"Project of the century" to enable a multidimensional circularity in the chemical industry

Werner Siemens Foundation supports project at RWTH Aachen University with 100 million Swiss francs

11-Jan-2024 - The Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS) is pleased to announce the winner of its “project of the century” ideas competition: a team led by Regina Palkovits and Jürgen Klankermayer from RWTH Aachen University have been awarded a ten-year WSS grant of one hundred million Swiss francs to set up a WSS ...

For shorter approval times: New process simulates decomposition of too long stored drugs in 15 minutes

New approach represents a paradigm shift in the application of mechanochemical processes in organic chemistry

31-May-2023 - Before their approval, pharmaceuticals not only have to be tested for their effectiveness and safety, but also for their stability, since they are usually stored in pharmacies and private households for years and are not allowed to change. To test their stability, a process is needed that ...

Green chemistry needs more green toxicology

Sustainable bioeconomy: Development of environmentally friendly bio-shampoos and plant protection agent technologies

16-Feb-2022 - With the early assessment of sustainable, newly developed chemicals and products it is possible to assess a potential risk of toxic substances being released at a later point in product cascades. This has been revealed in a proof-of-concept study jointly coordinated by Goethe University Frankfurt ...

From waste product to raw material - manufacturing quality polymer materials based on CO2

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research provides funding of more than EUR 4.5 million for “Dream Production“

08-Jun-2010 - Researchers from Bayer MaterialScience and Bayer Technology Services are working together with RWE Power AG and academic partner RWTH Aachen University on the sustainable use of carbon dioxide (CO2). At the heart of what has been called the “Dream Production” project, sits the construction and ...

PICO and SALVE: Understanding the subatomic world better

DFG-funded instrumentation enables world-class research in electron microscopy

22-Dec-2008 - Two new high-resolution transmission electron microscopes, co-financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), are set to open up new opportunities for research in physics and materials science. The new research microscopes at RWTH Aachen University and the ...

Portable High-Resolution NMR Sensor Unveiled at Berkeley

13-Apr-2005 - A portable device makes it possible for the first time ever to take high-resolution NMR spectroscopy out of the laboratory and into the field for use on samples of any size. This portable NMR sensor was developed by a collaboration of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence ...