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The winners of the Elsevier Foundation Chemistry for Climate Action Challenge share their innovative approaches to waste and recycling. Brenya Isaac collects coconut waste from street vendors in Ghana, converting it to building materials through the startup he co-founded. Dr Hong […]

We believe that chemistry plays a critical role in developing a sustainable future. Chemists have a special responsibility to develop those new products, resources and processes to make that happen. After 5 successful editions of the Elsevier Foundation Green & Sustainable […]

New Elsevier Foundation partnerships to focus on gender equality and climate change 2020 marked five years since the launch of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the start of the “Decade of Action” we have left to achieve them. For the Elsevier […]

Apply today to the new Chemistry for Climate Action Challenge and win €25,000 for your research.

We have partnered with the Gender Summit since its launch in 2011, supporting its mission to make gender equality in research and innovation the norm.

Quality Research and Innovation through Equality View the story Celebrating 10 years of Gender Summits Celebrating 10 years of Gender Summits Quality Research and Innovation through Equality Science cherishes “excellence”, but this concept is rarely explicitly defined when quality of […]

Recognition and visibility can make a world of difference to scientists just starting out.

Through her research and science diplomacy, an environmental chemist is changing the narrative in her native Ghana.

In Mongolia, the COVID-19 lockdown has created an usual problem for professors and their students.

Her research focuses on the smallest of particles – but understanding them could ultimately lead to a better understanding the history of the universe.

Responsibility landed early on the shoulders of Dr Imalka Munaweera. As the eldest of four children, she would care for her three younger brothers and encourage them with their schoolwork.

When Dr Ghada Dushaq was a child, nothing was safe from her prying mind and fingers. If there was a remote control on the coffee table, she would take it apart to figure out how it worked.