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Five research projects by researchers from Radboud University have received a grant in the new round of the Open Competition Domain Science-M programme.

Polymers are everywhere in modern life, from cars to mobile phones, but their ubiquity comes at a steep cost.

A power grid that is becoming ever more overloaded, melting glaciers threatening our freshwater supply, and an increasing demand for resources like lithium, uranium, and cobalt.

PhD candidate Mike Pols studied perovskites, a promising material for use in solar cells. Its unique crystal structure and special properties make perovskite a promising candidate for the solar cell of the future.

The researchers will use their grants to unravel the mysteries of materials and their properties. TU/e researchers Shuxia Tao and Nikolay Kosinov have received an ERC Consolidator Grant worth 2 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC).

A group of TU Delft bachelor students has developed, as part of the studentsminor in Computational Science and Engineering, a new model that accurately predicts the molecular properties of alkanes.

The grants allow scientists to make significant progress with innovative ideas in areas such as sustainable energy, drug discovery and AI.

Kiane de Kleijne examined not only the benefits of green hydrogen, but also the emissions associated with producing and transporting green hydrogen.

Green hydrogen often, but certainly not always, leads to CO2 gains. This claim is based on research published in Nature Energy by Kiane de Kleijne from Radboud University and Eindhoven University of Technology.

TU/e-researcher Serena Agnolin researched effective ways to make often-used chemical reactors more efficient as a PhD, driven by her passion for making her own industry more sustainable.

Alternatives for the current energy-intensive separation processes in the chemical industry could significantly decrease both the sector's CO2 footprint and its energy consumption.

Area-selective atomic layer deposition is set to be a leading technique when it comes to making the advanced computer chips of the future, according to TU/e researcher Adrie Mackus.

What is life? How does a living cell emerge from lifeless molecules?- wondered a multidisciplinary team of Dutch scientists.

Researchers Bas van de Meerakker and Jan Hendriks have both been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to extend their research.

On April 1st, 2024, Ingmar Swart was officially appointed as Professor of Experimental Quantum Materials at Utrecht University.

Increasingly extreme weather conditions and a steadily rising sea level are unmistakable signs of the deepening climate crisis.

Leon Rosseau defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry on February 7th.

"AI is an indispensable tool to achieve the material transition needed for a sustainable society", says Bernd Ensing, associate professor of Computational Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.

A TU/e-led project using advanced catalytic methods to cleave carbon-carbon bonds in plant-based lignin is featured on the cover of the first-ever issue of Nature Chemical Engineering.

"AI is an indispensable tool to achieve the material transition needed for a sustainable society", says Bernd Ensing, associate professor of Computational Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.

A team of researchers and teachers from the University of Twente developed a novel teaching method that uses conceptual modelling to facilitate learning and foster creativity in classrooms of chemical engineering students.

The research focuses specifically on the regeneration of burned iron powder Iron powder can store energy in a very compact, cheap, safe, environmentally friendly and CO2-free manner.

Janssen is using the prestigious European top grant, worth three million euros, to develop perovskite solar cells with efficiencies as high as 40%.

Annemarie Huijser and Pantelis Bampoulis both receive an ENW-M grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).