https://www.uu.nl/en en Mon, 06 May 2024 19:26:59 +0200 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0100 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/bert-weckhuysen-wins-inaugural-chemistry-europe-award Chemistry Europe honours Prof. Weckhuysen for his “outstanding achievements and leadership in the field of sustainable chemistry and catalysis research.” 126686 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/4-million-euro-grant-to-accelerate-innovation-on-solar-fuels-and-chemicals A broad partnership around solar fuels and chemistry receives a 4 million euro grant from the European Union’s Horizon funding programme. This enables the team to greatly strengthen the solar fuels and chemical community within Europe. 117290 Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:25:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/light-catalyst-interactions-to-sense-and-steer-chemical-reactions AMOLF and Utrecht University have been awarded a 1.9 M€ research project by NWO to develop radically new catalytic reactors using plasmonic systems. 116753 Mon, 16 May 2022 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/prof-bert-weckhuysen-wins-max-planck-frontier-award-2022 The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) has awarded this year’s Max Planck Frontier Award to Prof. Bert Weckhuysen. 116721 Wed, 11 May 2022 11:28:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/it-is-not-black-and-white Bert Weckhuysen and assistant professors Eline Hutter and Freddy Rabouw reflect on rewards and incentives. What consequences do the changes have for them? 113905 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:35:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/researchers-design-unique-two-in-one-catalyst-to-make-carbon-neutral-transportation-fuels A team of researchers from Utrecht University and Xiamen University in China have now shown how to make core-shell hollow-sphered materials that combine the required functions in a single catalyst particle, enabling tandem catalysis with unsurpassed performance. 113280 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:05:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/what-if-we-could-turn-co2-into-something-useful Chemistry researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind cobalt oxide as an active component for CO₂ conversion. 112932 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:26:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/a-needle-in-a-haystack-weeding-out-dead-catalyst Researchers from Utrecht University and University of Twente have developed a powerful analytical tool that marks dead catalyst particles for deletion. 112146 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/researchers-solve-mystery-of-structure-insensitive-catalytic-reactions An international team of researchers has solved one of the fundamental mysteries in catalysis: the paradox of structure insensitivity. 112024 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 10:42:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/background/where-technical-expertise-meets-scientific-ambition The Electron Microscopy Centre: meet facility manager Chris Schneijdenberg, technical support Hans Meeldijk and PhD candidate Savannah Turner 110495 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/greenification-of-the-chemical-industry-one-step-closer-by-the-extension-of-arc-cbbc Companies and universities take a leading role in the development of sustainable chemistry, energy and materials. 110477 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/alliance-team-receives-spark-grant-for-building-a-fair-battery Creating a radically accessible open-hardware platform for redox-flow batteries. 105265 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:26:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/anne-eva-nieuwelink-defends-phd-in-first-mcec-joint-doctorate-degree-with-university-of-twente On 16 September Anne-Eva Nieuwelink will defend her PhD at both Utrecht University and the University of Twente (UT). 99537 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:42:00 +0200 Nieuws PhD defence Anne-Eva Nieuwelink https://www.uu.nl/en/news/lecture-by-freddy-rabouw Heineken Young Scientist Award winner Freddy Rabouw will give a lecture about his research for the general public (in Dutch) on Saturday September 12, 2020 during ‘Open Monumentendag’. 99378 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:10:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/breaking-molecular-traffic-jams-with-finned-nanoporous-materials An entirely new class of porous catalysts has been invented, using unique fins to speed up the chemical processes. 98690 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws 3D finned zeolite catalysts enhance molecule access to the interior of the particle (graphic created by J.C. Palmer) https://www.uu.nl/en/news/marjolein-dijkstra-appointed-as-knaw-member The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has selected eighteen new members, among which Utrecht physics researcher Marjolein Dijkstra. 95311 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:44:00 +0200 Nieuws Marjolein Dijkstra https://www.uu.nl/en/news/save-the-date-2021-debye-spring-school The new dates for the Debye Spring School, originally scheduled for April 2020, are: April 12 - 14, 2021. 87543 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:20:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-researchers-involved-in-seven-nwo-enw-groot-projects Utrecht researchers are involved in seven out of twenty NWO Open Competitie ENW Groot projects. 92077 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:17:00 +0100 Nieuws NWO Logo https://www.uu.nl/en/news/25-million-euros-for-public-private-research-towards-more-sustainable-steel-production In total seven public-private projects have been awarded to Utrecht researchers within the NWO ENW-PPS programme. 90379 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:22:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/millions-for-large-scale-energy-storage-research Prof. Petra de Jongh is one of the project leaders of the interdisciplinary consortium RELEASE, who have received over € 10 million in funding from NWO. 88807 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:31:00 +0100 Nieuws