Eighteen start-ups from Europe and Canada participated in CHEManager’s Innovation Pitch, with winners selected for their contributions to sustainability, societal impact, and industrial innovation

CHEManager Innovation Pitch Recognizes Leading European Start-Ups

ChemFoodChem Now Official Journal of EuChemS’s Food Chemistry Division
Chemistry Europe announces a strategic partnership, expresses appreciation for the Division’s support from planning through launch, and looks forward to a productive collaboration

Protected: Organic Chemistry Meets Role-Playing: A New Way to Teach Organic Chemistry
Carina Crucho, João Avó, Mário Gomes (Portugal) combine real laboratory work with role-playing game mechanics to immerse students through storytelling and experimentation

New President of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (RSEQ)
Fernando P. Cossío Mora elected new President of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (RSEQ)

Caffeine Content in Sports and Food Supplements
Many European food and sports supplements contain caffeine doses above safe limits, highlighting regulatory gaps and potential health risks

Triplet Up-Converted Anti-Kasha Phosphorescence at Room Temperature in Dendrimer Materials
Engineering both molecules and their environment achieves stable, temperature-switchable room-temperature phosphorescence

Carbon-Coated Copper Catalysts for Pyridine Synthesis
Nitrogen-doped carbon catalyzes pyridine formation without copper, enabling greener, stable, metal-free pathways

Annual Meeting of the Belgian Polymer Group 2026 (BPG 2026)
Unites industry and academia to address current polymer science topics, showcase young Belgian researchers, and strengthen links in the field

New President of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI)
The new President of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) is Professor Luigi Mondello, University of Messina

Bis(gallylene) Reactivity: Insights from Reactions with Azobenzene and (PMes)₃
Christian Hering-Junghans and Robert Kretschmer, Germany, discuss the ambident reactivity of the bis(gallylene), demonstrated by the reactions with azobenzene and the triphosphirane (PMes)₃