People & Visions
Behind every innovation is an individual with a vision. Here we talk about the innovative thinkers behind scientific solutions and show how they are using their research to shape the future.
Dishwashing detergents
The potential of biosurfactants
The Unilever expert Bert Nijhuis about rhamnolipids and environmentally friendly products.
Corporate Foresight
The Development of Hygiene
From bacterial infections to COVID-19, advances in hygiene have always played a key role in the fight against disease.
In my Element
"Iron forms the basis of my collection"
Hermann Sicius collects chemical elements. What fascinates him about them, and which element is the most valuable one?
Resources
Burgers from Bacteria
The Finnish company Solar Foods has developed a food that could revolutionize our nutrition while protecting the environment.
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.
Corporate Foresight
Beyond the supercomputer
Foresight Manager Björn Theis explains how quantum computers are opening up completely new possibilities to researchers.
Corporate Foresight
Extreme extremities
How can thoughts control a prosthesis? Polymers are becoming the “connectors” between human beings and prostheses.
Corporate Foresight
Cadmium and Nickel fresh from the field
A visionary approach: Can plants absorb harmful substances and thus detoxify soil?
Polyamide 12
People and visions: 3D Printing
In focus: Innovations in additive manufacturing – and the people who are driving this mega trend.
Innovation culture
People and visions: Innovations for daily life
In focus: Inspiring people whose innovative ideas have enriched our daily lives.
In my element
“I’m a 14-year-old chemistry student”
Alexander Mottl is studying chemistry at the University of Bochum—at the age of 14. His special focus is on rare metals such as gallium.
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.
In my Element
“Gold was created in outer space”
This precious metal lies deep underground, but it originated in the depths of space. How? Professor Stephan Rosswog explains.
In my element
"Our molecule will make it in the textbooks"
How chemist Moritz Malischewski discovered a whole new side to carbon.
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.
In my element
“I would like to get people hooked on physics”
Nitrogen ist very important for Matthias Salewski – not only as a researcher, but also an entertainer on stage.
In my element
“My fate depends on hydrogen”
Kurt Frieden likes to get carried away through the air by hydrogen – the lightest element on earth.
From YuMi to BINA48
Visions of a smart future
Find out why Astro Teller celebrates failed projects and how the robots Bina48 and YuMi get close to human beings.
