These innovations have huge potential to transform the chemical landscape and are aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, the selected technologies will help us to tackle COVID-19 pandemic and transform our world providing more sustainable solutions.

The 2020 finalists are: Aggregation-induced emission | Artificial intelligence applied to chemistry | Dual-ion batteries | High-pressure inorganic chemistry | Liquid gating technology | Macromonomers for better plastic recycling | Microbiome and bioactive compounds | Nanosensors | Rapid diagnostics for testing | RNA vaccines

* Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award – Call for Nominations 1 Dec 2020
* IUPAC-Zhejiang NHU International Award for Advancements in Green Chemistry – 31 Dec 2020
* IUPAC Awards in Analytical Chemistry – 31 Jan 2021
* Green Chemistry for Life research grants for young scientists – 31 Jan 2021
* IUPAC-SOLVAY International Awards for Young Chemists – 15 Feb 2021

The Young Ambassadors for Chemistry (YAC) is a project of the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education that trains teachers around the world to communicate the benefits of chemistry to the general public with the help of their students as young ambassadors. In September 2019, the project was held in Mongolia with enthusiasm and success to share ...

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