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A lot of food is thrown away. Coatings and additives in plastic packaging are helping to reduce food waste.

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Food production
Agriculture: Facts and figures
The amount of resources required by agriculture, how much surface area it requires—and how the harvests are used.
Nutrition
A Plentiful and Sustainable Diet
Nearly ten billion people will be living on the planet in 2050—but what will all these people eat?
Omega-3 fatty acids
Small Algae, Big Effect
Many people do not consume enough omega-3 fatty acids. What can help? Microalgae from the ocean.
Additives
Good inside and out
A lot of food is thrown away or lost. Coatings and additives in plastic packaging are helping to reduce food waste.
Dietary supplements
A good supplement for a healthy diet
Dietary supplements such as MEDOX^® and MYOLUTION^® help to offset deficits in our daily diets.
Resources
Burgers from Bacteria
The Finnish company Solar Foods has developed a food that could revolutionize our nutrition while protecting the environment.
Nutrition
How to succeed at sustainable agriculture
Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein explains the steps to make organic farming possible.
Healthy nutrition
Custom-made meals
Everyone’s different: In an interview, Professor Christian Sina calls for personalized nutrition.

In my element

"Arsenic solves the riddle of hidden gold"

Dr. Christof Kusebauch has discovered the role played by arsenic in the accumulation of large gold deposits.

Food production

New directions for sustainable food production

Johann-Caspar Gammelin is an advocate of sustainable food production through intelligent innovations.

Nobel Prize 2019

The invention of the lithium-ion battery

How the recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry advanced the development of the lithium-ion battery.

Chemical Production

A reactor with a good energy balance

Researchers in the ROMEO project have developed a process that makes an industrial reaction more energy-efficient.

Plastic

Implants from the 3D printer

Evonik is investing in the Chinese 3D printing specialist Meditool, which manufactures medical implants.

How wounds heal

An emergency team that gets under your skin

How the human body heals wounds on its own—and how research supports this process.

All focal areas

An overview of the dossiers

Reports, interviews, and graphics: Our dossiers bring together everything worth knowing about the main themes of ELEMENTS.

Column

More entrepreneurial spirit!

Chief Innovation Officer Ulrich Küsthardt calls for a stronger startup culture in companies.

From the sections

Research and Innovation

Coatings

Test track for coatings

Evonik is using a new system that saves lots of time in its search for optimal coating formulations.

Cosmetics

Tomorrow’s Beauty Care: The cosmetics market

Only the best for the beauty sector: How to make discriminating customers happy.

Artificial photosynthesis

How new chemicals are being made from CO₂

Evonik and Siemens produce specialty chemicals from electricity and carbon dioxide with the help of electrolysis and bacteria.

Markets and Regions

High-tech plastics

Less CO₂ in natural gas

High-tech membranes help to exploit natural gas fields with a high CO₂ content.

Energy supply

The energy transition worldwide

Every country needs energy. A look at how other countries generate electricity.

Evonik Country

Canada

This country of lakes and forests has the world’s tenth-largest economy and is as big as the whole of Europe.

People and Visions

Corporate Foresight

Waste plastic as a sustainable resource

Old sportswear as material for new sneakers: Plastic waste can be reused in a sustainable way.

In my element

“How we discovered Darmstadtium”

The nuclear physicist Prof. Sigurd Hofmann on a new element that he was allowed to name after his home town.

Digitalization

Close to Core Business

Henrik Hahn, Evonik’s Chief Digital Officer, talks about the role played by digitalization in the chemical industry.

Opinion and Debate

Tax Incentives

It's high time for a change

Research-based companies receive tax incentives all over the world — but not in Germany. A competitive disadvantage.

Innovation culture

The basis for Singapore's success

Dr. Küsthardt, Evonik’s Chief Innovation Officer, analyzes Singapore’s success and the resulting opportunities for Germany.

Digitalization

Digitalization harbors many opportunities

His carrer has been a mix of mobility and digitalization: Jens Monsees, the former Google executive who now heads digital strategy at BMW.

Evonik Country
Argentina
Argentina combines state-of-the-art urban living with rural idylls: Impressions from this Evonik country in South America.
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Evonik Country
Norway
Norway is an innovation-driven country and a leading exporter – a promising market for Evonik.
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Evonik Country
South Africa
Hardly any other economy in Africa is growing as fast as that of the Rainbow Nation. It’s a promising future market for creative solutions.
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Knowledge Storage

Issues of Elements in the archive

You will find an overview of previous issues of Elements here.

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