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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 goes to three quantum researchers from France, USA and Austria
Entangled states – from theory to technology
04-Oct-2022
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 to Alain Aspect (Université Paris-Saclay and École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France), John F. Clauser (J.F. Clauser & Assoc., Walnut Creek, CA, USA) and Anton Zeilinger (University of Vienna, Austria) “for ...
Daniel Oryan joins management at EDL
19-Sep-2022
EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH expands the management board: alongside Dr. Michael Haid and Wolfgang Kursch there is now Daniel Oryan, a plant engineering expert. Wolfgang Kursch will go into well-deserved retirement at the end of February 2023. Daniel Oryan was officially appointed to the ...
Future Insight Prize of € 1 Million Awarded to Tobias Erb
Prizewinner from the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, Germany is working on capturing carbon dioxide and converting it into new chemical building blocks using biocatalysts
15-Jul-2022
Merck announced the winner of the 2022 Future Insight Prize in the category of “Energy”. The €1million prize was awarded at the “Curious2022 – Future Insight” scientific conference in Darmstadt, Germany, to Professor Tobias Erb (43), Director at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial ...
August Wilhelm von Hofmann commemorative medal for the founders of the concept of green chemistry
Award ceremony for Paul Anastas and John Warner in Lisbon
11-Jul-2022
The German Chemical Society (GDCh) honors Professor Dr. Paul T. Anastas and Professor Dr. John C. Warner for her special services to chemistry with the August Wilhelm von Hofmann commemorative medal. The GDCh thus honors the awardee as the founders of the concept of green chemistry, for which ...
AkzoNobel announces Gregoire Poux-Guillaume as new Chief Executive Officer
01-Jul-2022
AkzoNobel has announced that Gregoire Poux-Guillaume will become the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as of November 1, 2022. He will succeed Thierry Vanlancker, who has been CEO and member of the Board of Management since 2017, and whose term of office is coming to an end. Gregoire ...
Change in the Management Board of ALTANA AG
At the beginning of next year, Dr. Christoph Schlünken will hand over his Management Board responsibilities to Dr. Tammo Boinowitz
29-Jun-2022
The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has announced a change in the composition of its Management Board. Dr. Christoph Schlünken will retire at the end of this year and hand over his board responsibilities to Dr. Tammo Boinowitz as of January 1, 2023. Dr. Boinowitz is President of ALTANA’s largest ...
Liquid metal batteries to store renewable energy at a large scale
“Extreme electrochemist” Donald Sadoway wins European Inventor Award 2022
23-Jun-2022
The European Patent Office honoured Canadian-American scientist Donald Sadoway with the European Inventor Award 2022 in the "Non-EPO countries" category. The MIT chemistry professor has developed batteries made of liquid metal that can be used to store renewable energy at scale, increasing the ...
Harvesting metal catalysts from plants used for cleaning contaminated soils
“Ecocatalyst” researcher Claude Grison wins European Inventor Award 2022
23-Jun-2022
The European Patent Office honoured French scientist Claude Grison with the European Inventor Award 2022 in the "Research" category. The University professor and research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) has developed a method of using plants to extract metal ...
Estonian team wins European Inventor Award 2022 for next-generation supercapacitors
The battery-like devices can quickly provide large, short bursts of energy and they are free of toxic materials
23-Jun-2022
The European Patent Office (EPO) distinguished Estonian researchers Jaan Leis, Mati Arulepp and Anti Perkson with the European Inventor Award 2022 in the "Industry" category. The Estonian invention significantly improves the efficiency of battery-like devices known as supercapacitors or ...
Covestro extends contract with CEO Dr. Markus Steilemann ahead of schedule until 2028
13-Jun-2022
Dr. Markus Steilemann will remain Chief Executive Officer of Covestro for a further five years. The Supervisory Board has extended his contract, which runs until May 2023, until May 31, 2028. Steilemann has been a member of the Covestro Board of Management since September 2015 and its Chief ...
