BASF is reorganizing its global research activities

Generation Change in the Management of JÜKE

New Global CEO for CREMER OLEO

Black Magic for Greener Chemistry

Markus Antonietti receives Arkema Prize from the French Académie des Sciences

Change of CEO at ZEISS in 2025

Dr Karl Lamprecht will not extend his contract

Change in the Executive Board of the Röchling Group

Person with the World's Largest Negative Carbon Footprint Wins the €1 Million Millennium Technology Prize

Innovation has revolutionized the power industry

Dr. Christine Munz becomes CEO at Eppendorf

Dr. Wilhelm Plüster completes term in office as planned

Dr. Ingrid Sebald new member of the Executive Board at tesa

Dr. Ingrid Sebald fills the position of Technology on the tesa Executive Board

Heike Buskies heads BYK's global Plastics Additives business

Tom Kinzel new Managing Director of the GDCh

An alliance manager at the head of the largest chemical science network in the EU

With AI against material wear

Multimaterial 3D Nanoprinter Enables Breakthrough in Parallel Synthesis

DECHEMA Prize & DFG Heisenberg Grant for Felix Löffler

GDCh Award for Biocatalysis for Sebastian Gergel

Hydrogenious founder Dr Daniel Teichmann receives Missie H2 Hydrogen medal

He is the first German CEO to receive this award

End of an era: Sartorius boss steps down

Supervisory Board expresses great regret

British chemist is honoured for her groundbreaking work in mass spectrometry

​​Dame Carol Robinson opened a new era for protein analysis and drug development

Scientists awarded for innovative 2D materials research

Jena Research Team Receives “Thüringer Forschungspreis”

Sunfire Founders awarded with the Social Market Economy Prize

"Driven by passion and personal risk, they have transformed their company, Sunfire, into a beacon of hope for the energy transition"

Turning fallen leaves into sustainably made paper

Ukrainian scientist selected as a finalist for the Young Inventors Prize 2024

Christine Grosse Lembeck to lead BASF’s Battery Recycling business

Magnetism without metal: a milestone for materials science

“This is fundamentally new”

Start-up aims to revolutionise CO₂ capture and conversion technology

Aerleum raises $6M in seed round

Flower Power: Lavender Oil Fuels Batteries for the Future

Unique material created to solve a persistent failure problem

Octopus-inspired adhesive works well in wet conditions

A “chemical ChatGPT” for new medications

AI learns chemical connections

Are trees the future for the production of industrial chemicals?

Finding could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals

Cobalt-copper tandem successfully converts carbon dioxide to ethanol

Sustainability in the focus of chemical research

UK bioplastics breakthrough wins US plastics industry prize

“2024 is our year – we've scaled up three products, secured investor backing, brought new talent onboard and successfully launched our first commercial application"

No significant PFAS emissions from waste incineration

Researchers investigate the effectiveness of combustion processes

Innovative catalyst produces methane using electricity

A study opens up new ways to produce important chemical compounds

Scientists develop novel method for strengthening PVC products

New method may mean less microplastic pollution

The fireproof battery

Salt batteries

Is the physics of red blood cells in bats a key to "artificial hibernation" for humans?

The new findings could contribute towards the development of new medical treatments

Fasting and blood sugar

New test improves diagnosis of allergies

Higher diagnostic accuracy than standard tests

New drugs from toxic birds

Investigation of the symbiosis between bacteria and birds leads to the discovery of new natural products with antimicrobial properties

Solein® tops the list of NASA’s alternatives for space food systems

Kaspar Hauser was 99.9994 percent not a prince

New DNA analyses spark controversy over origins

Microbe of the Year 2023: Bacillus subtilis – for health and technology

Already, Bacillus subtilis is indispensable in many industries, and many more innovations are expected

Ferments du Futur: New Innovation Center for Future Foods Opens

Europe's unique partnership accelerates research in healthy and sustainable nutrition

“The integration of robotics and AI is poised to revolutionize science labs”

By automating routine tasks, scientists can focus on higher-level research questions, paving the way for faster breakthroughs

Possible trigger of Crohn’s disease discovered

Dysfunctional mitochondria disrupt the gut microbiome

Precise and fast kokumi effect

"Kokumi" is the name given to the spicy, full-bodied taste of mature cheeses. A new method can be used to effectively analyze the relevant peptides.

New insights into the genetics of the common octopus: genome at the chromosome level decoded

Scientific milestone provides deeper insights into the evolution and biology of Octopus vulgaris

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA

Surprising discovery revealed an entirely new dimension to gene regulation

Delicious and plant-based: the new EXTRA plant-based chewing gum

For the launch of the new EXTRA® plant-based chewing gum, Mars Wrigley is working with the environmental organization The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to support their conservation work in the Mexican rainforest.

Are tattoos safe?

Tattoo inks in Europe are mislabeled and some contain banned ingredients

ONE microscopy: from molecule to 3D structure with conventional microscopy

The simple and cost-effective method developed using a few simple but effective tricks

1.3 million pizzas with solar power

Gustavo Gusto produces with a PV system from E.ON

Start-up receives funding for animal-free methods for drug testing

Ethically safe, fast, cost-effective and reliable

Protein interactions: who is partying with whom and who is ruining the party?

New method for investigating protein interaction networks - also of interest for pharmaceutical research

When it comes to building muscle, not all proteins are created equal

Researchers find ground beef packs bigger muscle-building punch than soy-based alternative

Cost-effective modular system for optical imaging from the 3D printer

Like building with Lego bricks

Superspreader fibrils caught in the act

Full-bodied cheese flavor–prediction of flavor development soon possible thanks to new method

Drug discovery within the patient

Genetic analysis of bacteria from humans and animals paves the way for new active ingredients

The preparation makes the poison

Children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should avoid Brazil nuts

Brazil nuts can contain unusually high levels of radioactive radium

AI does not necessarily lead to more efficiency in clinical practice

Researchers analyse the effects

New target to treat severe autoimmune disease

Victory against fast food giants

German Environmental Aid forces McDonald's to offer mandatory reusable packaging

Automated analysis of German insect diversity

DNA provides almost 32,000 species