Chemistry

Unconventional, without a rigid agenda, and pleasantly informal: the "Hemdsärmelkolloquium" (Häko) follows this tradition to a T-this time at the University of Bonn.

Researchers have produced exceptionally long chains of an electrically conductive polymer known as poly(p-phenylene) (PPP).

Following the Winter Olympics and the ongoing Paralympics, the University of Jena will also be hosting an Olympic event on 18 March-the Thuringian Chemistry Olympiad »Chemie-die stimmt!« (»The Chemistry is right«).

Leipzig University and the Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC) intend to work closely in research and teaching to support a future-proof, sustainable chemical industry in Central Germany and to accelerate the transfer of research findings into innovative industrial applications.

Marius Engler, a doctoral candidate at the Electrochemistry and Electroplating Group at TU Ilmenau, was presented with the FAIR4Chem Award on March 12 at the JCF Spring Symposium in Cologne, one of Europe's largest scientific conferences by and for young scientists.

Storing energy from sunlight and converting it into hydrogen days later is what a new material jointly developed by researchers from Ulm and Jena can do-even in the dark.