Bayer MaterialScience has signed a contract for the sale of its Viverso GmbH subsidiary to Nuplex Industries Ltd. for EUR 75 million

Bayer Sells Resins Subsidiary

DSM Sells Majority Stake in TCG
DSM has sold its majority stake in the specialty packaging division TCG to MocoLabs

Energy Optimization Project at SABIC
Toyo was awarded an Energy Optimization Project for one of SABIC’s ammonia plant and package boilers

Bacteria Trigger Multiple Sclerosis
Natural intestinal flora involved in the emergence of multiple sclerosis

Neural Stem Cell Transplantation for Diabetes Treatment
Transplanting neural stem cells directly into the pancreas can unleash their intrinsic ability to act as critical regulators of insulin production

First Functional MOFs
Bifunctional metal–organic framework (MOF) regioisomers have been produced and reveal previously unrecognized importance

First Optical Metamaterial
The first metamaterial to display optical properties accross the visible region

Breathing Benzene
Derivative current-density maps reveal how so-called breathing modes in the benzene ring cause aromaticity and antiaromaticity to ebb and flow

Sensitive Detection of NO
Detection of NO at concentrations as low as 0.8 ppm is possible with MoS2 multilayer films

Angewandte Author Profiles November
Michel R. Gagné, Andreas Kirschning, Fernando P. Cossio, and Jurriaan Huskens are interviewed this month