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A widespread deficiency
Eating isn’t enough — in practice, it is not possible to obtain an adequate supply of vitamin D from diet alone. Although the “sunshine vitamin” has been available as a preparation since 1927, most Germans still have insufficient levels of vitamin D. For this reason, experts substantially increased the recommended dietary intake in early 2012.
Cancer takes center-stage
In the starring role: carcinoma. An out-of-the-ordinary play was staged at a symposium in Stockholm to mark the launch of Make Sense, a campaign aimed at raising awareness of head and neck cancer.
Flexibility helps
When you’re suddenly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), how does it affect your working life? The disease is not that uncommon: Statistically speaking, in a company with about 750 employees, one person will be affected by MS. Despite typical symptoms such as chronic fatigue, many people are still able to continue working. Openness and consideration can be a huge help.
Life and Quality
Plants provide model for generating electricity
Without photosynthesis, plants could not live or grow. Light-absorbing pigments, the chlorophylls, help them convert sunlight into energy. Now mankind hopes to use this principle to generate electricity. Researchers at Merck are looking for ways to increase the efficiency of correspondingly designed solar cells in order to make them economically competitive.
The art of giving and taking
Flexible, light, and environmentally friendly: Organic photovoltaics (OPV) offer numerous advantages compared to conventional solar technology. In order to make the new technology competitive, however, its efficiency still needs to be increased significantly. Merck is now much closer to reaching that goal.
Navigating the chemicals labyrinth
Detailed information on more than 10,000 items is provided in the latest edition of a classic from Merck — the chemicals and reagents catalog. The special feature is a 24-page introduction section, a “navigation system” in 19 languages that guides the reader through the catalog.
Life and Responsibility
For a safe return
Together with its customers, Merck contributes to environmental protection and sustainable business practices by taking back used products and packaging in a controlled way. These “retrologistics,” which play an important role for Merck at the international level, are being promoted in growing markets in particular.
Well packaged
Before Merck’s pharmaceutical and chemical plants pack their finished products, all of the packing material they use is thoroughly inspected. Since 2004, the Packaging Management unit has served as the central hub for quality assurance, order management, packing material development, and label printing.
Networking for the future
It still makes headlines today when a woman is appointed to a top-level position in the business world. That's an indication that women in senior management positions are still the exception to the rule. The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association is working to change that. Merck is a corporate sponsor supporting this initiative, which already has more than 6,000 highly qualified members.
Life and Style
The saints and the trash
Using bulky refuse and everyday objects, the photographer Florian Schunck creates ephemeral sculptures that cast shadows resembling the silhouettes of classical depictions of saints. In the spring of 2012, these works of the series "Skias" (meaning "shadows" in ancient Greek) earned the 23-year-old artist the Merck Award during the Darmstadt Photography Days festival.
“And yet they have already begun to forget their customs”
Travel journals offer intimate insights into new worlds. That also applies to the chronicles of Carl Heinrich Merck, who participated in an expedition through northeastern Siberia and the northeastern Pacific region from 1788 until 1791, keeping extensive research notes in the process. A new annotated edition of the journal offers an authentic impression of his travels.
A window into the history of chemistry
Visitors both young and old at the Liebig Museum in Giessen Germany, are thrilled when the sparks begin to fly and things start to bubble and hiss. The experiments carried out in the museum’s historic lecture hall offer a fascinating window into the history of chemistry. Audiences at the lectures can vividly imagine how things were when Justus Liebig taught here from 1824 to 1852.
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