Dossier

Creative Freedom

3D printing is changing the way we make things—and creating previously undreamed-of possibilities.

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Chemical production

Disinfection – what does it mean?

Disinfection puts dead or living material in a state where it can no longer infect. . What does this mean in practice?

Pharma Polymers

How Medications Enter the Body

The “chemical packaging” and the navigation to specific targets are becoming ever more precise.

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The energy transition

Salt solar heat store

How researchers from Eindhoven intend to use potash to revolutionize heat storage systems for buildings.

In my element

"Our molecule will make it in the textbooks"

How chemist Moritz Malischewski discovered a whole new side to carbon.

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Chemical production

The Direct Route

Evonik plans to use a new method to make the production of propylene glycol more sustainable.

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

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More entrepreneurial spirit!

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

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People and Visions
Innovations don’t emerge from a vacuum. They are born inside our heads. A report about people who promote their visions with passion.
Opinion and Debate
Progress becomes possible when we criticize the world as it is. That’s why we offer this space for exciting debates—and controversial positions.
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    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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