Refinery of the Future
This special edition, produced in collaboration with the consortium ARC CBBC, explores the concept of the “Refinery of the Future”, a crucial yet challenging vision. Would it be possible to build a fully fossil-free refinery that could meet post-2050 demands by employing new feedstocks, new energy sources and new processes? You’ll find answers to this question and much more in this special.
Features
Features
Methane 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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Towards 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.
Functional 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.
The 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.
Photo Chemistry
Photo Chemistry
Creating 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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Interviews & People
Time 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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A 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).
‘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.
Becoming 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.
Editorial
Editorial
Circus
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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Start-up
Elexel: 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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Dealing with a disability in academia
Isabelle Kohler reflects on her own experience navigating health challenges while building an academic career, the crucial role of supportive supervisors and colleagues, and how both students and teachers can foster a more inclusive and understanding academic environment.
Barcode-free platform for drug discovery
A new platform called self-encoded libraries has made the process of looking for drug candidates much simpler. This hit discovery method does not require large biomolecular tags, Leiden researchers show in Nature Comunications. ‘We believe this might democratise early drug discovery.’
Cell tracking algorithm keeps an eye on AI
Tracking cells in three-dimensional cell models such as organoids often requires lengthy manual review work. However, biophysicists at the AMOLF physics research institute have now developed a new algorithm published in Nature Methods that can track cells more efficiently and automatically identify any errors.
Vidi 2024: from stress resistant roots to adapting inks
Funding has been awarded to the Vidi projects of eight members of the NVBMB and the KNCV. With a maximum of €850,000 each, the researchers can develop their own innovative line of research and set up their own research group.
Lipids control lethal launch
Our immune system deploys specialized ‘killers’ to tackle viruses or tumor cells. As it turns out, the cellular lipid metabolism plays a key role in controlling these lethal, but essential tasks.
Organoids are now vegan, too!
This summer, we wrote about the polyisocyanide hydrogel protocol. Now, a team from Utrecht and Nijmegen has reported in PNAS that this gel has been used for the first time to grow 3D organoids in a completely animal-free environment.
Metal-organic speed camera distinguishes gases
Using a metal-organic framework (MOF), researchers in Leuven have developed a sensor that can distinguish gas molecules based on speed, as reported in Nature Communications.
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