New head of Performance Chemicals at BASF

“We’re working at full force to put Bayer back on a profitable growth path”

Progress on strategic priorities

French start-up develops biosourced polymer as a plastic alternative for industrial companies

Start-up portrait: Lactips - Natural revolution against microplastics in the industry

Focus on a climate-neutral future: We Do - tesa Sustainability Report 2024 shows impressive progress

Focus on climate-neutral production: 39% CO₂ reduction already achieved in Scope 1 and Scope 2

How to Defossilise the Chemical Industry?

New report presents policy proposals for a Renewable Carbon Future

CHT Group focuses on sustainable growth

Investments at record level

H.C. Starck Tungsten receives millions in funding for battery recycling

Over 60 million euros for the recycling of battery black mass

EcoBean: Brewing sustainable chemicals from coffee grounds

Reducing the environmental impact of the chemical and coffee industry: OHAUS as partner

Siemens to establish global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Center for Battery Production in Canada

Investment of CAD$150 million (ca. €97 million) over five years

New approaches in battery production

From raw material processing to recycling

European chemical companies pessimistic for 2025: recovery not foreseeable until 2026

Green transformation remains one of the top management priorities alongside digitalization and AI

New solar cells from the 3D printer

The future of energy generation?

BASF and Forestal collaborate on advanced e-methanol production

Forestal will utilize BASF's proprietary OASE® technology for efficient CO2 removal in the production of e-methanol

Boost for the Startup Scene in the Rhine-Main Region

Four Universities and Futury Launch the Future Factory

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

New green chemistry extracts valuable compounds from plant waste

Scientific breakthrough in chemistry

Scientists succeed in fully synthesizing one of the strongest natural cytotoxic substances: a great step forward for cancer research

Green hydrogen: A cage structured material transforms into a performant catalyst

Very interesting class of materials for electrocatalysts discovered?

New approaches in battery production

From raw material processing to recycling

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

TU Graz and start-up BRAVE Analytics have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition

Improved Recycling of Plastic from Packaging Waste

Recycled plastic used in filaments for 3D printing

Chatbot opens computational chemistry to nonexperts

New tool turns complex process of simulating molecules in solution into a user-friendly chat

European chemical companies pessimistic for 2025: recovery not foreseeable until 2026

Green transformation remains one of the top management priorities alongside digitalization and AI

Marine litter: what biodegradable plastics can do to solve the problem

A third generation of biodegradable plastics could bring hope in the fight against plastic waste

Siemens to establish global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Center for Battery Production in Canada

Investment of CAD$150 million (ca. €97 million) over five years

Self-healing batteries: the future of durable and safe energy storage

"Self-healing batteries represent a paradigm shift in energy storage technology"

New, non-toxic synthesis method for “miracle material” MXene

No more toxic hydrofluoric acid

What drives our cravings for food and drink?

New research shines light on how the brain interprets nutritional and hydration needs and turns them into action

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

Printed Skin to Replace Animal Testing

Skin models with living cells

Researchers bring prehistoric algae back to life

After 7000 years without light and oxygen in Baltic Sea mud

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

Sensors against superbugs

Dangerous increase in antimicrobial resistance: Detect resistant pathogens faster and start customized treatment in good time

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

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

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

Research breakthrough: Lab-grown teeth might become an alternative to fillings

This research offers a potential way to repair teeth and a natural dental treatment alternative

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

Munich-based lab automation startup raised €2.77M

AI-driven biotech research: Connected labs for faster scientific progress

High blood pressure? Eat more bananas

New mathematical model demonstrates ratio of potassium to sodium intake key to regulating blood pressure

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

What our brain does when the mind is at rest

New insights into the brain’s default mode network

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

Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

A high-fat diet reduces a brain chemical linked to pleasure. Boosting it in mice aids weight loss.

New Leadership at Andreas Hettich GmbH

After 20 years of successful leadership by the Eberle family, the Hettich Group is entering a new, forward-looking phase

How does the immune system age?

Research team shows very precise and comprehensive correlation between immune profiles and age, gender, smoking, obesity and diseases

AI food scanner turns phone photos into nutritional analysis

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

Cracking the Code of Protein Degradation

New technology to decipher the intricacies of the protein degradation code within cells

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines train the ‘long-term memory’ of the immune system

Findings have far-reaching implications for the development of future vaccination strategie

Meat consumption remains at a low level

ProVeg speaks of "intermediate plateau" and underlines call for a future nutrition plan

Chemeleon to Collaborate with Mayo Clinic to Finalize Ultra-Rapid Assay, Launches $10M Series A

Results in seconds rather than hours: Groundbreaking instrument-free assay nears completion

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

TU Graz and start-up BRAVE Analytics have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition

New highly effective bitter compound identified

Mushroom study expands knowledge of natural bitter compounds

New antibiotic for multidrug resistant superbug

Interdisciplinary research approach enables breakthrough

The proportion of harmful substances in particulate matter is much higher than assumed

Measured from the air in real time

Brownie points for ChatGPT’s food analysis skills

An elegant method for the detection of single spins using photovoltage

This could lead to a much more compact design of quantum sensors