Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh)

Merck team receives the Meyer-Galow Prize for business chemistry

Approximately 95% of all smartphone and tablet displays are based on liquid crystal technology. Merck is the global market and technology leader in liquid crystals, coming in large-size flat screen TVs, as well as in mobile phones, digital cameras and much more. In order to maintain a compe ... more

GDCh honors Klaus Müllen with the Adolf-von-Baeyer-Denkmünze

Professor Klaus Müllen, director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz, was honored with the Adolf-von-Baeyer commemorative medal by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, the German Chemical Society (GDCh). The society therewith acknowledged Müllen's outstanding s ... more

Chemists around the globe warn of world food production crisis

Global production of phosphorus fertiliser could peak and decline later this century, causing shortages and price spikes that jeopardise world food production, five major scientific societies warn. Unless action is taken, the crisis will come at a time when the earth’s population surges pas ... more

Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh)

The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) is the largest chemical society in continental Europe with members from academe, industry and other areas. The GDCh supports chemistry in teaching, research and application and promotes the understanding of chemistry in the public. The society, a r ... more