Top Topics – AI
Discoveries between probability and intuition (July 2026)
Penicillin, X-rays, Teflon – serendipitous scientific discoveries that changed people’s lives. Such breakthroughs require luck, curiosity, experience and the right instinct. Can artificial intelligence predict such unexpected discoveries?
Article by Andreas T. Wolf in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie. Access for members via the GDCh app at https://gdch.app/article/entdecken-zwischen-wahrscheinlichkeit-und-intuition-4157667
Humans remain irreplaceable (July 2026)
Artificial intelligence decodes three-dimensional protein structures in minutes, calculates synthesis routes and controls laboratory processes. Nevertheless, no machine can take over the job of chemists.
Article by Uta Neubauer in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie. Free access via the GDCh app at https://gdch.app/article/der-mensch-bleibt-unersetzlich-4158834
AI-assisted protein design in molecular pharmacology/Biochemistry Trend Report 2026 2/4 (May 2026)
Proteins are now routinely designed on computers, thereby opening up new prospects for drug development.
Article by Thomas Schlichthärle in Nachrichten aus der Chemie. Access for members via the GDCh app at https://KI-based protein design in molecular pharmacology/Biochemistry Trend Report 2026 2/4.
“No Data, no AI Party” (November 2025)
This somewhat tongue-in-cheek phrase comes from a talk given by Paul Czodrowsky, a professor in Mainz, at the Chemistry Data Days 2023. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems need to be trained, and to do so they require data. But where can such data be found? For example, in research data repositories – platforms onto which data is uploaded for publication. Article by Felix Bach in Nachrichten aus der Chemie. Access for members via the GDCh app at https://gdch.app/article/no-data-no-ai-party-4154092.
A New Era (November 2025)
Artificial intelligence, digitalisation and data science are helping to accelerate scientific discoveries. What role does digital chemistry play in research and education, and how does it drive the further development of chemistry? Article by Jan Leodolter, Simon Rihm, Markus Kraft and Aleksandar Kondinski in Nachrichten aus der Chemie. Access for members via the GDCh app at https://gdch.app/article/ein-neues-zeitalter-4154356.
Artificial, more intelligent (October 2025)
Göttingen, where I studied, calls itself ‘the city that creates knowledge’. It sounds charming, even if it naturally refers to the people conducting research in the city. But now there really is a new entity that creates knowledge, namely AI, artificial intelligence. Article by Tom Kinzel in Nachrichten aus der Chemie. Access for members via the GDCh app at https://gdch.app/article/kuenstlich-intelligenter-4153913.
Extended Reality in Chemistry (October 2025)
Virtual Reality – which involves completely replacing the real world with a computer-generated environment – and Augmented Reality – which involves supplementing the real world with digital elements – have now found their way into chemistry education. The same applies to Extended Reality (XR), which combines elements of both. What possibilities XR opens up, how much the tools cost and what they can do – a personal assessment. Article by Siegfried Schindler in Nachrichten aus der Chemie. Access for members via the GDCh app at https://gdch.app/article/erweiterte-realitaet-in-der-chemie-4151710.