Nobel Prize 2019

Award-winning power

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

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Nutrition

How to succeed at sustainable agriculture

Dr. Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein advocates organic farming and explains the steps that must be taken to make it possible.

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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?

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.

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Plastic

Implants from the 3D printer

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

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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.

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More entrepreneurial spirit!

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

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Elements Edition 03 2019

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