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Op de woningmarkt bestaan enorme uitdagingen voor de renovatie van bestaande woningen in combinatie met de ambitie om nieuwe milieuvriendelijke en betaalbare woningen te realiseren. Biobased bouwmaterialen zoals hout bieden de mogelijkheid om ...
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Biopaint: bio-gebaseerde en biodegradeerbare alternatieven voor acryl verf in de creatieve sector. Kunstenaars zijn mensen die de intrinsieke motivatie hebben om de wereld te verbeteren, om schoonheid te creëren... maar doen dit regelmatig met ...
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Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a common and severe pregnancy complication and is associated with substantial perinatal morbidity and mortality in mothers and infants. The disease is often characterized by a non-specific presentation which makes it challenging ...
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Ontwikkeling van polyesterspecialiteiten met behulp van moleculaire recycling Om de transitie naar een toekomstbestendige plastics economie te faciliteren, is de ontwikkeling van nieuwe polymeren op basis van hernieuwbaar koolstof (biomassa, CO2, ...
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Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology is necessary to help achieve the EU's 2050 climate goals, since it allows for net-negative emissions. This will be needed to offset historic emissions while working alongside with other CCU technologies. To make ...
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Routine neuropathology diagnostic methods are limited to histological staining techniques or directed PCR for pathogen detection and microbial cultures of brain abscesses are negative in one-third of the cases. Fortunately, due to improvements in ...
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Eggshell particles as bio-ceramic in sustainable bioplastic engineering – ESP-BIOPACK Plastics make our lives easier in many ways. However, if they are not properly disposed of, they end up in the environment. Recently, biodegradable biopolymers, ...
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In de wereld van duurzaamheid en circulaire economie staat de textielindustrie voor uitdagingen. Het meeste textielafval belandt in het restafval, maar slechts 1% ondergaat vezel-tot-vezel recycling. Mede dankzij wetgeving zoals de UPV, neemt de ...
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Mycelium biocomposites (MBCs) are a fairly new group of materials. MBCs are non-toxic and carbon-neutral cutting-edge circular materials obtained from agricultural residues and fungal mycelium, the vegetative part of fungi. Growing within days ...
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Nearly all waterborne products, such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, paints, biological (medical) samples, cosmetics and wood require preservation to prevent decomposition of the product due to microbial growth. Most non-food preservatives such ...
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The textile industry faces a significant environmental challenge, annually generating 45 million tons of waste cotton textiles, of which 75% are incinerated or sent to landfills, causing environmental harm. Additionally, 67% of garments are made of ...
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Resistance to damage, fracture and failure is critical for high performance polymers, especially so in safety applications where they protect equipment or human life. In this project we investigate the use of molecular mechanochemistry tools for the ...
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Proteins are nature-derived molecules that have found wide applications in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and biocatalysis. A major limitation for the use of proteins in such applications is their lack of stability. This is due to the disruption of ...
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Fosfaat is een belangrijke grondstof voor de landbouw en voor toepassingen in gezondheid en verzorging. Aangezien de natuurlijke fosfaatvoorraden eindig zijn, wordt terugwinning van fosfaat steeds belangrijker. In Nederland eindigt meer dan 20% van ...
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