Big award for the development of artificial photosynthesis

Research award and one million euros

12-Nov-2021 - As one of three award winners, Markus Antonietti receives the international research prize "Lombardia è Ricerca", endowed with 1,000,000 euros, at La Scala in Milan. The researchers have developed a process for clean energy production using "artificial photosynthesis" modeled on nature. We humans ...

Precise sample alignment under extreme conditions

Prototype already in use

12-Nov-2021 - The exact angular alignment of sample materials for the determination of their physical properties under extreme conditions is often difficult. Engineer Stefan Findeisen and physicist Dr. Hannes Kühne from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed the "Rotax", a filigree ...

Merck: “Big 3” Again Deliver Efficient, Double-Digit Growth

Group net sales rise by 11.8% to € 5.0 billion

11-Nov-2021 - Merck again grew strongly in the third quarter of 2021. Group net sales amounted to €5.0billion. EBITDA pre, the most important financial indicator to steer operating business, reached €1.6billion. Compared with the year-earlier quarter, Group net sales increased by 11.8%. EBITDA pre ...

Microlab on a chip: Water please, but clean

A further developed chip prototype for water analysis devices

11-Nov-2021 - A microfluidic chip takes up a water sample, adds the necessary chemicals and transports it to the detection site. What's the point? In this way, the water is to be analyzed fully automatically and with various parameters, and at the lowest possible cost. A further developed chip prototype for ...

BASF and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice close sale of Solenis to Platinum Equity

11-Nov-2021 - Following the approval by all relevant authorities, BASF and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice closed the sale of Solenis to Platinum Equity. The transaction implies an enterprise value for Solenis of $5.25 billion, which includes net debt of around $2.5 billion. In July 2021, BASF and Clayton, Dubilier & ...

Dumping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere: the past decade beats many records

Highs for all climate killers and all sectors

11-Nov-2021 - The pledge to cut methane, by almost 100 countries at the start of the world climate conference in Glasgow, indicates that in the fight against global heating, greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide are now coming into focus. But what is the weight of the individual climate killers, how much ...

Long-term carbon dioxide emissions from cement production can be drastically reduced

Chemists develop a method for producing cement by milling instead of burning lime, which is harmful to the environment

10-Nov-2021 - Global warming and affordable housing are two dominant topics of public debate. Climate protection is achieved by reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO₂). Housing is generated through more housing being built. This requires concrete, the most important building material in ...

LUM enters into a strategic partnership for bitumen and petroleum analysis in France

10-Nov-2021 - In October 2021, LUM GmbH started a strategic partnership with the French company VIALAB SARL in order to be able to offer French customers greater expertise in solving their questions in the field of bitumen, petroleum and related emulsions. Under the patronage of LUM France, VIALAB SARL will ...

Ultra-thin crystals as light sources in lasers

Laser emission demonstrated at room temperature: semiconductors consisting of three atomic layers could form the basis for innovative lasers

10-Nov-2021 - In an article published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, an international team led by Oldenburg physicists Dr. Hangyon Shan, Prof. Dr Christian Schneider and Dr. Carlos Anton-Solanas reports that crystals consisting of just three atomic layers can emit laser-like light at room ...

Chemists synthesise the smallest nano-sized particles to detect heavy metal ions in water

10-Nov-2021 - Scientists at St Petersburg University, Sirius University of Science and Technology, and St Petersburg Academic University have synthesised the smallest nano-sized metal-organic frameworks to detect heavy metal ions in water. The results and outcomes of the experiments and description of the ...