Brother of Clara Immerwahr who provided the stimulus and money for the syntheses of the insecticide pyrethrum and artificial pepper

Paul Immerwahr (1866 – 1926)

100th Birthday: George Porter
Chemistry Nobel Laureate co-developed flash photolysis

50th Anniversary: Death of Margaret D. Foster
First female chemist to work for the U.S. Geological Survey; also recruited to work on the Manhattan Project

150th Birthday: Sir William Jackson Pope
British chemist and crystallographer known for his work on optically active N, S, Se, or Sn compounds

Chemistry and the Circular Economy
A need for a multi-actor and multidisciplinary approach

Climate Protection – The Chemistry Must be Right
Antje Boetius showed typical misunderstandings and highlighted the discrepancy between steep political goals and the action plans

100th Birthday: Peter D. Mitchell
Chemistry Nobel Laureate discovered the primary mechanism of ATP synthesis

The Situation of the Chemical-Pharmaceutical Industry in Germany
Financial Results for the first half of 2020 characterized by a downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Design by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life
Meeting the 2018 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold and learning about her research field

The Future of Polymer Research in the Eyes of 54 Scientists
Board members and editors of a science journal have analyzed their future visions