David Chen, Seoul National University, South Korea, and David Spiegel, Yale University, USA, awarded

Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry 2011

No Crisis Mood for Chemistry
The VCI expects further chemical industry growth in 2012 – at much lower speed – for Germany

BASF Opens Office in Africa
New office for East Africa and Sub-Sahara in Nairobi, Kenya, is expected to more than double sales in Africa by 2020

Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems (JONAS)
BASF and the universities of Strasbourg and Freiburg and the ETH Zurich team up on functional materials research

J. Schrader Wins Otto von Guericke Prize
Jens Schrader, Karl Winnacker Institute of DECHEMA, awarded for converting orange peel into preservative for cosmetics

R. Ulber on Renewable Raw Materials
Roland Ulber talks about his new book that looks at the technical issues and the socio-economic aspects of renewable feedstocks

Linde Expands in China
Linde to build hydrogen plant for chemical complex in Northeast China, joint on-site project with Evonik and Jishen

What Makes a Candle Flame?
The different reaction zones of a candle flame and its heat and mass transfer pathways

Searching for Xmas Presents?
Still searching for a Christmas present? Editors recommend Christmas presents with a scientific flavor ...

Wonderlab Comic — Conference
Wonderlab is hosting a conference and the attitude of each lab member turns out to be quite revealing