprisingly little is known about the molecular basis of our sense of touch. A newly discovered ion channel fills in the picture.
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EnglishNickel complex reveals new hydrogen activation mechanism
Thanks to a nickel complex, Utrecht researchers have discovered a new H2 activation mechanism that they can follow experimentally.
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EnglishNovozymes Prize 2024 to Jack Pronk (TU Delft)
NBV-member Jack Pronk has been awarded the Novozymes Prize 2024 for his pioneering research into the physiology and metabolism of yeast.
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EnglishBetter Belgian beer with AI and chemistry
Researchers in Leuven have managed to objectively improve Belgian beers by using artificial intelligence to analyse more than 200 chemical components.
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EnglishSubstantial funding for Dutch molecular research
Seven Dutch research consortia have secured funding through the NWO Gravitation programme and molecular-oriented research is well represented.
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EnglishMajor European grant for D-CRBN recognises the importance of plasma technology
As one of 42 companies – out of 1083 applications – and the only Belgian company, D-CRBN will receive a grant from the EIC Accelerator programme.
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English‘Titanium behaved like a rude BMW’
Utrecht chemists provide unexpected experimental confirmation of a theoretical trio.
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EnglishCollaboration between BioINX and Rousselot brings bioprinting closer to the clinic
BIO INX and Rousselot are collaborating on a new, standardised biomedical-grade bioink for printing three-dimensional human tissue.
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EnglishUtrecht group improves MS ion retention record
By playing with the hardware and software of a mass spectrometer, ions can be captured and analysed for much longer, increasing resolution.
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EnglishFrom primordial cells to better batteries: Vici laureates cover a broad range of topics
Five members of KNCV / NVBMB are among the recipients of a €1.5 million Vici grant.
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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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EnglishSelective oxidation of unprotected sugars with Lewis & Brønsted
By first protonating the amine group on a sugar, you can selectively oxidise one of the hydroxy groups with palladium without protecting groups.
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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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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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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.