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Nicole Pamme awarded the SKR Chemical Engineering Prize 2025
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (318+ words) Nicole Pamme is internationally recognised for her work in analytical chemistry. Her research focuses on the development of microfluidic systems and advanced analytical methods for applications including point-of-care diagnostics, environmental analysis, and the production of smart materials. "It's wonderful. I…...
Carbon dioxide to become a raw material for the chemistry of the future
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (335+ words) Press coverage. Could the medicines, plastics and chemicals of the future be made from carbon dioxide rather than oil? That is the vision behind the new research centre ACCELERATE, in which researchers from Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of…...
The hidden world of amorphous ice
3+ week, 1+ day ago (176+ words) "From the start, I was really more interested in chemistry than physics. I completed my bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry at Eurasian National University in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The Eurasian National University Dynamics and diffusion of amorphous…...
Lignin-based materials that purify water and capture carbon dioxide
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (99+ words) Each year, the world's pulp and paper industry burns around 70 million tons of a by-product " lignin. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Mika Sipponen wants to put lignin to better use: as a base for new living materials. Microorganisms in them can help…...
Experimental Discovery of a New Critical Point in Water
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (466+ words) Using x-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have been able to determine the existence of a critical point in supercooled water at around -63 "C and 1000 atmosphere. Ordinary water at higher temperatures and lower pressures is strongly affected by the presence…...
How molecules form in space
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (343+ words) Temperatures in the thin gas and dust between the stars in the universe can be as low as minus 270 degrees Celsius. Yet new molecules can be created there. How is this possible? Henning Schmidt's research team is attempting to understand…...
New "forever chemicals" found in whale blubber challenge our understanding of PFAS - Stockholm University
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (387+ words) The new study, published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters, reveals the presence of five fluorotelomer sulfones " highly fluorinated, lipophilic (fat-loving) chemicals never before reported in wildlife. Unlike well studied PFAS, which typically accumulate in protein-rich tissues such as liver…...