Chemistry & Life Sciences

Finding The Balance

19.01.2010 - The Exclusive Synthesis & Amino Acids Business Line within Evonik's Health & Nutrition Business Unit supplies the pharmaceutical and other industries with high-quality fine...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

A Peek In the Toolbox

18.01.2010 - Key Elements - Over the course of previous decades, worldwide research has continued to be focused on increasingly sophisticated novel methods for the development of chiral...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chirals: The Real Deal

07.01.2010 - Getting Easier - The number of drug candidates containing a stereogenic center continues to increase, necessitating selective syntheses of aspecific isomer. As the number of...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Challenges And Uncertainties

21.12.2009 - Changing Picture - We witness now the realization of the most severe global crisis since sixty years. Initially centered on the housing and real estate markets, the downturn...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Active Ingredients in Skin Care

21.12.2009 - Overview - Active ingredients are specialty chemicals, which are applied into cosmetic skin care products to enhance their functional properties. Active ingredients fulfill anti...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Everything Under The Sun

18.12.2009 - UV Protection - The "isn't sunscreen enough?" days are long gone. Consumers need more than only UV-filters to protect their skin against the sun. State of the art protection...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Smart and Self-healing

18.12.2009 - Technology Development - A focus of materials research has always been the prevention of damage and mitigation of failure in materials. In addition to prevention strategies, new...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Right Key for the Right Lock

18.12.2009 - Smart Solutions - Present times are tough in business life. The global economy is facing a historical downturn. With multiple roots and links into most major industries, chemical...