The VCI expects further chemical industry growth in 2012 – at much lower speed – for Germany
No Crisis Mood for Chemistry
BASF Opens Office in Africa
New office for East Africa and Sub-Sahara in Nairobi, Kenya, is expected to more than double sales in Africa by 2020
Angewandte Author Profiles December
Robert Mulvey, Xinliang Feng, Rhett Kempe, and Zhang-Jie Shi are interviewed this month
Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems (JONAS)
BASF and the universities of Strasbourg and Freiburg and the ETH Zurich team up on functional materials research
J. Schrader Wins Otto von Guericke Prize
Jens Schrader, Karl Winnacker Institute of DECHEMA, awarded for converting orange peel into preservative for cosmetics
Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids into Silkworms
First demonstration of residue-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (UAAs) into protein synthesis in the silkworm
Linde Expands in China
Linde to build hydrogen plant for chemical complex in Northeast China, joint on-site project with Evonik and Jishen
Unrecognized Reactivity
Unrecognized reactivity of well known analytical reagent Nitron towards carbene trapping reagents
Searching for Xmas Presents?
Still searching for a Christmas present? Editors recommend Christmas presents with a scientific flavor ...
Cheap Solar Heating
Cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night developed