Former Chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG and President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)

65th Birthday: Klaus Engel

Merger of Sinochem and ChemChina
Chinese regulators approve merger of two of the largest state-owned chemical companies

CRISPR-Based Method Can Turn Genes Off and On
"CRISPRoff" method can silence gene expression in a stable and heritable way

Abundant Cobalt Outperforms Noble Metal Catalysts
Efficient synthesis of primary amines via reductive amination

Partnership for Sustainable Battery Materials Production in Europe
Chile's SQM, Russia’s Nornickel, and Finnish Minerals Group Partner with UK’s Johnson Matthey

Ambient-Temperature Hydrogen Storage
Vanadium-based metal–organic framework provides usable hydrogen capacities

How Diffusion Is Affected by the Acid-Site Density in Zeolites
Bronsted acid sites promote diffusion of alkenes through H-SAPO-34 cages

Bulk Halide Perovskites for Blue LEDs
New fabrication method using an anion-exchange approach

How Osmolytes Influence Lipid Bilayers
Glycine betaine modifies lipid membrane interactions

Photo-Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries
Vanadium pentoxide-based photocathodes provide improved photoconversion efficiencies