ECHA wants to restrict microplastic particles that are intentionally added to mixtures such as cosmetic products

Restrict Intentionally Added Microplastics

Highlights: IYPT2019 Opening Ceremony
Official opening of the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT 2019) at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France

Rare Lead Mineral in Rembrandt's Paintings
Synchrotron X-ray diffraction reveals plumbonacrite mineral

Biomimetic Catalysts for Water Splitting
Cluster with exchangeable solvent ligands mimics the oxygen-evolving complex in photosynthesis

Polycyclic N-Oxides as High-Performance Energetic Materials
Stable, insensitive compounds with good detonation properties

Improved Desulfurization of Gasoline
Using pervaporation membranes, gasoline can selectively be separated from unwanted sulfuric compounds

Silicon-Aluminium Six-Ring Synthesized
Inorganic, cyclohexane-like structure with chair conformation

Why is Limoncello Milky?
Water, alcohol, and lemon oil form an emulsion that remains stable for a surprisingly long time without any binding agent

Tumor Targeting Using Cancer-Associated Inflammation
Immune-system cells promote the activation of an anticancer drug at the tumor site

Improving Polyurethane Recycling
PUReSmart is a Europe-wide research project to complete circular product life cycle