An overview of the latest trend reports published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine

2013 Trends in Chemistry

BASF and Top Asian Universities Cooperate
Together with leading universities and institutes in China, Japan, and South Korea, BASF established a joint research network

New Technique to Study Biomass Pyrolysis
Spatiotemporally resolved diffuse reflectance in situ spectroscopy (STR-DRiSP) technique was used to determine kinetics of pyrolysis

Grinding to Graphene
Ball milling graphite oxide with tin gave a SnO2/graphene composite for lithium-ion battery anodes

Chemical Industry Manipulating US-EU Trade Negotiations
A critique of the proposal of the chemical industry's lobby for trans-Atlantic cooperation on chemicals

Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize for T. Junkers
Professor Thomas Junkers, Belgium, is awarded by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society)

GDCh Prize for Authors and Journalists
Dr. Michael Gross, Oxford, UK, has been awarded by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh; German Chemical Society)

More R&D in India
BASF opens global R&D center in Mumbai, India

Chemical Technology of the 1930s
100 years ago, Fritz Ullmann started to discuss topics related to industrial chemistry, the second edition covered the state-of-the art of the 1930s

Liliana Mammino: Research and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Professor Liliana Mammino, South Africa, speaks about promoting the development of computational chemistry in Africa