With pressure on oil, industrious chemists are seeking alternative routes to the feedstocks that can be transformed into useful products
Restructuring the Chemical Industry One Reaction at a Time
Nobel Prize Trends
Which country produced the most Nobel Laureates? How old is a typical Laureate? And is it taking longer for discoveries to be recognized?
Rare Earth Recycling
Investment worth more than 15 million EUR to recycle rare earths from end-of-life equipment
All Hazardous Substances on EU Market
The Classification and Labelling (C&L) Inventory now contains all information on hazardous substances on the EU market
Renewable Sources for Disposable Diapers?
The first catalytic synthesis of an acrylate from CO2 and an alkene could lead to greener diapers
Who's Next? 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Make your predictions for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry here
Chinese Chemical Industry Cares About Public Perception
China’s chemical industry needs to do more to address challenges it faces building public trust over pollution and chemical health concerns
ProcessNet 2012 Overview
Snapshots of the ProcessNet-Jahrestagung 2012 and the 30. DECHEMA-Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen in Karlsruhe, Germany
First Large Scale Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
First integrated CCS of coal-fired power plant emissions begins with 500 t/day
Wilhelm Klemm Prize for F. Schüth
Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, awarded GDCh prize for work on inorganic chemistry