AkzoNobel to sell to The Carlyle Group, USA, and GIC, Singapore, for €10.1 billion

Recovering gold and copper from e-waste is cheaper than obtaining these metals from mines

Lens manufacturer Jiangsu Sigo Optical uses polycarbonate from Covestro

Switching from coal to gas has significantly reduced UK's carbon dioxide emissions

Easily accessible class of titanocene catalysts for reactions in single-electron steps

Rhodium-catalyzed reaction gives aryl acetylenes

Improved method of constructing polycyclic architectures in natural products

Dual-function material with possible applications in touchscreens, medical devices, etc.

Potential improvement to radiation therapy using low-energy electrons to target telomeric DNA

Dieter Meschede has been elected President of the German Physical Society (DPG; Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft)