Free chemistry app for detailed information

A new, free chem­istry app is being intro­duced by the Ger­man Chem­i­cal Soci­ety (GDCh) that allows users to access arti­cles and infor­ma­tion from the world of chem­istry from any­where. Already at launch, 7000 arti­cles on chem­istry are avail­able. In the future, the app will also pro­vide a con­ve­nient overview of all events as well as the GDCh’s con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion offer­ings. In addi­tion, the GDCh’s web pages have been revised so that the entire web offer­ing is now avail­able in Eng­lish, com­plete­ly and up-to-date on a dai­ly basis.

From gen­er­al­ly under­stand­able texts on every­day chem­istry to spe­cial­ized texts, the GDCh.app offers con­tent for every­one inter­est­ed in chem­istry. This is ensured by con­tri­bu­tions on all aspects of the sub­ject: these can be arti­cles, videos and pod­casts from sci­ence, indus­try and soci­ety. GDCh mem­bers also receive full access to the mem­bers’ mag­a­zine “Nachricht­en aus der Chemie” and the Chem­i­cal Com­mu­ni­ty orga­nized in the GDCh. They can net­work, make con­tacts and are informed about news via push mes­sage. In the future, the app will also pro­vide a cen­tral overview of GDCh events as well as all con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion cours­es and cur­rent award announcements.

“As a non-prof­it asso­ci­a­tion, the GDCh’s statu­to­ry aim is to reach as many peo­ple as pos­si­ble with its con­tent, regard­less of their tech­ni­cal require­ments, and to get them excit­ed about chem­istry. With the app, which has been redesigned from the ground up, the GDCh is break­ing new ground in reach­ing all those inter­est­ed in chem­istry and at the same time being even clos­er to its members.”

- Pro­fes­sor Dr. Peter R. Schrein­er, GDCh President

For Android and iOS users, the GDCh.app for smart­phones and tablets is avail­able for down­load free of charge from Google Play and the Apple App Store; desk­top users can also find (almost) the entire offer­ing in the brows­er. At https://gdch.app, the app can be opened on any Inter­net-enabled device with a mod­ern brows­er — this ranges from smart­phones to desk­top PCs to smart TVs or game con­soles. No instal­la­tion is required for this. With this inno­v­a­tive infra­struc­ture, the GDCh can react quick­ly to new require­ments and offer a vari­ety of proven and new dig­i­tal ser­vices. In the future, the app will be equipped with new improve­ments and fea­tures from week to week.

In addi­tion, the GDCh has made its exten­sive web­site https://www.gdch.de more inter­na­tion­al. The well over 1000 web pages are now auto­mat­i­cal­ly and com­plete­ly trans­lat­ed into Eng­lish. If Ger­man pages are new­ly cre­at­ed or updat­ed, the cor­re­spond­ing Eng­lish pages are cre­at­ed or adapt­ed with­in an hour. This enables the GDCh to bet­ter reach for­eign guest sci­en­tists in Ger­many and also to make its offer­ings acces­si­ble to inter­est­ed par­ties from all over the world. In this way, the GDCh would like to make its con­tri­bu­tion to bet­ter net­work­ing the inter­na­tion­al chem­i­cal com­mu­ni­ty and to pro­mot­ing sci­en­tif­ic exchange across borders.

With around 30,000 mem­bers, the Ger­man Chem­i­cal Soci­ety is one of the largest chem­i­cal soci­eties in the world. It pro­motes sci­en­tif­ic work, research and teach­ing as well as the exchange and dis­sem­i­na­tion of new sci­en­tif­ic find­ings. The GDCh sup­ports the cre­ation of net­works, trans­dis­ci­pli­nary and inter­na­tion­al coop­er­a­tion, and ongo­ing edu­ca­tion and train­ing in schools, uni­ver­si­ties, and pro­fes­sion­al set­tings. The GDCh has 27 spe­cial­ist groups as well as 60 local chapters.