Unilever and Alibaba created an Al-enabled recycling system that automatically identifies and sorts plastic packaging

AI-Powered Closed-Loop Recycling System

Largest PEM Electrolyzer for Green Hydrogen
Linde will build, own, and operate the PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany

75th Birthday: Jürgen Gmehling
Expert in technical and industrial chemistry; co-developed a database for thermophysical properties

Clean Tap Water for all EU Citizens
A revised Drinking Water Directive comes into effect today

Bayer to Support CureVac in Development and Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate CVnCoV
This is expected to enable the supply of several hundred million doses

Wilhelm Haarmann (1847 – 1931)
Co-discoverer of the first synthesis of vanillin

New EuChemS President
Floris Rutjes, Radboud University, the Netherlands, has been elected president of EuChemS

New GÖCH President
The Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH) elected Peter Gärtner, TU Wien, as their new president

Paul Immerwahr (1866 – 1926)
Brother of Clara Immerwahr who provided the stimulus and money for the syntheses of the insecticide pyrethrum and artificial pepper

Guess the Chemist – Spices Special (5)
Can you guess the chemist? – The person has something to do with spices in the broadest sense