/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:02:14 +0200 Wed, 10 Sep 25 10:00:00 +0200 /en/news/researchers-and-students-work-with-real-time-energy-data-in-new-living-lab How much electricity can a solar panel on a north-facing balcony actually generate? And how does the output change if the panel comes in a different color? These are the kinds of questions at the heart of the Lumifield, located at Utrecht Science Park. 152013 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/over-45-million-euros-for-sustainable-chemical-industry-with-green-hydrogen This large research programme, which brings together Dutch universities, research institutes and industrial companies, aims to make fuels and materials from industrial waste gases and CO2 using sustainable energy and hydrogen. 150928 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/marc-baldus-appointed-new-director-of-hfml-felix Marc Baldus has been appointed as new director of national research institute HFML-FELIX. 149968 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:36:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/bert-weckhuysen-named-francqui-chair-in-belgium The Francqui Foundation annually awards chairs to Belgian universities, selecting top scientists from Belgium and abroad who are nominated by the institutions. 148877 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/call-for-participants-public-engagement-academy-2025 Apply now for the Public Engagement Academy: a training programme specifically targeted at postdocs and other early-career researchers at the Faculty of Science. 148686 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:16:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/new-recycling-techniques-aim-to-give-colorants-a-second-life Over the next five years, Bert Weckhuysen will be working together with industry partners to investigate how colorants from plastic bottles can be recycled. 145607 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/off-the-beaten-track-to-make-plastic-industry-fully-circular To make the plastic industry circular, we need innovative recycling technologies that yield a higher quality product. An interdisciplinary consortium of academic and industrial partners recently received funding to help achieve this. 145099 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/bert-weckhuysen-receives-2024-karl-wamsler-innovation-award He received the award in appreciation for his distinguished and groundbreaking work in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. 144967 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:20:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/phd-plays-key-role-in-feasibility-of-advanced-biorefinery Arjan Smit has been working at TNO for fifteen years, and in 2019, he initiated a collaboration with Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 professor Pieter Bruijnincx to pursue a PhD and advance his work further. Their joint research now plays a crucial role in the feasibility of an advanced biorefinery at a demo scale. 144514 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/erc-to-fundamentally-understand-more-sustainable-plastic-recycling Assistant professor Ina Vollmer received an ERC Starting Grant for her plastic recycling research. The main goal of the five-year project is to gain fundamental insight into the innovative process of breaking down plastics to its chemical building blocks, the monomers, by using force. 143041 Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/two-utrecht-projects-received-funding-within-national-growth-fund-programme-circular-plastics-nl Six million euros were divided over ten projects in total, and all studies will last five years. 141839 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:52:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/roadmap-to-a-carbon-neutral-refinery-by-2050 In a highly visionary Nature article, two chemists from Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 present a roadmap in which oil refineries could be reinvented to be completely fossil-free. Processes will be electrified if possible, and raw materials will change to CO2, agricultural and municipal waste. 140308 Wed, 08 May 2024 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/annual-report-iscc-2023 Annual report Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry of 2023. 139624 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:45:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/prof-bert-weckhuysen-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-ghent-university The doctorate is a special honour for his exceptional scientific achievements. 137426 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:14:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-chemists-discover-mechanism-to-design-more-sustainable-molecular-catalysts The new mechanism involves the earth-abundant metal nickel instead of precious metals that are often used as part of molecular catalysts. 136438 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:14:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/rembrandt-broke-new-ground-with-lead-based-impregnation-of-canvas-for-the-night-watch The discovery, published today in Science Advances, underlines Rembrandt's inventive way of working, in which he did not shy away from using new techniques. 136412 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/invitation-electrochemistry-symposium The Electrochemical Hub for Energy Materials and Sustainability (e-CHEMS) is organizing its second symposium on November 2nd 2023. 133919 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:56:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/bert-weckhuysen-wins-inaugural-chemistry-europe-award Chemistry Europe honours Prof. Weckhuysen for his 鈥渙utstanding achievements and leadership in the field of sustainable chemistry and catalysis research.鈥� 126686 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/the-first-e-chems-s4s-symposium A recap of the first symposium organized by the ElectroChemistry Hub for Energy Materials & Sustainability (e-CHEMS) and Science for Sustainability (S4S). 124575 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:06:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-university-launches-new-institute-for-sustainable-and-circular-chemistry As of 1 September, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 has a new research institute: the Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry. 122782 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 02:00:00 +0200 Nieuws