Clariant opens new innovation center in Frankfurt, Germany

New €100-million Clariant Innovation Center

What's in a Label?
Many commercial medicinal herbal products contain potentially harmful ingredients that are not listed in the labels

Home-Spun Fibers
Electrospun hierarchical CaCo2O4 nanofibers are promising materials for lithium-ion batteries

Certification of Renewable Resources
Possibilities of a certification for sustainability in the field of material use of biomass discussed at event in Berlin

Scientists (of the World) Behave!
Katharina Al-Shamery discusses ethics with regards to scientific publishing

Amide Hydrogenation in Flow Reactor
Amines are produced by amide hydrogenation over a bimetallic platinum-rhenium catalyst in a high-throughput vertical flow reactor

OECD’s Cooperative Chemicals Assessment Programme (CoCAP)
The OECD will review its chemical hazard assessment programme to provide a more specialized service for member countries

Food and Nutrition Research Trends and Strategies
Major topics in nutrition and health are moving closer together with research focussing, e.g., on olfaction and intestinal metagenomics

Let's Trist Again
Magnetic switching by using light might lead to a new type of computer storage medium based on an octahedral iron salt

Emission Scenario Document on Wood Preservatives
The OECD has published a revision of the 2003 document to estimate the emissions of substances used in wood preservatives