For many people, food and chemicals just don’t belong together. But does a long list of ingredients and additives mean that our food is unnatural or even unhealthy? Professor Daniel Wefers, a food chemist from the University of Halle, advocates a more pragmatic view of things. Read more
The foundations for polymer research were laid 100 years ago when Hermann Staudinger described macromolecules for the first time. The chemist and Nobel laureate is an alumnus of the University of Halle. Read more
Saving energy will play a crucial role in protecting the climate, and this could be achieved by the new heat storage systems for buildings that are currently being researched at the Institute of Chemistry. The results have already impressed at the Hugo Junkers Awards. Read more
No, liquid crystals weren’t invented by someone from Halle. They were discovered by an Austrian. However, thanks to the vision of some pioneers from Halle we are now able to swipe our Read more
