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Lauda launches 5-year premium warranty

How a German deep-tech start-up wants to redefine the future of fuel

Interview with ICODOS on e-methanol production for climate-neutral industries

thyssenkrupp Uhde secures landmark contract for GNFC's new nitric acid plant

Third project for GNFC will increase nitric acid production capacity by more than 50

ALTANA achieves double-digit growth in 2024 and invests heavily in the future

Sales increase by 16 percent to 3,169 million euros

World premiere: "Mannheim 001" production plant produces marine fuel from wastewater and electricity

e-Methanol is a climate-neutral fuel alternative and therefore key to the sustainable transformation of the shipping industry

Management changes at hte

Wolfram Stichert will hand over the management of the company to Markus Bold on April 1, 2025.

Arkema sets up its new headquarters in Paris La Défense

LANXESS significantly increases earnings in fiscal year 2024

Transformation into specialty chemicals company completed

C1 raised €20 million in fresh capital to replace fossil resources in the shipping, aviation and chemical industries

Green methanol: Commercialisation of the circular raw material of the future

OE-A and LOPEC celebrate innovation with the OE-A Competition and Start-up Competition Awards 2025

LUMITOS and SPECTARIS present the first digital lab day in May 2025

Digital event for the laboratory sector offers a unique platform for innovation and networking

Data recycling with AI: How new knowledge is created from old information

Munich start-up combats data chaos

How can Europe boost its domestic battery production and what policy actions are needed?

Battery cell demand will highly increase by 2030

WACKER expects to grow in all business divisions in 2025, despite headwinds

Chemical divisions and biotechnology division perform in a weak market environment

POWTECH TECHNOPHARM 2025 – the hot spot for processing technology this September

Supporting programme offers balanced blend of old and new

Rigaku Wins Diana Nyyssonen Memorial Best Paper Award

Non-destructive visualization of nanoscale structures realized using ultra-high-resolution X-ray microscope

"Merck is back on a growth path with all three businesses"

Merck returned to profitable growth in 2024 and delivered on its guidance for the year

Between test tube and algorithm: the laboratory of the future under the microscope

Study on the transformation of laboratories

Bayer meets adjusted guidance and takes decisive action to tackle challenges

2025 to be a pivotal year for company’s turnaround – improved performance expected from 2026 onwards

Bionic revolution in surface treatment

Fusion Bionic Spin-off Wins Fraunhofer Founder Award 2024

"Merck is back on a growth path with all three businesses"

Merck returned to profitable growth in 2024 and delivered on its guidance for the year

Complete breakdown of PMMA plastic into its building blocks

Surprisingly simple process

Converting CO2 into fuel – with the help of battery waste

Upcycling as a climate game-changer: A nanocatalyst has been produced based on spent batteries and aluminium foil residues, converting CO2 into valuable methane

Ruland celebrates 25 years of success

Important technological milestone: production of sustainable aviation fuel becomes more efficient

KIT and Sunfire succeed in Kopernikus project P2X technology upgrade for CO2-neutral production of fuels

Triple Bond Formed Between Boron and Carbon for the First Time

Researchers are opening up new horizons in chemistry: They present the world's first triple bond between the atoms boron and carbon

Medical infusion bags can release microplastics

Researchers estimate that each bag of infusion fluid could deliver about 7,500 microplastics directly into the bloodstream

Researchers are cracking the code on solid-state batteries

Using a combination of advanced imagery and ultra-thin coatings, researchers are working to revolutionize solid-state battery performance

Novel method to synthesize valuable fluorinated drug compounds

High-tech startup CrySyst provides quality-by-control solutions for pharmaceutical, fine chemical industries

“These tools reduce time, material usage and risk while enhancing process robustness and scalability”

C1 raised €20 million in fresh capital to replace fossil resources in the shipping, aviation and chemical industries

Green methanol: Commercialisation of the circular raw material of the future

Revolution in lithium mining?

New membrane discovery makes possible cleaner lithium extraction

Rare side effect discovered in cancer immunotherapy

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

Between test tube and algorithm: the laboratory of the future under the microscope

Study on the transformation of laboratories

A method to purify proteins with light

Gentler and more efficient than previous procedures

Eating mangos daily shown to improve insulin sensitivity and blood glucose control

New research finds mangos may be key to reducing insulin resistance in adults who are overweight or obese

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

Fascinating new findings: Obesity starts in the brain

Even a short-term intake of highly processed, unhealthy foods can lead to serious changes in the brain

From research to startup: Polybot receives order for AI-based harvesting robotics

"The Polybot project leverages recent breakthroughs in machine learning to make polyculture farming economically viable"

Just take a photo to determine the chemical composition

Chemists use machine learning and robotics to identify chemical compositions from images

Antimalarial drug together with anticancer drug is efficient against leukemia

Combination of approved drugs offers new strategies for acute myeloid leukemia

With bird flu in raw milk, many in U.S. still do not know risks of consuming it

Science on the back burner: European laboratories struggle with massive restrictions

Great sustainability ambitions and willingness to innovate despite the need to save money

Natural substance spray against pulmonary fibrosis

Project receiving 800,000 euros from the biomedical start-up incubator IBT Lower Saxony

Volcafe and Cotierra partner to generate carbon credits from biochar within coffee value chains

Partnership marks pioneering advance for Colombian coffee farmers

PFAS: Found 180 times more ‘forever chemicals’ in birds

New technology allows for much more precise measurements of these chemicals in organisms

Groundbreaking AI tool generates 3D map of the brain

It is a detailed view of the brain like never seen before: allowing users to zoom in and out — from all angles, like a Google Earth map

We strip bare

Tony's Chocolonely makes a statement for transparency in supply chains with a "half-naked" chocolate bar

Mayo Clinic researchers map prostate cancer relapse

By using C-11 choline PET and MRI

Extreme Mutation Hotspot in Bacteria Discovered: Study Links High Mutation Rates to Transcriptional Activation

Groundbreaking research identifies a 5000-fold increase in mutation rates in the promoter of a bacterial gene

Who is ready to eat a plant-based diet?

Study shows: Medical recommendations and a good infrastructure in particular can help people switch to a more plant-based diet

Why is Usain Bolt the fastest person on Earth?

Researchers observe muscles at work with the help of new microscopes

Smoking and antibiotic resistance: How cigarette waste promotes the spread of resistant germs

Smoking becomes an indirect health risk

Eating walnuts for breakfast may boost your brain function

Analyze odorous substances without errors

Comparative study confirms established method as gold standard

Tool identifies specific viruses to combat dangerous bacteria

Research team shortens the search for attackers that can wipe out multiresistant pathogens – with the aim of treating infections without antibiotics

Unilever reaches new business arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel

Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers

How to save energy in the laboratory

Electricity Saving Challenge: Exploring savings potential in the laboratory

A molecular fountain of youth for the brain

Ageing processes in “mini-brains” observed for the first time

AI food scanner turns phone photos into nutritional analysis

NYU Tandon researchers develop technology to calculate calories and nutrients from food images

Watching electron motion in solids

Simplification of a spectroscopic method for investigating the movement of electrons in molecules and solids achieved