Academician is the highest academic title conferred on Chinese scientists and experts working in scientific and technological fields
New Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
High-Capacity Silicon-Air Battery
Using an alkaline solution as electrolyte comprised of only environmentally friendly and widely available elements
Fundamental Research Needs Excellent Scientists and its Own Space
Helmut Schwarz and Daniela Kneißl outline the requirements for excellent fundamental research
50 Years of the Karl Winnacker Institute
The Karl Winnacker Institute of the DECHEMA celebrates its 50th anniversary
Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry 2011
David Chen, Seoul National University, South Korea, and David Spiegel, Yale University, USA, awarded
No Crisis Mood for Chemistry
The VCI expects further chemical industry growth in 2012 – at much lower speed – for Germany
BASF Opens Office in Africa
New office for East Africa and Sub-Sahara in Nairobi, Kenya, is expected to more than double sales in Africa by 2020
J. Schrader Wins Otto von Guericke Prize
Jens Schrader, Karl Winnacker Institute of DECHEMA, awarded for converting orange peel into preservative for cosmetics
R. Ulber on Renewable Raw Materials
Roland Ulber talks about his new book that looks at the technical issues and the socio-economic aspects of renewable feedstocks
Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems (JONAS)
BASF and the universities of Strasbourg and Freiburg and the ETH Zurich team up on functional materials research