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.
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.
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
“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.
Digitalization
Close to Core Business
Henrik Hahn, Evonik’s Chief Digital Officer, talks about the role played by digitalization in the chemical industry.
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?
Interview with Walter Leitner
Power-to-X for sustainable future
Prof. Leitner is investigating innovative methods of storing electricity from renewable sources.
Corporate Foresight
Smart Fabrics
Evonik will help future fashion to do more than keeping us warm and looking good. Will we soon have smart fabrics equipped with poison detectors?
Evonik Digital
Digital Pacemakers
The new subsidiary Evonik Digital GmbH is reinforcing digitalization within the Group. A visit to an agile think tank.
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.
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.
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.
