Linde further expands existing operations in European homecare market - medical services relating to treatment of patients outside hospitals

Linde Acquires Homecare Calea France SAS

ECHA Increases Transparency
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) starts to publish comments during Harmonised Classification and Labelling (CLH) public consultations

Simultaneous Production of Methanol and Ethylene Glycol
Readily available Ru catalyst can be used for production of methanol and ethylene glycol from ethylene carbonate, formed from carbon dioxide and ethylene oxide

A DNA Hydrogel Capable of Metamorphosis
US researchers have created a DNA-based hydrogel with unique mechanical features useful in electronics or for medical purposes

Tired of Rankings
Planned boycott of rankings of the German Chemistry Departments at the Universities

Optically Active Dihydrobenzofurans
An organocatalytic method yields 2,3-disubstituted dihydrobenzofurans with high optical purity

New Tool for Heterocycle Functionalization
Zinc bis(alkanesulphinate) salts are a chemical toolkit enabling the synthesis of novel heterocycles for drug discovery

Sensitive and Selective Mercury Detection
Zinc(II) porphyrin–octadeoxythymidine is a highly sensitive and selective fluorescence and absorption sensor for mercury ions in water

Production Site for Antioxidant Blends in Bahrain
BASF is opening a state-of-the-art production site for customer specific antioxidant blends (CSB) in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Dipeptide Ligands for Hydrogen-Production Catalysts
A peptide-based outer-coordination sphere of hydrogenases increases efficiency for hydrogen production