BASF, Sabic, Covestro, Clariant, LyondellBasell, Mitsubishi Chemical Group, and Solvay join forces to recycle plastics from end-of-life vehicles in pilot project

Automotive Plastics Recycling Project

Swiss Biotech Day 2025
Bringing together experts from the life sciences industry to network, discuss, and discover trends in R&D, manufacturing, data management, artificial intelligence, and innovative financing

Call for Nominations: Prize for Ludic Sciences 2025
Recognition of a scientific work resulting from research carried out not with a view to a specific application, but out of sheer curiosity

Argon Atmosphere Allows On-Surface Synthesis of Extended Nanostructures
Annealing in a noble-gas atmosphere kinetically inhibits desorption and allows covalent coupling on inert surfaces

Enantioselective Heteroarylalkylation Combines Photoredox and Chromium Catalysis
Radical-polar crossover three-component transformation for the functionalization of 1,3-dienes

Site-Selective C–H Functionalization Used to Prepare Atropisomers
Organic photoredox catalysis provides a general approach to the coupling of biaryls with a range of nucleophiles

Electrocatalytic Acetylene Semi-Hydrogenation with High Energy Efficiency
Catalysts for a petroleum-independent strategy for ethylene production developed

Selective C(sp³)-H Borylation of Methoxy Groups via Iron Complexes
Ken Sakata and Yoshiaki Nishibayashi from Japan, found new iron complexes to efficiently catalyze selective C(sp³)-H borylation of methoxy groups in aryl and alkyl methyl ethers

Angewandte Chemie 7/2025: Activation
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Bio-Gel That Heals Bone Fractures
By functionalizing polyetheretherketone with thrombin and a bio-gel, scientists have developed a bioactive implant surface that supports bone repair