Bruno Ehrler (The Netherlands) received the most prestigious Dutch chemistry prize for chemists under the age of 40

KNCV Gold Medal 2025

Wacker Chemie Announces Cost-Reduction Plan
Cost-saving target of over 300 million euros per year announced with over 1,500 job cuts planned worldwide

Thiolate-Templated Construction of Aromatic Silver Nanoclusters
Construction of highly stable Ag₃₄ nanoclusters via a dual-exchange strategy, exhibiting high-efficiency near-infrared electroluminescence in NIR-OLEDs

Evaluating Membrane Performance for Brackish Water Desalination under Varying Salinity in Morocco
How rising salinity affects ion transport and salt rejection in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes for brackish water treatment

Tiniest Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
This enables ultra-sharp screens and microscopes, but also opens up entirely new possibilities for wave optics applications

Stable Zn⁺ Species in a Ladder-Like Polymer
Researchers created air-stable monovalent zinc using a simple polymer and visible light

Cheap Carbon-Heavy Imports Flood Europe and Drown European Industry
INEOS is filing ten major anti-dumping cases to protect essential chemicals critical to Europe’s automotive, defence, electronics, construction, packaging, and pharmaceutical sectors

ADNOC Is Close to Completing the Acquisition of Covestro
The acquisition of Covestro is intended to enable the company to strengthen innovation, sustainability, and long-term growth

Impact of Multiple S-Palmitoylation on Peptide Behavior in Mass Spectrometry
How do multiple S-palmitoylation events influence peptide solubility, ionization, and fragmentation in mass spectrometry analysis?

Interfacial Supramolecular Polymerization Enables 2D Hierarchical Architectures
A novel interfacial polymerization strategy allows precise formation of two-dimensional hierarchical architectures with enhanced exciton migration and sensing performance