The 2011 message – chemical measurements for our life, our future – builds upon the IYC 2011 theme

World Metrology Day 2011

The Gift of the GABAA
Important therapeutic strategy for treatment of central nervous system (CNS)-related disorders

LANXESS Moves Headquarters to Cologne
LANXESS transfers its corporate headquarters from Leverkusen, Germany, to Cologne in 2013

How to Poison Honeybees
Honeybees might imbibe a toxic dose of insecticide from tiny dropletsthat form on seedlings from coated seeds

German Federation for Applied Photocatalysis (FAP) Launched
New platform for companies accelerated research and development of photocatalytic applications in cooperation with scientific community

New Method for Silk Production
New method of unreeling cocoons could extend silk industry from Asia to Africa and South America

BASF in Durban
BASF to build new dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa, in 2012

Simple and Fast Manufacture of Nanotube Films
New method allows preparation of single-walled carbon nanotubes during less than 15 s

Synthesis of Biobased Succinonitrile
New route to produce biobased succinonitrile discovered, a precurser for industrial production of polyamides

Pilot Plant for German Lithium Ion Cells
BMBF signs agreement with expertise network lithium ion batteries (KLiB)