Professors Hilbert von Löhneysen, Axel Meyer, and Nikolaus Pfanner, receive the Hector Research Award

Hector Research Award Presented

70th Birthday: Piet van Leeuwen
Piet van Leeuwen's 70th birthday is being celebrated with a special symposium held in his honor

DNA Damage in Plants
First evidence of multiple DNA lesion formation and accumulation in plants caused by copper oxide nanoparticles

LANXESS Expands in India
LANXESS officially took its new high-tech plastics plant in Jhagadia into operation

AkzoNobel Invests €80 Million in Brazil
AkzoNobel's second largest investment in Brazil in the past 12 months will supply new Suzano pulp mill

T. Maschmeyer Receives RACI Award
Thomas Maschmeyer awarded the 2011 Applied Research Medal by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)

Commercialization of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Flexible and cheaper dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

Most Sustainable Companies
DSM, Akzo Nobel, and Bayer rated the most sustainable companies in their sector

60th Birthday: Roger Tsien
Roger Tsien, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, celebrates his 60th birthday

Cooling Semiconductor By Laser Light
Quantum physics and nano physics combined to new method for laser cooling semiconductor membranes